After reading Edward's positive words about Chrome I downloaded it.
It started up showing a set of bookmarks I had long stopped using. I
am NOT keen on Google as it works in Firefox, but Chrome is less
cluttered. Wouldn't use Safari for the reasons stated below. I
also recommend Scroogle to restrict what Google learns about what you
do.
Bill
On 25/09/2010, at 12:14 PM, Rob Findlay wrote:
I haven't experienced the beach ball with Safari since I turned off
the stupid top sites. All that seems to do is fill up with
thumbnails and gradually render the whole thing unusable.
On 25/09/2010, at 10:24 AM, Edward wrote:
Good morning
Yesterday I changed browser from Safari to Chrome. This is not a
suck it and see temporary alternative. These are the bells of
freedom type of change.
I have been an avid user of Safari for years and, on and off, tried
Camino and Opera and Shiira and Flock and OmniWeb as well as Firefox.
I started to feel frustrated with Safari a few months back, because
of the drag on the CPU and other sluggishness. After each Safari
update I thought this is the one that will free it up and give it
the speed its purported to have. But it seems to get slower and
command more processor power and RAM. So I gave Firefox another go
for a couple of weeks and it seemed faster with less drag on the
system, but its bloated with add-ons and other stuff.
Then I gave Chrome another go, spent time setting it up nicely with
some extensions and having a serious go at Google's offering as
contender for my main browser. The longer I used Chrome the more I
liked it. It seems to render pages faster than the other browsers
and there is far less drag on the CPU. The interface is clean and
stripped down, the add-ons sit in the tool bar and are less
obtrusive than in Firefox. The spinning rainbow disc has not
appeared in my browsing life since Chrome - it was a never ending
fact of life with Safari.
So, I managed to break away from the Safari habit and feel a sense
of freedom with Google's Chrome. I wonder what WAMUG users have to
say about browsers these days?
Best wishes,
Edward
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