firefox3 vs google chrome

[Avrilfan2K9]

cheers mates, ive just joined AB! heres my first question:

i have firefox3.3. iam wondering how good is google chrome? people say its faster. but the downside of it, it doesnt have an option to implement plug ins. whats your thoughts on this?

[ChuckFickens]

Welcome to AB, do you know what you've let yourself in for :)

Chrome has had some very positive reviews and as you correctly say it's been commented by many that it is marginally faster than even firefox (which is of course faster than IE) but you have picked up on the major drawback, it is not customisable at all.

At the end of the day you can have as many browsers installed as you want and they won't clash with each other, just pick and choose which one you want to use, so why not download it and see. though it's worth remembering that it is still a beta version and therefore is not guaranteed to be stable or bug free

It may also be worth reading the terms and conditions of use properly as well, as they seem a little restrictive in places, i.e. they reserve the right to limit content available! this may be good for kids, but as an adult (allegedly) I'd rather choose what sites I view, not somebody else!

[rojash]

I found Chrome to be somewhat faster in loading, but didn't notice any improvement in downloading and rendering pages.

I seem to remember that some on here (Ethel?) actually found it slower than Firefox.

I don't much like it, especially as I have loads of useful add-ons installed in Firefox, but as Chuck says, you can install as many browsers as you like, so why not just install it and give it a try?

[fo3nix]

As the above say, the secret to Firefox is the addons.

If you don't use any addons for firefox, then perhaps Google Chrome is enough for you.

But Chrome is not set out to be a standard web browser. It implements features that will be used more in the coming year or years.

For me, Firefox is stable, well tested and documented, totally cross-platform, free software, and has some great addons that I can't browse the web productively without.

[badhorsey]

There isn't much in the way of plugins for Chrome at the moment but remember, it's only been available for a very short time.

One thing that it does have is an inbuilt task manager, which runs each tab as an individual process. The benefit of this is that if a site crashes or causes a hang, you can terminate that tab and leave the rest open. Neither Firefox nor IE offer this.