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Suburban Talk » Uncategorized » 10 Cool Extensions for Google Chrome — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:57:45 +0000

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By: passerby101

passerby101 — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:06:40 +0000

Also, agreeing with Scott that it doesn’t have to be an either/or thing…I use Chrome to watch Hulu/Youtube for simplicity (and resource hog that Ffox is)…other productivity resides in Ffox

And no automatic RSS detection or subscription with Chrome…*sigh*

By: passerby101

passerby101 — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:02:23 +0000

Just curious what version of firefox you’re using?

1. firefox 3.5+ agree that it’s still source hog, but constantly being improved…3.6alpha has great start up speed

2. many searches in address bar: can be done with omnibar and other addons

3.downloader: even better done with addons

4. new tab page: firefox has a beta new tab page addon called “about:tab”

5. prism (mozilla)

6. I use firefox 3.6Alpha1 (Namoroka) and it does Tab Tearing

By: Gauss

Gauss — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:55:27 +0000

Nevermind, I discovered how and it’s much more simpler in Chrome! Awesome option with a right click on Chrome: “Inspect element”, thumbs up!!

By: Gauss

Gauss — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:38:43 +0000

BTW. Why Chrome is still stubborn on submitting any info when going back or forward? That’s annoying on some pages, in example a page that generates a random page on every click, when going back, Chrome resubmits the request and a new page its loaded!!! common, if I hit back, I want the previos page no matter what, as in Firefox. It’s also annoying when filling forms, Firefox just save any info on the webform fields and lets you click “Submit” when you need it, that rocks!

By: Gauss

Gauss — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:33:11 +0000

Is there a way to save images in the way it’s possible with firefox? Firefox has in its Tools the option: Page Info, then you navigate to the Media section and there you get every image on the page. This is great with a lot of pages that doesn’t allow right click or use other tricks to stop you from saving images.

By: Samuel

Samuel — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:08:03 +0000

One reason: Adblock on firefox. Without adblock, there’s no reason to surf the net, and moreover, chrome – developed by google – will never want to let anything block their ads.

By: HamalSharatan

HamalSharatan — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:01:38 +0000

One reason why many would consider this Google’s new spy tool:

“The auto-suggest feature of Google’s new Chrome browser does more than just help users get where they are going. It will also give Google a wealth of information on what people are doing on the Internet besides searching. [cnet]“

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 25 May 2009 14:34:06 +0000

Why is this an either/or thing? I think both have their uses. As long as I don’t have to use IE, I’m happy!

(1) I agree that FF has become a pig. It became popular to begin with because it was fast and Mozilla was a pig. Of course, I haven’t tried FF without my hundred add-ons lately, so it could just be me!

Also, when FF started, it was a selling point that is didn’t open a new process with each new browser session (as opposed to IE at the time).

(3) – In FF, your download history is always available (in the Tools>Downloads menu) and you can right-click on any download to find it in Explorer (or Finder on the Mac). You can delete any entry or clear the history if you choose.

(Other) FF is available on the Mac, Chrome, not yet. I use Windows at work and Mac at home. Extensions such as foxmarks work seemlessly.

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By: Kenny

Kenny — Fri, 15 May 2009 06:54:57 +0000

I use Chrome for all Google web apps (ie. Gmail, Documents, Calendar etc.), AJAX Yahoo Mail, and MS Live mail.
Wouldn’t trust it with any online banking transactions. It loads up really fast and feels ‘light’ weight. I like the fact that it is a separate process per tab. Lots of advantages to doing that!

It’s still rough around the edges though. Lots of niggles such as not being able to remember the last folder i downloaded my file in whenever i click ‘Save image as’.

Using a website in ‘application’ mode is rather annoying because I can’t use the Back button (i’m not supposed to but the unpredictable nature of the WWW makes it essential to do so sometimes).

I also have IE8, Firefox and Opera installed on my PC. That said, my default and favorite browser right now is Opera!
It’s innovative, all the other browsers stole feature ideas from it, it loads the average web site fastest, has a great download management tab, easy (easier than other browsers) to access the browser cache(for downloaded streaming files) and excellent default features.

I try not to install too many extensions on my Firefox. I want the essential browser features such as ad-blocking, no-script browsing etc. without having to bloat my browser and make version updates slow.

Opera gives me all that, and mouse gestures! I absolutely *heart* mouse gesture browsing! hehe

By: Kenny

Kenny — Fri, 15 May 2009 06:43:41 +0000

It’s still rough around the edges though. Lots of niggles such as not being able to remember the last folder i downloaded my file in whenever i click ‘Save image as’.

I also have IE8, Firefox and Opera installed on my PC. That said, my default and favorite browser right now is Opera!
It’s innovative, all the other browser stole feature ideas from it, it loads the average web site fastest, has a great download management tab, and excellent default features.

