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Chrome is a closed-source browser with a rigid failure of a UI and a sync feature that hands over all my bookmarks and history to Google. I can't even move the buttons around -- what a joke. How any privacy-conscious person can use Chrome is beyond me.
Actually Chrome is built on top of Chromium, a BSD licensed browser. Try out Chromium if you're concerned about privacy.
I don't mean to be "that guy", but how is anyone seriously enthused about Firefox anymore when Chrome is on the scene? I love and respect Firefox for showing the world there was a better way. But they are the Freud to a much more mature approach at this point. I can't use Firefox without wanting to injure myself within five minutes. It is dead to me.
Chrome is a closed-source browser with a rigid failure of a UI and a sync feature that hands over all my bookmarks and history to Google. I can't even move the buttons around -- what a joke. How any privacy-conscious person can use Chrome is beyond me.
I'm not sure I understand your logic here. Firefox won't let you separate the back and forwards buttons, is that also a "rigid failure" in UI design?
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Unfortunately I've had that problem with a lot of cross-platform software on Linux lately. Chrome, for instance, doesn't seem to be made with the idea in mind that people might use window managers other than Gnome, or might have settings other than the default chosen for certain behaviors. For instance, double clicking the title bar maximizes the Chrome window - though I have that set to a shade action. There are a f…
That sounds like fun with Chrome's window-manager emulation. It behaves a lot more respectably when you go Settings → Personal Stuff → Appearance and choose "Use system title bar and borders".
Even more impressive is their HTML5, WebGL, audio and video demo linked to in the post: http://videos-cdn.mozilla.net/serv/mozhacks/flight-of-the-na...
View this demo in Firefox 4, then view IE9's demo in IE9: http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/Performance/Galactic/Defau... These demos really demonstrates the difference between Firefox 4 and IE9.
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Chrome is a closed-source browser with a rigid failure of a UI and a sync feature that hands over all my bookmarks and history to Google. I can't even move the buttons around -- what a joke. How any privacy-conscious person can use Chrome is beyond me.
I can't even move the buttons around I'm not sure I understand your logic here. Firefox won't let you separate the back and forwards buttons, is that also a "rigid failure" in UI design?
Back/forward together makes sense. Refresh next to back/forward isn't any better or worse than refresh to the right of the address bar, so it comes down to personal taste -- Chrome imposes its own taste upon me, while Firefox is happy to let me decide.
I don't mean to be "that guy", but how is anyone seriously enthused about Firefox anymore when Chrome is on the scene? I love and respect Firefox for showing the world there was a better way. But they are the Freud to a much more mature approach at this point. I can't use Firefox without wanting to injure myself within five minutes. It is dead to me.
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View this demo in Firefox 4, then view IE9's demo in IE9: http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/Performance/Galactic/Defau... These demos really demonstrates the difference between Firefox 4 and IE9.
Great test. I don't have IE9 (since I need IE8 for testing, and MS still hasn't figured out how/conjured the will to make IE work like a normal application), but it's interesting to compare FF4 and Chrome. The performance looked about equivalent between the 2. Neither reports a framerate, so not sure about the exact numbers.
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Great test. I don't have IE9 (since I need IE8 for testing, and MS still hasn't figured out how/conjured the will to make IE work like a normal application), but it's interesting to compare FF4 and Chrome. The performance looked about equivalent between the 2. Neither reports a framerate, so not sure about the exact numbers.
Just a FYI - You can uninstall IE9 from your computer. It's not listed in the Add/Remove Programs list but you can find it under the "Installed Updates" list.
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Okay, so it sounds like you misunderstand the process of software development. You can't completely rewrite various subsystems for performance and fix bugs at the same time. There is more going on than just 'adding new features'. New software is bound to be unstable while it is in development. If you have a problem with this, do not download beta versions. Personally, I haven't had any issues at all with stability or…
(Since I don't particularly care about my karma at the moment, I guess I'll continue beating this dead horse :-)) And here's my snarky rejoinder: Hey look! There are bug fixes and new features in the latest beta. How did they do that? Perhaps they misunderstand the software development process! What you have described is some ideal model of the development process based on something you think should happen. It doesn'…
> What you have described is some ideal model of the development process based on something you think should happen. It doesn't exist, and it doesn't happen that way.
Do you actually do any programming yourself? I'm really not sure what you're talking about.