Thread: Chrome browser!Good or bad?

Hi all! I have Google Chrome as my default browser on my laptop with windows XP.IT was very good and fast.OF late , since about a week I find it behaves crankily.IT takes long time to connect anything other than gmail, google etc.especially yahoo mail takes along time to load.And automatic redirection from yahoo msgr to mail doesnt happen at all.I do virus scan daily in da morning first thing b4 starting browsing.Will Firefox or OPera 10.51 beta be better than Chrome?Please suggest form your experience anybody here? further having a browser as default has any specific advantages?what if i dont have any one as default and just click into it?PL advise.Thanks in advance.

Opera is surely better than Chrome as per me. but the main problem es due to

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Try out IE8 or Mozilla firefox but google chrome is definitely a good browser.

Originally Posted by gaggan4392

Opera is surely better than Chrome as per me. but the main problem es due to

Opera is a good browswer, but its very complicated, i like the features, but sometimes it freaks me out.

Main disadvantage is that they don't put BookMark Toolbar in it like Firefox, IE, Google Chrome did, thats the reason i don't use it.

I would recommend Internet Explorer 8 if you need a fast browser without the extra features of Opera and FireFox.

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Originally Posted by vorazeal

Main disadvantage is that they don't put BookMark Toolbar in it like Firefox, IE, Google Chrome did, thats the reason i don't use it.

Opera does have similar option to Bookmark Toolbar. It's called Personal bar which can be enabled from Tools-> Appearance-> Toolbar tab. Also you can drag and drop bookmarks to the status bar.

I Would Say Chrome Is The Best.

I Have Some Test Results To Prove It

Chrome sucks many times.. its very light, doesnt give any typical internet browsing feeling for dial up users who are habitual of watching the status bar at the bottom..

Originally Posted by mickey

Chrome sucks many times.. its very light, doesnt give any typical internet browsing feeling for dial up users who are habitual of watching the status bar at the bottom..

yes thats true. Second thing is that Webkit never uses History or cache in great amount as Trident or presto browser that makes it to load pages even slower in slower connection.

in my PC FF loads faster than chrome dont know why, so i am with FF only

clear FF cache and try.
also try google dns .

Chrome is very good at rendering flash contents like youtube videos.

However, there are reasons to stick with IE or Firefox.

When websites are made, they may not render the same in all the browsers. What the developers do is that they test the pages in mostly used browsers. IE and Firefox are the most popular these days. So almost all webpages are bound to display correctly in them.

Well, an example is worth a 100,000 words.....
This is a dummy phpBB forum hosted by me.

Try opening this link in IE,Chrome,Firefox.....
Click Here

Can you see any difference, especially in Chrome??

In chrome two pages open. for log in as given by you.
initially a white page
( disappears fast!)then site as usual.
But website opens normally with data about users on line etc.
http://btechunited.xtreemhost.com/

Oh, for me the Chrome page is distorted.
See the attatchment. The login in overlapping.

I don't think it has anything to do with my resolution. (1024 x 768)

Anyone having the same problem with chrome?

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Different sites load at different speeds in different browsers. Chrome is customized to load google sites at a faster speed. Try a different browser. I prefer firefox because i can see the status bar, and there are loads of useful addons..

It would be nicer to have more add-ons for Chrome and easy installation like that of Firefox.

Originally Posted by hitler517

It would be nicer to have more add-ons for Chrome and easy installation like that of Firefox.

Installation is already easier in Chrome as in Firefox we need to restart it but in Chrome no restarts are required.

Originally Posted by hitler517

Chrome is very good at rendering flash contents like youtube videos.

However, there are reasons to stick with IE or Firefox.

When websites are made, they may not render the same in all the browsers. What the developers do is that they test the pages in mostly used browsers. IE and Firefox are the most popular these days. So almost all webpages are bound to display correctly in them.

Well, an example is worth a 100,000 words.....
This is a dummy phpBB forum hosted by me.

Try opening this link in IE,Chrome,Firefox.....
Click Here

Can you see any difference, especially in Chrome??

well, if you have got a good internet connection then it hardly matters which browser you use and as for how a website looks on a given browser is responsibility of the developer and not yours.

Chrome is faster than me than Firefox.

However Opera is also faster, but i don't like UI of Opera, so don't use it much.

Only dis-advantage i thin Chrome has is while downloading file, it does not show any Statistics of the file i.e DL speed etc etc.

Originally Posted by vorazeal

Chrome is faster than me than Firefox.

However Opera is also faster, but i don't like UI of Opera, so don't use it much.

Only dis-advantage i thin Chrome has is while downloading file, it does not show any Statistics of the file i.e DL speed etc etc.

same pinch.......however OPERA on mobiles rock..

Originally Posted by vorazeal

Chrome is faster than me than Firefox.

However Opera is also faster, but i don't like UI of Opera, so don't use it much.

Only dis-advantage i thin Chrome has is while downloading file, it does not show any Statistics of the file i.e DL speed etc etc.

The Speeds Appears In the Downloads Tab

and normally it shows the time remaning and the size downloaded

Originally Posted by vorazeal

Chrome is faster than me than Firefox.

However Opera is also faster, but i don't like UI of Opera, so don't use it much.

Only dis-advantage i thin Chrome has is while downloading file, it does not show any Statistics of the file i.e DL speed etc etc.

Opera rocks for me in everything.

Firefox still roxxxxx