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Pedal to the Chrome metal: Our fastest beta to date for Windows, Mac and Linux

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Re: Pedal to the Chrome metal: Our fastest beta to date for Windows, Mac and Linux

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Post by jonknee »

rottencupcakes wrote: post #5

Probably the single thing that keeps me using Firefox is its address bar. It's a much nicer experience than Chrome's, with its user-friendly auto complete mechanisms. The speed of the browsers is rarely the bottleneck for me anymore. I'll switch to Chrome for intense javascript experiences, but that's about it. I feel like chrome needs to start focusing more time on the experience - these speed improvements aren't pa…

What don't you like about Chrome's address bar? It auto-completes as well, it will even auto-fill a URL for a site you've never been to before. Having search in the same box is usually faster for me, the only time I hit a snag is when I'm searching for something that can be confused with a URL.

I suppose it's all relative, but to me FireFox feels cumbersome in comparison to Chrome. I only open it up to test sites on.

Re: Pedal to the Chrome metal: Our fastest beta to date for Windows, Mac and Linux

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Post by hasanove »

albertzeyer wrote: post #8
rottencupcakes wrote: post #5

Probably the single thing that keeps me using Firefox is its address bar. It's a much nicer experience than Chrome's, with its user-friendly auto complete mechanisms. The speed of the browsers is rarely the bottleneck for me anymore. I'll switch to Chrome for intense javascript experiences, but that's about it. I feel like chrome needs to start focusing more time on the experience - these speed improvements aren't pa…

What do you mean with the address bar? Chromes bar also has autocompletion. I even find it simpler to use. In Firefox, I have to press the down-key + enter to select a suggestion. In Chrome, I just have to press enter. What do you think is missing otherwise in Chrome? I think the overall user experience is probably much better compared to Firefox in nearly all aspects.

While I use Chrome as default, I too miss Firefox autocompletion.

In Firefox, I would just start typing "Hacker News" and HN would popup as a first suggestion after first letter, probably based on usage frequency.

The only way to get the same result in Chrome, is to start typing "news.ycombinator.com", which means you have to remember url, not the name. Chrome, will surely find by "Hacker News" too, but I will need to type in at least 5-6 characters for that.

Re: Pedal to the Chrome metal: Our fastest beta to date for Windows, Mac and Linux

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Post by ErrantX »

rottencupcakes wrote: post #5

Probably the single thing that keeps me using Firefox is its address bar. It's a much nicer experience than Chrome's, with its user-friendly auto complete mechanisms. The speed of the browsers is rarely the bottleneck for me anymore. I'll switch to Chrome for intense javascript experiences, but that's about it. I feel like chrome needs to start focusing more time on the experience - these speed improvements aren't pa…

That's an interesting opposing view; because the thing that hooked me on Chrome was the address bar.

I can no longer function efficiently in other browsers because, for me anyway, it is so streamlined.

Re: Pedal to the Chrome metal: Our fastest beta to date for Windows, Mac and Linux

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Post by bobbyi »

albertzeyer wrote: post #8
rottencupcakes wrote: post #5

Probably the single thing that keeps me using Firefox is its address bar. It's a much nicer experience than Chrome's, with its user-friendly auto complete mechanisms. The speed of the browsers is rarely the bottleneck for me anymore. I'll switch to Chrome for intense javascript experiences, but that's about it. I feel like chrome needs to start focusing more time on the experience - these speed improvements aren't pa…

What do you mean with the address bar? Chromes bar also has autocompletion. I even find it simpler to use. In Firefox, I have to press the down-key + enter to select a suggestion. In Chrome, I just have to press enter. What do you think is missing otherwise in Chrome? I think the overall user experience is probably much better compared to Firefox in nearly all aspects.

Other than the first suggestion, you have to use the down arrow in Chrome to use the completions. In Firefox, you cycle through them using tab just like completion in every other app (e.g, bash, ipython, anything using readline).

Re: Pedal to the Chrome metal: Our fastest beta to date for Windows, Mac and Linux

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Post by _delirium »

hasanove wrote: post #12
albertzeyer wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What do you mean with the address bar? Chromes bar also has autocompletion. I even find it simpler to use. In Firefox, I have to press the down-key + enter to select a suggestion. In Chrome, I just have to press enter. What do you think is missing otherwise in Chrome? I think the overall user experience is probably much better compared to Firefox in nearly all aspects.

While I use Chrome as default, I too miss Firefox autocompletion. In Firefox, I would just start typing "Hacker News" and HN would popup as a first suggestion after first letter, probably based on usage frequency. The only way to get the same result in Chrome, is to start typing "news.ycombinator.com", which means you have to remember url, not the name. Chrome, will surely find by "Hacker News" too, but I will need t…

That might be why I prefer Chrome's. I usually type URLs, only fall back to typing titles if I don't remember the URL, and it really annoys me how often Firefox will take me to the wrong site unless I type a fairly large prefix of the URL. In Chrome I can just type ne..., while in Firefox I have to go all the way to news.y... before it'll give me the right completion.

Re: Pedal to the Chrome metal: Our fastest beta to date for Windows, Mac and Linux

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Post by chmike »

What I dislike in chrome is that passwords are not secured by a SSO password like in firefox. What I like in chrome is its thin and lightweight frame.

What I miss in Chrome and Firefox is bookmark synchronization on my own server because privacy is important to me.

Re: Pedal to the Chrome metal: Our fastest beta to date for Windows, Mac and Linux

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Post by [deleted] »

ErrantX wrote: post #13
rottencupcakes wrote: post #5

Probably the single thing that keeps me using Firefox is its address bar. It's a much nicer experience than Chrome's, with its user-friendly auto complete mechanisms. The speed of the browsers is rarely the bottleneck for me anymore. I'll switch to Chrome for intense javascript experiences, but that's about it. I feel like chrome needs to start focusing more time on the experience - these speed improvements aren't pa…

That's an interesting opposing view; because the thing that hooked me on Chrome was the address bar. I can no longer function efficiently in other browsers because, for me anyway, it is so streamlined.

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Re: Pedal to the Chrome metal: Our fastest beta to date for Windows, Mac and Linux

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Post by tvon »

Things keeping me from using Chrome:

* Lack of built-in RSS support. This one kind of blows my mind.

* Worst progress indicator I've ever seen.

* Can't open external links in new windows, have to open in "tab of whatever my last used browser window was".

* Flash crashes more than it does in Safari/Firefox, but I don't blame Chrome for that.

Not exactly constructive to the conversation I guess, but at least the first three things have been driving me nuts for a bit.

Re: Pedal to the Chrome metal: Our fastest beta to date for Windows, Mac and Linux

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Post by lftl »

rottencupcakes wrote: post #5

Probably the single thing that keeps me using Firefox is its address bar. It's a much nicer experience than Chrome's, with its user-friendly auto complete mechanisms. The speed of the browsers is rarely the bottleneck for me anymore. I'll switch to Chrome for intense javascript experiences, but that's about it. I feel like chrome needs to start focusing more time on the experience - these speed improvements aren't pa…

For everyone asking what's wrong with Chrome's URL bar, here's one specific example I run into.

I go visit Google Analytics relative often. In Firefox, I can start typing analytics.. and it pulls up GA as an option very quickly. With chrome it never shows up at all, instead I have to start typing google, and it'll show up as the 3rd or 4th option.

It's hard to remember all the specific annoyances, but this is one of a handful where FF's awesome bar really outshines Chromes. Now I'm willing to make the tradeoff because Chrome on linux is still MUCH faster the FF.

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