Ask HN: Did you switch to Chrome?

Posted by schtog on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @05:46PM
from the ask-hn dept.

So 3 weeks later, have you switched to Chrome or do yous till use your old browser?

Has it goten faster lately? My first impression was just "nice scaled down interface but nothing revolutionary and I didn't notice the speed" but it seems fast now.

(How can I do a poll?)

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Re:Ask HN: Did you switch to Chrome? by LogicHoleFlaw on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @05:58PM (#312890)

I've been using both Chrome and Firefox lately. I absolutely love the simplified Chrome interface. I can't use it as my main browser though until it supports addons. I have too many must-have firefox addons to leave FF behind.

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Re:Ask HN: Did you switch to Chrome? by pedalpete on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @08:37PM (#313012)

It has become my browser for browsing, while FF has become my browser for dev (because of FireBug). Once FireBug works in chrome, I suspect I'll switch over completely, can't imagine what would keep me on FF.

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Re:Ask HN: Did you switch to Chrome? by unalone on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @07:49PM (#312975)

I will once it's on Mac. Till then it's the nightly WebKits.

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Re:Ask HN: Did you switch to Chrome? by kamme on Wednesday September 24, 2008 @02:55AM (#313250)

I have it installed and it works great but I must admit I didn't make the switch, partially because of the lack of extensions (I'm a web developer so I use firebug, webdev toolbar, etc a lot).

But it also made me think about what I like about chrome. Then I went looking for extensions to install on Firefox and I must admit I don't miss chrome because I have most of the good stuff in Firefox now!

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Re:Ask HN: Did you switch to Chrome? by delackner on Wednesday September 24, 2008 @04:00AM (#313292)

I don't know why I haven't seen more complaints of this, but for both me and another colleague in my office, when Chrome is running (this is in XP) the system freezes for several seconds at totally random times, even when Chrome is just sitting in the background. Total deal breaker.

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Re:Ask HN: Did you switch to Chrome? by gaius on Wednesday September 24, 2008 @08:43AM (#313426)

What's your HD doing during these freezes?

It's like the old days in Photoshop, when you need to give it its own dedicated scratch disk...

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Re:Ask HN: Did you switch to Chrome? by safetytrick on Wednesday September 24, 2008 @03:07AM (#313258)

No, Chrome doesn't have a few of the goodies I love in Firefox, addons of course and keywords / %s goodness. Its a great browser (Love not waiting for a slow tab) but Firefox is much more powerful to me.

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Re:Ask HN: Did you switch to Chrome? by jackzombie on Wednesday September 24, 2008 @03:37PM (#313962)

I have made the switch to Chrome for straight browsing, I like the simplicity of the UI, and find its much easier to navigate from site to site.

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Re:Ask HN: Did you switch to Chrome? by rjett on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @05:56PM (#312886)

I still use Firefox for the advantages of firebug.

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Re:Ask HN: Did you switch to Chrome? by ph0rque on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @05:57PM (#312887)

Waiting for the official Linux version here.

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Re:Ask HN: Did you switch to Chrome? by byrneseyeview on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @06:24PM (#312917)

On my work PC, yes. Ironically, I have to use Firefox to change the settings for Google Desktop.

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