Comments on: Firefox 3.5 is available http://www.dadams.co.uk/2009/06/30/firefox-3-5-is-available/ Not as funny as it used to be, according to Mrs A Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:39:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Darren http://www.dadams.co.uk/2009/06/30/firefox-3-5-is-available/comment-page-1/#comment-1275 Darren Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:59:03 +0000 http://www.dadams.co.uk/?p=1002#comment-1275 So, I've had another look at Chrome. There's some nice things about it... the uncluttered user interface provides a lot of screen real-estate, and I really like the download manager and the native re-sizeable text boxes. But there's still too many things missing. There's no equivalent of Firefox's live bookmarks. There's no extensions, so there's no fully-fledged RSS reader or FTP client. Also, Chrome is a memory hog. 9 tabs open (far less than I usually have open in Firefox) sucked up over 300 mb of RAM - Firefox with 12 open tabs and a number of extensions is using 170 mb. So, I’ve had another look at Chrome. There’s some nice things about it… the uncluttered user interface provides a lot of screen real-estate, and I really like the download manager and the native re-sizeable text boxes. But there’s still too many things missing. There’s no equivalent of Firefox’s live bookmarks. There’s no extensions, so there’s no fully-fledged RSS reader or FTP client.

Also, Chrome is a memory hog. 9 tabs open (far less than I usually have open in Firefox) sucked up over 300 mb of RAM – Firefox with 12 open tabs and a number of extensions is using 170 mb.

]]> By: Darren http://www.dadams.co.uk/2009/06/30/firefox-3-5-is-available/comment-page-1/#comment-1272 Darren Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:24:37 +0000 http://www.dadams.co.uk/?p=1002#comment-1272 Hi Lawrence... I did try a beta of Chrome, but at the time there were so many things missing (things that I use in Firefox) that it was no-go. Haven't installed it on my current laptop yet so willing to give it another go. At home I use a Mac 95% of the time, and as there's no Chrome for Mac I'll continue to use Firefox. Hi Lawrence… I did try a beta of Chrome, but at the time there were so many things missing (things that I use in Firefox) that it was no-go. Haven’t installed it on my current laptop yet so willing to give it another go. At home I use a Mac 95% of the time, and as there’s no Chrome for Mac I’ll continue to use Firefox.

]]> By: Lawrence John http://www.dadams.co.uk/2009/06/30/firefox-3-5-is-available/comment-page-1/#comment-1271 Lawrence John Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:08:10 +0000 http://www.dadams.co.uk/?p=1002#comment-1271 Nice blog Darren - Have you tried Google Chrome as a browser yet? - I tried Safari and Firefox, but I think Chrome is the best - and definitely the fastest. LJ Nice blog Darren – Have you tried Google Chrome as a browser yet? – I tried Safari and Firefox, but I think Chrome is the best – and definitely the fastest.

LJ

]]>