5 Reasons I'm addicted to Chrome

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Post by fjabre » Sun, Sep 06, 2009, 10:15 PM UTC

5 Reasons I'm addicted to Chrome
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Re: 5 Reasons I'm addicted to Chrome

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Post by byoung2 » Sun, Sep 06, 2009, 10:48 PM UTC

1. Ludicrous Speed for fast fingers. Using the following key strokes makes me a search GOD..!

Is Ctrl C, Ctrl T, Ctrl V, Enter really quicker than right-click->"Search the web for [selected word]"?

Re: 5 Reasons I'm addicted to Chrome

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Post by fjabre » Sun, Sep 06, 2009, 11:09 PM UTC

byoung2 wrote: post #2

1. Ludicrous Speed for fast fingers. Using the following key strokes makes me a search GOD..! Is Ctrl C, Ctrl T, Ctrl V, Enter really quicker than right-click->"Search the web for [selected word]"?

Might just be a personal preference but using the address bar to search is so much more intuitive.

Re: 5 Reasons I'm addicted to Chrome

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Post by gchucky » Sun, Sep 06, 2009, 11:20 PM UTC

fjabre wrote: post #3

byoung2 wrote: post #2

1. Ludicrous Speed for fast fingers. Using the following key strokes makes me a search GOD..! Is Ctrl C, Ctrl T, Ctrl V, Enter really quicker than right-click->"Search the web for [selected word]"?

Might just be a personal preference but using the address bar to search is so much more intuitive.

Couldn't you do that in Firefox with Ctrl-C, Ctrl-L, Ctrl-V? Or instead of Ctrl-L, use Ctrl-K to get to the search bar?

Re: 5 Reasons I'm addicted to Chrome

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Post by jokull » Sun, Sep 06, 2009, 11:30 PM UTC

Focusing the address bar (Command-L on Mac, Alt-D on Windows) and then tab usually brings you to the search field on any modern browser.

Re: 5 Reasons I'm addicted to Chrome

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Post by sri » Sun, Sep 06, 2009, 11:32 PM UTC

byoung2 wrote: post #2

1. Ludicrous Speed for fast fingers. Using the following key strokes makes me a search GOD..! Is Ctrl C, Ctrl T, Ctrl V, Enter really quicker than right-click->"Search the web for [selected word]"?

I use a Greasemonkey script: select & hit Alt-A, searches Amazon in background tab. Alt-G, google. Alt-Y, youtube. etc.

Re: 5 Reasons I'm addicted to Chrome

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Post by TheElder » Sun, Sep 06, 2009, 11:39 PM UTC

gchucky wrote: post #4

fjabre wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Might just be a personal preference but using the address bar to search is so much more intuitive.

Couldn't you do that in Firefox with Ctrl-C, Ctrl-L, Ctrl-V? Or instead of Ctrl-L, use Ctrl-K to get to the search bar?

For Firefox: highlight text, ctrl+c, ctrl+e (to give the search box focus), ctrl-v, enter

Re: 5 Reasons I'm addicted to Chrome

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Post by baran » Sun, Sep 06, 2009, 11:44 PM UTC

Reason I use chrome: Keeps surfing the web simple.

Re: 5 Reasons I'm addicted to Chrome

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Post by rg » Mon, Sep 07, 2009, 12:06 AM UTC

1 Reason I Was Forced to Overcome My Chrome Addiction:

It keeps freezing, requiring a power-off restart, with more than about twenty-five tabs. Sad to say, both FF and IE8 are much more stable with lots of tabs.

Re: 5 Reasons I'm addicted to Chrome

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Post by fjabre » Mon, Sep 07, 2009, 12:19 AM UTC

TheElder wrote: post #7

gchucky wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Couldn't you do that in Firefox with Ctrl-C, Ctrl-L, Ctrl-V? Or instead of Ctrl-L, use Ctrl-K to get to the search bar?

For Firefox: highlight text, ctrl+c, ctrl+e (to give the search box focus), ctrl-v, enter

Years of using ^C ^V have probably biased my opinion =)

I might add that for me the #1 feature that I'm really addicted to is the address bar doubling as a search bar. It just feels right.