Opera gives me all that, and mouse gestures! I absolutely *heart* mouse gesture browsing! hehe

By: kilik

kilik — Wed, 13 May 2009 21:38:50 +0000

I personally prefer firefox. I got into the chrome hype a bit when it first came out but it’s not really there yet for me. Perhaps it’s just because my primary OS was linux so I didn’t get right into it — it will be again soon, I just got really heavily into gaming for a bit there and as much as I don’t love windows I don’t believe much in emulating games.
The Tab per Process thing seemed cool, but really unnecessary for me. I never really have more then 6-7 tabs open at a time, if I need something again I can find it relatively quickly.
As for the many searches thing I can do plenty of stuff with keywords and that’s more specific, same with the graphical empty tab thing — and mind you many of these things were borrowed from Opera — it takes too long for me to use my mouse to get somewhere. It’s easier just to toss out a few key combinations and be there.
But yeah, several cool features Opera has had before, and they didn’t really do anything for me due to the way I do things.
As for the tabs at the top of the screen; fair enough, I have read some stuff about being at the top vs 10 pixils off does actually make a difference, but I really am fine with just using Tiny Menu+ a really large progress bar on one bar, and then tabs on the second… It’s really small and works fine.
Also I find the private browsing thing pretty cool, though I wouldn’t be surprised if chrome had that. Chrome’s sandbox mode thing is defently worth something, but the general experience just isn’t quite where I like it with chrome…
After a year or two I will probably reconsider, but for now I prefer firefox by far.

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By: David Pierce

David Pierce — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:09:39 +0000

Definitely agreed. I’ve found that’s actually the one thing I frequently still use Firefox for. I’m waiting for the extension-less SU toolbar, which I’ve tried to use but can’t make work right, to be useful. Then it’s over.

By: nicbot

nicbot — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:45:03 +0000

This is a poorly written article…and concept. Sorry man.

First, you should have targeted IE users.

Second, you points are biased and hardly based on facts/hard data.

Third, if you were a FF user you would know that most of the things you knocked FF for can be added via add-ons.

And lastly, add-ons and community is what FF is all about. Being able to customize MY browser to how I want it is the attraction for most users to FF. If all you do all day is open and close one browser window, then yes, maybe Chrome is for you.

Next time you decide to write an article like this it might be wise to take the time to consider the other side of your argument first.

By: Jinkzt3r

Jinkzt3r — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:53:17 +0000

When Google Chrome gets a StumbleUpon add-on, I’ll switch over. I honestly use both.. but until then I will use Firefox more so than Chrome. =/

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:23:25 +0000

RAM is cheap. Buy more. Who cares if Firefox uses RAM. Free RAM is wasted RAM. Besides, Chrome lacks 95% of what makes Firefox great. Extensions.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:29:00 +0000

I like the way Chrome looks and it is fast, but I love this add-on where you drag a link and drop it on a page so it opens in a new tab.

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By: John L

John L — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:51:07 +0000

100% Firefox fan here and so is everybody I have shown it too. Chrome may be fast but it is so stripped of functions that it is not surprising. Take all of your seats and goodies out of your car and that would go faster too. I use it to check one website only as it just cannot do what Firefox can with all of its addons, extension etc. As for reason number 1, if this is a problem then install session manager and restart Firefox and go back to where you were. As for individual tabs crashing, I cannot say I have ever had that in Firefox but had it a lot with Chrome. The other reasons given to switch have already been dismissed.
There really is nothing you can do in Chrome that you cannot do better in Firefox. Chrome may be fast but it is nowhere near as useful.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:22:48 +0000

The reason for the recent bookmarks is to help you find book marks that you use the most just in case you have a ton of them. I find them to be pretty useful.

By: stringycustard

stringycustard — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:00:16 +0000

I’d love to switch to Chrome sometime – whenever it actually hits Mac. FF is far from perfect, but it is good at what it does.

I like the concepts behind the way Chrome works. It essentially did a semi-restart on browser design and being an interface-whore I appreciate the effort it took to do that.

I have issues with some of the way it works and extensibility is pretty limited. Much of what you discussed is covered by plugins in FF, and while I realise native is generally better, I am more impressed with something that lets me do it the way I want – the same reason I am pretty set against the OS X interface. It’s pretty and all, but it doesn’t work perfectly and I wish I didn’t have to break my OS just to customize it.

By: Will Robinson

Will Robinson — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:43:30 +0000

I’m content with FF the way it is; I’m a customization freak so I’m over the moon with what it has to offer, you can’t even change the colour of Chrome from XP-blue. It just comes across as ‘plain old browser’ to me, nothing special.

Also I can’t believe it hasn’t been mentioned but one of the main reasons I only use Chrome as a speedy back up (when I’m in a rush) is the fact that you have to manually clear the download window one file at a time.

By: Johnny

Johnny — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:36:17 +0000

If Chrome doesn’t work with your bank’s website, that is their fault. Honestly, they must be using some shitty javascript thats causing an issue. Get them to switch to a standardized compliance based library like MooTools or JQuery.

By: J

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:26:13 +0000

Wouldn’t it just make more sense (and be a smart move on FF’s part) to have Firefox ape Google’s features like the sandboxing and separation of processes? But natively, without having to install new extensions to get there.

By: Tobey

Tobey — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:09:12 +0000

Why not to mention the most innovative browser of all as well… Have you people at least gave Opera a chance?

I did once… never looked back.