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I solved the embedded Chrome OS ad equation and won a Cr-48

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Re: I solved the embedded Chrome OS ad equation and won a Cr-48

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post #42

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If you accidentally close too many tabs, Shift-Ctrl-T will reopen them. And will remember content in forms. I like Chrome.

Shift-cmd-t makes you wonder what the hell everybody else is doing that it took so long to get this feature.

Actually, its been in Firefox for at least as long as Chrome has existed... I can't remember a Firefox build without it, but... it's been a while.

Re: I solved the embedded Chrome OS ad equation and won a Cr-48

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Now its time to figure out how to set up a server that can handle few thousand viewers. Cache: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://...

I still really don't understand what's so hard about a couple thousand views. I've had a couple posts hit the front page (even #1 on HN and #5 on prog.reddit), and my server was fine. I use Apache to serve the resources and Clojure to handle web requests. Nothing fancy.

Varnish, ahead of time?

Re: I solved the embedded Chrome OS ad equation and won a Cr-48

#73
post #31

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I can relate, though maybe he is being a tad sensationalist. I expect (say) my bookmarks to be synced between all my computers. I'm sure plugins do this on other browsers, though. The biggest reason I don't consider Opera or FF for daily use anymore: Non-chrome browsers drive me crazy due to the way they close tabs. It is very stressful compared to mouse-closing tabs in Chrome and its "smart positioning."

Compared to closing several tabs in Chrome, doing a similar thing in the Win7 shell (close several open folders) is infuriatingly difficult. The target size of the close icon is so small , and missing it is doubly bad: it makes you start the task all over again, plus a random window is now positioned to the front destroying your work context.

you can middle click the text and it'll close it.

just like how you can middle close to close a tab in most browsers

Re: I solved the embedded Chrome OS ad equation and won a Cr-48

#74
post #8

From the article: > most people I know including myself couldn’t live without Chromium/V8 anymore. Is this a common sentiment ?

I can relate, though maybe he is being a tad sensationalist. I expect (say) my bookmarks to be synced between all my computers. I'm sure plugins do this on other browsers, though. The biggest reason I don't consider Opera or FF for daily use anymore: Non-chrome browsers drive me crazy due to the way they close tabs. It is very stressful compared to mouse-closing tabs in Chrome and its "smart positioning."

I've barely used Chrome before, but shouldn't you use mouse gestures to close tabs in Opera? It's by far the easiest way, along with ctrl+w. No need to aim and click on a specific button.

Re: I solved the embedded Chrome OS ad equation and won a Cr-48

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post #8

From the article: > most people I know including myself couldn’t live without Chromium/V8 anymore. Is this a common sentiment ?

I can relate, though maybe he is being a tad sensationalist. I expect (say) my bookmarks to be synced between all my computers. I'm sure plugins do this on other browsers, though. The biggest reason I don't consider Opera or FF for daily use anymore: Non-chrome browsers drive me crazy due to the way they close tabs. It is very stressful compared to mouse-closing tabs in Chrome and its "smart positioning."

That's a terrible reason not to use FF -- all you have to do is middle click anywhere on a tab.

Re: I solved the embedded Chrome OS ad equation and won a Cr-48

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can relate, though maybe he is being a tad sensationalist. I expect (say) my bookmarks to be synced between all my computers. I'm sure plugins do this on other browsers, though. The biggest reason I don't consider Opera or FF for daily use anymore: Non-chrome browsers drive me crazy due to the way they close tabs. It is very stressful compared to mouse-closing tabs in Chrome and its "smart positioning."

I've been leaning back towards firefox recently due to how chrome handles large number of tabs: poorly. It'll squeeze them down to the point that they wont even show the favicon, making finding an open page annoying - compared to firefox, which has a minimum tab length, and scrolls the tab bar if it grows too large to fit. The rest might be a personal prefference, but I rarely use the mouse to close tabs anyway, ctrl…

That's why I use FireFox's Tree Style Tabs add-on.

Re: I solved the embedded Chrome OS ad equation and won a Cr-48

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Using Chrome is like driving a luxury car for the first time. I remember when I got in a '93 Mercedes SL 500 in the rain and when I slowed down so did the windshield wipers. I know others replicated the behavior in later models, but driving that car made me realize that every other car was designed by people who didn't, apparently, drive cars. I love using the 'smart tab positioning' example: how many times have peop…

I love using the 'smart tab positioning' example: how many times have people moved the mouse to close 4 or 5 tabs? I would expect that most people close multiple tabs with [cmd|ctrl]-w, precisely because of the back and forth mousing otherwise required. One thing I've worried about while using Chrome has been accidentally closing more than one tab at once, since, being a klutz, I don't have wonderful control over my…

It would be great if the browser taught people these things during use. Kind of like some small drop down at the top "I see your closing a lot of tabs, have you tried ctrl-w?".

As it stands unless I'm wrong a user would have to go digging for these shortcuts online or by clicking help and actually knowing what they are looking for. Seems like a stretch for most browser users.

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