Ask HN: Will you be switching to Chrome?

#1

Post by cadalac » Thu, Sep 04, 2008, 6:41 PM UTC

I think I'll be switching to Chrome. I always thought IE and Firefox could be slimmed down. What are your thoughts?

Re: Ask HN: Will you be switching to Chrome?

#2

Post by qhoxie » Thu, Sep 04, 2008, 7:08 PM UTC

Perhaps when there is a stable linux client.

Re: Ask HN: Will you be switching to Chrome?

#3

Post by baha_man » Thu, Sep 04, 2008, 7:09 PM UTC

'I always thought IE and Firefox could be slimmed down'

Have you tried Opera? I use Windows and FreeBSD, so as Chrome isn't availble on FreeBSD yet I'll probably run Chrome on Windows and Opera on FreeBSD.

Re: Ask HN: Will you be switching to Chrome?

#4

Post by spydez » Thu, Sep 04, 2008, 7:26 PM UTC

Not until Chrome gets extensions/addons. I absolutely cannot live without ad blocking, better tab management, NoScript and my check-multiple-gmail-accounts addons.

Re: Ask HN: Will you be switching to Chrome?

#5

Post by spencerfry » Thu, Sep 04, 2008, 7:28 PM UTC

I won't be switching as long as the new FF coming out is faster than Chrome (as they say it is). It also has to come out on the Mac first. ;)

Re: Ask HN: Will you be switching to Chrome?

#6

Post by Protophore » Thu, Sep 04, 2008, 7:32 PM UTC

Chrome certainly looks very promising. However it is still lacking many features. Until they get it all put together I doubt that I will be switching.

I've also read that IE8 has some nice features that Chrome does not have or doesn't do as well. I'd prefer to avoid IE8, but you never know, maybe MS got something right this time around??

Re: Ask HN: Will you be switching to Chrome?

#7

Post by stcredzero » Thu, Sep 04, 2008, 7:34 PM UTC

Yes

Re: Ask HN: Will you be switching to Chrome?

#8

Post by rg » Thu, Sep 04, 2008, 7:38 PM UTC

Switched yesterday. I transferred 8 tabs from FF3 and 8 tabs from IE (formerly ran both, for different sites), and started using Chrome exclusively. So far, 100% perfection, 100% stability. All the financial sites, news sites, Amazon, ..., everything works perfectly. Great performance. Very slick developer tools built-in.

Re: Ask HN: Will you be switching to Chrome?

#9

Post by froo » Thu, Sep 04, 2008, 7:39 PM UTC

Not right now, the Chrome on my machine is constantly crashing :(

I'd like too though.

Re: Ask HN: Will you be switching to Chrome?

#10

Post by blender » Thu, Sep 04, 2008, 7:41 PM UTC

Haven't tried it yet since I use Linux at work and Mac at home.

If nothing else I think Chrome sets the bar higher for the incumbents - process isolation in a browser is a nice innovation.

Cheers