Abandoned Firefox for Chrome

pparks1 · 01 Jun 2012

shmO said:

Another browser that you might want to give a try is Waterfox.. Its the 64x vs 32x (FireFox) im pretty sure. I had installed it and used it only last night after I did a fresh install of windows. The browser is great. I dont have any issues or complaints. Just had to download Silverlight, Flash, Java and the links should be right on the download page. Im over Firefox, Chrome, and IE.

Thanks for the suggestion, but it's alright. I'm 100% satisfied with Google Chrome. There is nothing that is missing from Firefox which I actually miss at this point.

bobland · 02 Jun 2012

I gave Chrome a run for a while, tried Opera, which I like, and IE9. In the end I missed FF and decided to give it another try. I uninstalled it since I had my bookmarks in Chrome. Once reinstalled, everything worked and worked quickly so I'm back in the fold with FF.

What I didn't like with other browsers was the tabbing. FF lets me open links in a new tab and then open that tab. Couldn't figure out how to do that in the others.

While I am a frequent user of a browser, I don't need a lot of add-ons, extensions or sync so FF satisfies all my needs (so far).

wanchoo · 03 Jun 2012

Well done. Chrome is nor the most extensively used web-browser and it has overtaken Internet Explorer according to some reports.

bobland said:

I've used FF since its initial beta but lately its become useless. I can't view videos from Wall Street Journal, certain sites lock up FF completely, YouTube buffers endlessly and I can't use KeyPass because the quickkey wanders all over the screen.

I began using Chrome just for these particular "features" but finally just stayed with Chrome. I'm not happy using Chrome, what with all the issues of Google privacy, but I don't browse or email anything controversial in the least. At least I hope that's the case.

Anyone else have similar problems?

Thanks,
Burt

A Guy · 03 Jun 2012

Sounds like you are happy with FF. I am personally an Opera man. It has many tab options.

Opera Help: Advanced Preferences: Tabs

A Guy

mart44 · 04 Jun 2012

bobland said:

What I didn't like with other browsers was the tabbing. FF lets me open links in a new tab and then open that tab. Couldn't figure out how to do that in the others.

Chrome will open links in a new tab. 'Right-click > Open link in new tab' or middle-click (mouse-wheel) the link. I think what can be deceptive is the fact that the new tab opens in the background. If you don't notice the appearance of the extra tab in the Tab Bar, it's possible to think that nothing has happened.

Firefox has an option to switch to the new tab immediately when links are clicked but Chrome doesn't have this. It can be done but an extension is needed for it. 'Tabs to the front!' is the one.

kado897 · 04 Jun 2012

There is a Chrome extension which brings new tabs to the front. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/d...khggjmacjlacla

w1dpc · 04 Jun 2012

kado897 said:

There is a Chrome extension which brings new tabs to the front. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/d...khggjmacjlacla

thanks for this. i used FF from 3.6 till 10.0. they still have a major issue with flash. i now use chrome and love it

kado897 · 04 Jun 2012

No worries w1dpc. I have been using it for so long I almost forgotten it.

bobland · 05 Jun 2012

What I've found is Ghosterly was the source of all my problems. In the 3pes tab, enabling the Advertising, Analytics and Widgets options caused the reported problems. Once I unchecked them, FF behaved normally. Now that some of these posts have addressed other problems I will probably go back and revisit these browsers. I kinda liked Opera but found it difficult to find particular options.

wanchoo · 05 Jun 2012

So I suppose this is the "finis" and the thread is solved.