Firefox faces uncertain future as Google deal apparently ends

Google Chrome is Crap. It cannot hold a candle to Firefox. Chrome Plus (and a few other Chrome based browsers as well as the original Chrome itself) does not suffer from the limitations and Googlised extras the Google Chrome has. I have tried them all and found Chrome Plus to be the best.

The thing is, Firefox has staying power no matter if they may lose some money. It's their own fault for relying on google so much but they did it because Google is Top Dog.

If Mozilla can renew the contract they should.. if Google isn't letting them (I am uncertain as to if this is the case or not) as to try to make Google Chrome look better then it's sad but they just have to keep broving they have a better product - Firefox will not lose google ranking or be downgraded by Google as long as the hits are there so in that respect they still win over Google chrome.

What we need to a more level playing field in search engines. Google should be dragged into court for the monopoly it is like Microsoft was and a new better search engine share some of the spoils of war.

I have noticed when searching on Google you do not get the most up to date websites for your hits, many times you get content that is several years old and this is the stuff in the top ranking. I would rather have the latest info at my fingertips first then the older info. This is a flaw in the search engines ranking abilities IMO - I know that it reflects (they say) the most hit on sites or (more likely) the sites that are using Google's web site promotion services but this is not fair IMO.

Gimme a new search engine that really brings you the most relevant data thats the most current and I will use and promote it instead.

MilesAhead said:

marsmimar said:

Good info. Thanks for sharing. :)

Index of /f/chromium/snapshots/Win_Webkit_Latest

I should add, if you experiment with the snap shots it's a good idea to use the win32 zip file instead of installer. Also make a back up of your Chromium settings folder and the folder with the chrome.exe. Especially if you go up a whole version number, it squawks if you try to back off to an older version by just copying back the exe folder. I have Chromium settings and exe backup folders for versions 16 17 and 18 just so I don't get stuck. It's only a few hundred MB to back them up.

Usually the browser itself acts ok but an extension might act flaky. Although I have had it happen that as soon as I type in the address bar it crashed!! But 2 folder copies and I'm right back to the previous version I was using.

Appreciate the additional info. Sounds like a good plan.