[havocdemonzkrew]

Chrome is life.
It opens so fast and simple.
I have no plugins or addons so it's perfect.
Fast, reliable and slick.

[Topdog]

I'm presuming NetScape has no fans?

Dude, what year do you think is, 2001?

My parents had it on their old, old notebook, and I haven't heard any news about it recently.

This post has been edited by Topdog: Jun 26 2009, 09:43 PM

[Muttmuttinthebut...]

Well I tried Opera - but it seems that Chrome has quite a big fanbase in this thread, so then I tried out Google Chrome. Found Chrome to be a tad more easier and more simpler than Opera - but my mind still could be swayed. As for Flock, I saw that and really didn't like it seeing as I'm not spending all my time on Facebook and whatnot.

I'm presuming NetScape has no fans?

You should stay with Firefox, decent, easy to use, and very easy to customize to your liking.

[Kwinten]

Well I tried Opera - but it seems that Chrome has quite a big fanbase in this thread, so then I tried out Google Chrome. Found Chrome to be a tad more easier and more simpler than Opera - but my mind still could be swayed. As for Flock, I saw that and really didn't like it seeing as I'm not spending all my time on Facebook and whatnot.

I'm presuming NetScape has no fans?

You should stay with Firefox, decent, easy to use, and very easy to customize to your liking.

And it's very resource heavy.

[Cattius]

And it's very resource heavy.

I wouldn't say it's that resource heavy. It doesn't use any more resources on my Windows 7 setup than IE8 or Google Chrome do. I can't judge it against Opera or Safari as I haven't got them on my computer yet - I might download them soon though and do a comparison between them all.
Besides, with today's modern computers resource consumption is no longer a major issue. It's only really something you think about if you have a poor spec.

I wouldn't suggest Chrome unless you are fine with just being speedy and nothing else. You can't really install toolbars or add-ons without messing with the browser file.

I know Chrome is lacking on the customisation front, but it has some impressive features, and the Google team are experimenting with some very interesting concepts, such as its approach to sandboxing.

This post has been edited by Cattius: Jun 27 2009, 06:42 AM

[Grimm]

Well I'll stick to Firefox on one computer and continue with Chrome on the other.

Dude, what year do you think is, 2001?

My parents had it on their old, old notebook, and I haven't heard any news about it recently.

I know some people who use it so I just assumed that others do too

On one note, IE seems to be getting a big hate-base...

[Cattius]

Well I'll stick to Firefox on one computer and continue with Chrome on the other.
On one note, IE seems to be getting a big hate-base...

Yup. Everyone hates IE

Basically it has a very bad track record with IE6 and IE7...IE8 is a bit of an improvement but it's still bested by the competition.

EDIT: I mentioned resource usage in a previous post. Here's the resource usage of IE8, FF3 and Chrome 2 on my Windows 7 machine. Each browser has one window open, showing the main page of the Sals forum.

Google Chrome 2: 2 processes 48MB RAM 0% CPU
Internet Explorer 8: 2 processes 35MB RAM 1% CPU
Firefox 3: 1 process 49MB RAM 1% CPU

What is interesting is that, despite the fact IE8 seems to use less resources, it is noticeably slower than FF and Chrome when browsing pages. I didn't actually time the startup for each browser, but I judged Chrome to be significantly faster at starting up, and IE8 and FF to be roughly equal in startup time (however, bear in mind Chrome only had to load the New Tab page when I started it up, whereas IE8 and FF had to load Google). Also worth a mention is the fact that Firefox and Chrome loaded the Sals forum main page with no errors; IE8 reported an error loading an image.

As I said before, with modern computers resource usage is no longer a major issue, but I still found it interesting to compare the browsers.

EDIT EDIT: I installed Opera and Safari for Windows to compare them too.

Opera: 1 process 20MB RAM 0% CPU
Safari: 2 processes 130MB RAM 6% CPU

Safari doesn't seem to be exactly lightweight
Both browsers loaded pages very fast, IMO at the same speed as Chrome, and faster than FF and IE8.

This post has been edited by Cattius: Jun 27 2009, 07:30 AM