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crazyjr · 09:20 PM

With google chrome or Opera setups? I have been running firefox for a while and till yesterday it was ok, I am getting a red bar across the top saying bookmarks and history are being used on another app or file. I backed up the restore point and get nothing, but the red bar.

This started night before last, i got a wierd pop-up, from norton antivirus. I couldn't close it any way but right click and left click close on options. I didn't notice till morning, i had a norton desktop icon, I went in and deleted all norton. Everything seemed ok, till firefox crashed last night. I cleaned and defragged and tryed to get back on, but got the red bar, eventually couldn't get on. I am now on my IE browser, everything seems ok. I can't play my flash game sites, but can deal, At least i can get online. Long story short, I tryed to re-DL the firefox and got the same thing (red bar), so i am looking for another browser. anyone with experience with google chrome or opera? Good or bad, I want to know

thanks for any info you can give

squeeforever · 03.17.2010, 09:28 PM

I've used pretty much all of em and my favorite is by far Opera. The speed dial feature is really nice.

crazyjr · 03.17.2010, 09:34 PM

Thanks Squee, Is it hard to learn? Or is there similarities to other setups?

squeeforever · 03.17.2010, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by crazyjr

Thanks Squee, Is it hard to learn? Or is there similarities to other setups?

Honestly, I don't think Opera could be more simple. You can do all sorts of things like have multiple tabs open and then cascade them or tile them, you can have the tab bar at the top have previews of the tabs, yada yada. Just try it.

jhautz · 03.17.2010, 10:31 PM

Ive tried alot of them and wound up using chrome. Simple yet still has all the features I need. Way faster than IE.

scarletboa · 03.17.2010, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by jhautz

Ive tried alot of them and wound up using chrome. Simple yet still has all the features I need. Way faster than IE.

+1

all i use is google chrome. it consumes less RAM and it is simple to use, yet has everything.

03.18.2010, 04:50 AM

Opera user since 2002.

The amazing thing is, I still discover new and useful features all the time. I've tried the other ones and they don't compare. Something Opera got right was the tabbed browsing experience. You'll eventually get spoiled by it. I currently have 48 tabs open and nothing slows down. In my experience, Chrome crashes past a certain point and Fire Fox slows down in general, especially when switching between tabs.

That being said, one thing you have to live with as an Opera user is that you're a minority on the Internet. Some sites don't render 100% correctly, or even outright reject the browser and require you to use a different one. Luckily, both cases are quite rare in daily browsing. Its usually the government pages or something else that is pedantic about 'security'.

The stability of the browser has also been next to none for me. For 8 years use, I would venture to say it crashes at most once a year. Some of you might say thats a lot, but keep in mind my browsing is quite 'abusive' at 40+ tabs, many of them constantly refreshing, updating or running active scripts (ie. GMail).

Give it a try!

.dk

Finnster · 03.17.2010, 09:42 PM

I tried Chrome, but it was a little too oversimplified for my tastes. I use FF for the most part.

Maybe you got a virus on one of those flash game sites? They can be shady...

crazyjr · 03.17.2010, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Finnster

I tried Chrome, but it was a little too oversimplified for my tastes. I use FF for the most part.

Maybe you got a virus on one of those flash game sites? They can be shady...

I would, but for whatever reason, my computer loses the bookmarks and history on firefox. I really need to do a complete system restore on this computer but i am lazy

SunnyHouTX · 03.17.2010, 09:46 PM

I've tried most of them too and I settled on Chrome.

Crazyjr, it's pretty easy to pick up and the controls are intuitive and kinda resembles any generic browser app. I like the layout mostly.

crazyjr · 03.18.2010, 10:13 AM

I just DL'ed the opera, we'll see how i like it. So far, so good. Thanks guys

kraegar · 03.18.2010, 10:27 AM

I've tried:

IE (Blah! Slow, bulky, yadda yadda)
Firefox (Memory hog, but still loved it)
Opera (Ok, nothing spectacular, though it's been a while since I looked at it)
Safari (Too many site incompatibilities)
Chrome - Settled on this one.

Reasons: More screen real-estate. It's a slim, efficient UI. Took a little getting used to. Sandboxing. Every tab is its own process. No chance of one tab crashing taking down the whole session. Can drop tabs to their own window, and back, seamlessly. More secure due to sandboxing. (Don't believe me on that? Read some of the hacker comps statements, Chrome on any platform is harder to break, especially windows with DEP). Once chrome added plugins (Flashblock & Adblock) I was hooked! Haven't looked back.

Tony

crazyjr · 03.18.2010, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by kraegar

I've tried:

IE (Blah! Slow, bulky, yadda yadda)
Firefox (Memory hog, but still loved it)
Opera (Ok, nothing spectacular, though it's been a while since I looked at it)
Safari (Too many site incompatibilities)
Chrome - Settled on this one.

Reasons: More screen real-estate. It's a slim, efficient UI. Took a little getting used to. Sandboxing. Every tab is its own process. No chance of one tab crashing taking down the whole session. Can drop tabs to their own window, and back, seamlessly. More secure due to sandboxing. (Don't believe me on that? Read some of the hacker comps statements, Chrome on any platform is harder to break, especially windows with DEP). Once chrome added plugins (Flashblock & Adblock) I was hooked! Haven't looked back.

Tony

Not sure on the security, but my sis has chrome and i now have opera, both have the same size screen now

MetalMan · 03.18.2010, 10:25 AM

I've been on Chrome for at least the last year. Sure it's crashed a few times, but when it does it can still recover the pages that were open. The only disappointment for me is its inability to print a selection. Still need IE to do that

crazyjr · 10:54 AM

Once again, thanks guys, I decided on opera for now, might give chrome a try and see. Does anyone know how to set a homepage on opera? I been used to the yahoo page for a while now and want it back

edit: Never mind on the homepage, figured it out