Edge is pretty decent, it's mostly lightweight and so far hasn't shown any signs of slowing down and crashing like FF and Chrome do on the regular.
I still use FF as my main browser though, I feel I owe it to them for freeing me from the IE shackles all those years ago. It'll be a sad day when FF isn't around any more, but they haven't exactly been doing great work recently either. The memory leaks in FF are fucking annoying.
I saw this thread so I thought "Hey, I'll try FireFox again!". Installed it and trying it right now... I've been browsing for about an hour and it's proving to be quite a resource hog. It's using 1.2gb for one tab on NeoGAF, pretty pathetic. No add-ons installed.
I jumped ship when Chrome included Flash in the browser. It was nice not having to install flash separately and having it ask to be updated all the time.
Google.com, if it sees you're not using Chrome it asks you to download Chrome.
no it does not
Yep. Does on Safari too. And it doesn't stop appearing even if you dismiss it.Yes it does. Every time I've visited Google on Internet Explorer for the past five years or so there's been a popup telling me to install Chrome.
Google.com, if it sees you're not using Chrome it asks you to download Chrome.
LynxGAF reporting in!!
Yes it does, and it does so on every Google site. Google advertises Chrome very aggressively with their market share from other products.no it does not
Yeah it sucks. I'll keep using firefox until Chrome lets me customize my downloads bar.
Dang. I used to use nothing but Firefox, but it eventually just became too slow and cumbersome.
Yes it does, and it does so on every Google site. Google advertises Chrome very aggressively with their market share from other products.
For example in Edge: (Notice how the "Ja" (Yes) action is the only action that's made to look like a button as your average Joe would expect it to.
Translation in order of appearance:
1) Google recommends Chrome. Give it a try?
2) Download Google Chrome. Try a fast and safe browser with automatic updates.
3) Read every website automatically in your own language. Chrome is a fast and safe browser with built-in* updates.
4) Watch Youtube videos with Chrome. Yes, download Chrome now.
*What the fuck does built-in updates even mean
I see this shit on my mums PC all the time, i wonder why the EU does not try to do something about this abuse of power by Google (rethoric question ).Yes it does, and it does so on every Google site. Google advertises Chrome very aggressively with their market share from other products.
For example in Edge: (Notice how the "Ja" (Yes) action is the only action that's made to look like a button as your average Joe would expect it to.
Translation in order of appearance:
1) Google recommends Chrome. Give it a try?
2) Download Google Chrome. Try a fast and safe browser with automatic updates.
3) Read every website automatically in your own language. Chrome is a fast and safe browser with built-in* updates.
4) Watch Youtube videos with Chrome. Yes, download Chrome now.
*What the fuck does built-in updates even mean
I saw this thread so I thought "Hey, I'll try FireFox again!". Installed it and trying it right now... I've been browsing for about an hour and it's proving to be quite a resource hog. It's using 1.2gb for one tab on NeoGAF, pretty pathetic. No add-ons installed.
I'd argue that it amounts to anticompetitive behaviour. Leveraging a monopoly in one area to further your lead in another area.
Google is not a 'friendly' company. They are 90s Microsoft.
I love it when there's clearly something wrong with someone's configuration and settings and yet they blame the browser instead of maybe trying to figure out why they're having abnormal performance.
Chrome and Firefox are kind of interchangeable to me to be honest. It won because you can't win against the might of Google.
Used to be an Opera user ages ago. It unfortunately turned to shit. It doesn't even have bookmarks anymore. I don't know why it even exists still.
What's causing the drop in Firefox usage?
Mobile. Chrome is far better than Firefox on Android and with password/bookmark/history syncing it pulls users into the whole ecosystem.
Mobile. Chrome is far better than Firefox on Android and with password/bookmark/history syncing it pulls users into the whole ecosystem.
At home nearly every video i watch other then Netflix has screen tearing. Drives me fucking nuts. That's when i dust off IE and it runs perfectly.
What's causing the drop in Firefox usage?
Netflix also limits FF/Chrome to 720p unlike IE11.
Why? Edge is a fine browser, nothing wrong with it.Sad to hear about firefox but IE/Edge can go and die in a fire.
The blind hatred towards IE, and for some reason Edge, is still alive it seems.Why? Edge is a fine browser, nothing wrong with it.
The IE hate really got mainstream some time back. Don't know how Microsoft can ever undo that. But it is getting a bit old, since their efforts have been solid over the past years. This idea people still have from it is from IE6/7. And it actually seems the hate from regular people only got started after they already released new versions.
Firefox on desktop because I can scroll tabs. can't stand the tiny tabs on chrome.
Chrome on mobile because it came with the phone I guess. :[
Mobile version of Firefox is better than Chrome but on Desktop Chrome wins for me.