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    Poll: Google Chrome

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Apollo13, Sep 22, 2008.

  1. McGrady

    McGrady Notebook Virtuoso

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    Opera 9.60 is out, in case you didn't know.
     
    McGrady, Oct 16, 2008
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  2. crunchee

    crunchee Newbie

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    i dont think chrome will replace the wonderful Firefox but firefox has been a bit shaky when it comes to some java & flash apps(games), I wonder how this one will cope then i will officially have no use for IE at last :)
     
    crunchee, Oct 29, 2008
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  3. Lakjin

    Lakjin Notebook Deity

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    Minefield will give Chrome a run for its money.
     
    Lakjin, Oct 29, 2008
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  4. jiangL

    jiangL Notebook Enthusiast

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    I thought "minefield" was just the codename used for betas of firefox 3.1? My technical knowledge is very limited though, so correct me if I'm wrong!
     
    jiangL, Oct 29, 2008
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  5. Apollo13

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    You're right, it is merely the name for Firefox alphas/betas. They used it as the alpha/beta name for Firefox 3, too. I don't trust them in the alpha stage - security isn't quite up to par at times - but by beta stage they may be okay. But my recent policy is to wait for official versions of Firefox. Though I'm still running 2.17 of Firefox - not a huge fan of 3.xx.

    I've pretty much decided to pass on Chrome for Windows for now. But seeing as there's a Linux port I'll give that a chance - my Linux is too new to be officially supported by Opera, though it does work.
     
    Apollo13, Oct 29, 2008
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  6. scythie

    scythie I died for your sins.

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    Tried it, even liked it. But I missed FF add-ons so now back to FF3 for now. I heard though that Chrome will also have add-ons in the future and that's good to hear.

    Chrome is still a bit buggy though. Like windows popping up behind the browser window when I try to download and it asks me where to put the downloaded file. But yeah, I think Chrome will have a bright future ahead of it. And I might become a part of it [by becoming one of its new converts/users :D]
     
    scythie, Oct 29, 2008
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