Why I may switch to IE

I have loved Chrome, on account of it being by Google, wicked fast, and lightweight. However, I have started to see some nasty features.

Note that I am on the Dev branch.

Chrome is simply not fully compatible with many sites. Many times if a page does not display correctly, it loads fine in FF and IE. The WYSIWYG editor of vBulletin is not supported in Chrome. That means to create bold text, I cannot use Ctrl-B.

If I want to show a username in the correct font (for example, the gold color), I need to manually set the colors. In FF and probably IE, you can just copy/paste the name.

The spell checker in Chrome is a joke. Not only the lack of suggestions, which you all know about, but in the past few weeks it no longer allows me to add words to the dictionary. That means that every time I type DVD, it marks it as wrong, and there's nothing I can do about it.

It seems other users are having the same issues. Hopefully it will be fixed in the next Dev release.

A major concern is the lack of a master password like FF has. That means that anyone that has access to my browsers could see all my passwords, provided they knew where to look. I am taking my chances saving my passwords on any shared machines. I feel safe only because I am the only one that uses Chrome, and the others don't know how to access the options.

Also relating to passwords, you cannot undo it if you select Never For This Site for saving passwords.

Unlike every other browser, it is impossible to remove individual sites from the browsing history, or delete individual saved urls from the omnibar.

Chrome has less options to tweak. Tabs open up the same; there is no setting for switching to a new tab when opened.

Hopefully some of these features will be added or fixed int he future, but in the mean time, I will use FF.

very nice in depth and informative post. personally i never really found chrome all that impressive and i love google, maybe it was just a bit to minimal for my taste. i'll continue to stick to FF until it no longer works for me.

A very objective post Jonathan_King:)

Individuals tend to use, or stick with a specific browser for many reasons, not least amongst them, familiarity and ease of use. If, however, your choice of browser is prohibitive to your working/leisure use of it, I see no reason not to swap loyalties, albeit temporarily

A question on you OP, if I may.Could you please expand on what you mean by,"Tabs open up the same; there is no setting for switching to a new tab when opened."

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V3xar said:

A very objective post Jonathan_King:)

Individuals tend to use, or stick with a specific browser for many reasons, not least amongst them, familiarity and ease of use. If, however, your choice of browser is prohibitive to your working/leisure use of it, I see no reason not to swap loyalties, albeit temporarily

A question on you OP, if I may.Could you please expand on what you mean by,"Tabs open up the same; there is no setting for switching to a new tab when opened."
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Sure, I'd be happy to. That was just an example of what you can tweak in IE that you can't in Chrome. See the snip. Those are 2 things that just cannot be configured in Chrome.



Apologies for the bad marking; I just cannot control trackpads like I can a mouse.

Excellent, well thought out post. Kudos

swarfega said:

why not try FF before using IE. With the recent security scare with IE, Im reluctant to use that for main stream surfing again. Even though it has been patched quickly, you can always be sure something else will arise.

just because Firefox hasnt been in the news doesnt mean it doesnt have exploitable vulnerabilities.... and i say this as a firefox fan