Is Firefox really that good? - Page 2

MasterChief · 01-01-10, 22:06

I was a diehard Firefox fanboy, I would like to think ive grown up now and have a more open minded view. Like other have mentioned Chrome / webkit has improved in leaps and bounds over the last few months. I find myself enjoying chrome more, especially now it has extensions.

BabaJaga · 07-02-10, 18:00

It's the addons that make FF so popular. I.e. AdblockPlus. It's OSS too. IE sucks and always will. Chrome is for early adopters. Maybe I'll take a look someday. But FF works fine without problems. You can get millions of addons for every purpose. So, no need to switch.

Hoffman · 08-02-10, 10:38

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Originally Posted by BabaJaga

Chrome is for early adopters. Maybe I'll take a look someday.

It was at the time and ill be the first to admit it had initial problems,Ii would say its improved to the point where its better than FF now. The extensions have gone from a few buggy ones to some fantastic ones in just a few months.

Chrome extensions are sandboxed, there for carn't interact and modify each other, where as on Firefox any extension can do anything to the browser

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Nimrod · 04-03-10, 00:38

I need to revive this old post as I was thinking about it today:

Mozilla really are bloody useless. New features to expect in V4? Multi-process tabs and plugins as well as more HTML5 support. Great, shame Chrome and other browsers have done this for almost a year already. I used Firefox today with a proxy, and my god it was so slow.

Firefox has become the new IE in my eyes, they take so bloody long to release updates and are about a year or two behind other browsers in terms of features. I use to use Fox as it was the best alternative to IE and IE was years behind, it appears the Fox is the new IE. Most Firefox users use it because its features and improved speed, but even the new Opera release a few days ago has more features and is much faster than Firefox. Chrome on the other hand is still lighting fast, so much faster than any other browsers, and its plugin extension section has grown massively, bringing it up to par with Firefoxs extensions.

Why do people still use the Fox now? Its so outdated and slow.

Titcher · 06-03-10, 01:25

Where are you getting this slowness information? My firefox browser renders pages instantly. And more HTML5 features is a good thing, firefox were the first to rush to get HTML5 features in.

Dark Scyth · 06-03-10, 04:15

I can't really agree with that one, for me Firefox takes 1 - 4 seconds at most to load a page and I must say it looks quite nice.

04-03-10, 00:38	#14
Nimrod Ultimate Lifeform Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: London, United Kingdom Posts: 941 Thanks: 25 Thanked 71 Times in 41 Posts Blog Entries: 17 Xbox Live Ranking: 116^th	I need to revive this old post as I was thinking about it today: Mozilla really are bloody useless. New features to expect in V4? Multi-process tabs and plugins as well as more HTML5 support. Great, shame Chrome and other browsers have done this for almost a year already. I used Firefox today with a proxy, and my god it was so slow. Firefox has become the new IE in my eyes, they take so bloody long to release updates and are about a year or two behind other browsers in terms of features. I use to use Fox as it was the best alternative to IE and IE was years behind, it appears the Fox is the new IE. Most Firefox users use it because its features and improved speed, but even the new Opera release a few days ago has more features and is much faster than Firefox. Chrome on the other hand is still lighting fast, so much faster than any other browsers, and its plugin extension section has grown massively, bringing it up to par with Firefoxs extensions. Why do people still use the Fox now? Its so outdated and slow. __________________ [ Digiex \| Email \| Private Message ]

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Dark Scyth Godlike Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,303 Thanks: 108 Thanked 197 Times in 76 Posts	I can't really agree with that one, for me Firefox takes 1 - 4 seconds at most to load a page and I must say it looks quite nice. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler I'm still here

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01-01-10, 22:06	#11
MasterChief Advanced Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: USA Posts: 172 Thanks: 61 Thanked 8 Times in 6 Posts	I was a diehard Firefox fanboy, I would like to think ive grown up now and have a more open minded view. Like other have mentioned Chrome / webkit has improved in leaps and bounds over the last few months. I find myself enjoying chrome more, especially now it has extensions.

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07-02-10, 18:00	#12
BabaJaga Interested Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 9 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	It's the addons that make FF so popular. I.e. AdblockPlus. It's OSS too. IE sucks and always will. Chrome is for early adopters. Maybe I'll take a look someday. But FF works fine without problems. You can get millions of addons for every purpose. So, no need to switch.

06-03-10, 01:25	#15
Titcher Elite Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 203 Thanks: 1 Thanked 24 Times in 20 Posts	Where are you getting this slowness information? My firefox browser renders pages instantly. And more HTML5 features is a good thing, firefox were the first to rush to get HTML5 features in.