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BOZZ | Posted: Jan 12 2010, 07:01 PM |
IDW Posts A Freaking LOT Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 28,412 Member No.: 1,414 Joined: Mar 9th 2004 Location: Update Profile | So I've been using Google Chrome as of late as my main browser on my netbook and was wondering what extensions some fellow IDW Chrome-users have installed. I just came across the ability, which I was under the impression was unavailable on Linux, and just installed a nice little extension called Remove Images which seems to not download images which is something I am able to do quite easily with Safari but not so easily with Chrome. So what are some extensions you guys use? |
Perry | Posted: Jan 12 2010, 08:05 PM |
Like an eagle! Group: SITE OWNER Posts: 8,014 Member No.: 1 Joined: Sep 15th 2002 Location: San Leandro, California | HOLY MOLY, I just hit a GOLD MINE!!! I didn't know Chrome has extensions already!! Now I can finally right click on an image and find it's size! |
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Steve | Posted: Jan 12 2010, 08:06 PM |
IDW Saiyan Group: Advanced Members Posts: 9,139 Member No.: 1,205 Joined: Jan 31st 2004 Location: Dallas, Texas | I don't have it yet but I haven't heard reviews yet. How do you like it? I use Firefox. Any better? Pros and cons? |
BOZZ | Posted: Jan 12 2010, 08:14 PM | ||
IDW Posts A Freaking LOT Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 28,412 Member No.: 1,414 Joined: Mar 9th 2004 Location: Update Profile |
The Pros are supposed to be its speed... It's apparently the fastest browser... Though Safari is supposed to be just as good (but I believe only the Mac version). Cons... Not that I can think of although some people (myself included) have some fears about how Google might be sharing data they are getting via Google Chrome usage with advertisers. Ah, wait, there is also the issue about the program still being in a unfinished "beta" stage and there isn't too much add-ons/extensions yet for it. @Perry: I found out about it earlier today... The extensions need work though... | ||
Möbius | Posted: Jan 13 2010, 07:14 AM |
IDW Top Poster Group: Advanced Members Posts: 33,844 Member No.: 3,524 Joined: Oct 2nd 2004 Location: Update Profile | Firefox has too much of a market share right now for Chrome to make an impact as a standalone browser. Plus they don't have ogame extensions which makes it useless for me. |
BOZZ | Posted: Jan 13 2010, 03:26 PM |
IDW Posts A Freaking LOT Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 28,412 Member No.: 1,414 Joined: Mar 9th 2004 Location: Update Profile | I am sure that with time that those extensions will come... |
Möbius | Posted: Jan 13 2010, 04:42 PM |
IDW Top Poster Group: Advanced Members Posts: 33,844 Member No.: 3,524 Joined: Oct 2nd 2004 Location: Update Profile | And at that point in time, Chrome might become useful for me. Until that time however, it still stands that it is useless for me. |
BOZZ | Posted: Jan 13 2010, 05:30 PM |
IDW Posts A Freaking LOT Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 28,412 Member No.: 1,414 Joined: Mar 9th 2004 Location: Update Profile | So Perry, which extensions have you played around with so far? |
Möbius | Posted: Jan 13 2010, 05:31 PM |
IDW Top Poster Group: Advanced Members Posts: 33,844 Member No.: 3,524 Joined: Oct 2nd 2004 Location: Update Profile | And I've just realized that so far, this has been a mod/admin only thread. |
BOZZ | Posted: Jan 13 2010, 10:08 PM |
IDW Posts A Freaking LOT Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 28,412 Member No.: 1,414 Joined: Mar 9th 2004 Location: Update Profile | True, from the looks of it Perry and I might be the only IDW members to use Google Chrome. |
Alex | Posted: Jan 13 2010, 10:22 PM | ||
OG Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 9,054 Member No.: 111 Joined: Nov 26th 2002 Location: Atlanta |
Whatchu talkin' about? I'm giving it a spin on Mac right now. It just never ran right on my PC, but then again not many things did. One quick thing I noticed and don't remember from using it on my other computer was some difficulty moving my bookmarks around on the toolbar. I'm used to dragging and dropping them into folders (and Other Bookmarks.) That isn't as easy now. I had to right click and edit the location of the bookmark. Also, this is a little more specific and not just Chrome, but on my MacBook, I regularly use a 3-finger up/down swipe to go to top or bottom of a page in Firefox. Safari and Chrome don't support this. I'm upset I can get the traditional blue on a Mac, even with themes. I'm using the minimal one at the moment. | ||
BOZZ | Posted: Jan 13 2010, 10:26 PM |
IDW Posts A Freaking LOT Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 28,412 Member No.: 1,414 Joined: Mar 9th 2004 Location: Update Profile | Safari doesn't support it? That is odd... I'd have to test it on my macbook which has some multi-touch capabilities... I know that I can swipe back and forth in Safari to move forward and backward though..... |
Möbius | Posted: Jan 14 2010, 07:31 AM | ||
IDW Top Poster Group: Advanced Members Posts: 33,844 Member No.: 3,524 Joined: Oct 2nd 2004 Location: Update Profile |
Up to your post, every post had a badge. | ||
Alex | Posted: Jan 14 2010, 10:06 AM | ||
OG Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 9,054 Member No.: 111 Joined: Nov 26th 2002 Location: Atlanta |
Exactly why I jumped in. Also, it's not like my shouldn't have a badge or something. BOZZ, 3 fingers side to side still goes back/forward pages, but it stops there. I'm sure there's one of those applications that can modify your multi-touch per program, but I don't care that much. | ||
BOZZ | Posted: Jan 14 2010, 11:22 AM |
IDW Posts A Freaking LOT Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 28,412 Member No.: 1,414 Joined: Mar 9th 2004 Location: Update Profile | Weird... I can verify the same deal on my Mac... I am just so used to use three finger swipe for back/forward and two fingers to scroll that I never noticed it. Firefox is supposed to have, or at least did it did sometime mid-2009... |
Perry | Posted: Jan 14 2010, 01:48 PM |
Like an eagle! Group: SITE OWNER Posts: 8,014 Member No.: 1 Joined: Sep 15th 2002 Location: San Leandro, California | So far, I've been trying Speed Tracer and Firebug Lite. I love Speed Tracer, it has a lot of useful bandwidth benchmark tools that I like when I optimize the load time for the forums. |
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Alex | Posted: Jan 15 2010, 11:02 AM | ||
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You work so hard for us | ||
BOZZ | Posted: Jan 15 2010, 08:59 PM | ||
IDW Posts A Freaking LOT Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 28,412 Member No.: 1,414 Joined: Mar 9th 2004 Location: Update Profile |
Firebug is a fairly nice extension... I've had it running on Firefox for a while, it's proved to be quite helpful... | ||
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ThaSaint | Posted: Feb 7 2010, 06:21 PM |
Don Juan Group: Members Posts: 322 Member No.: 19,267 Joined: Jul 31st 2006 Location: New York | Chrome is supposedly taking over a lot of the browser market share. |
Sensation! | Posted: Feb 7 2010, 10:26 PM |
As expected of country grown vegetables Group: Special Snowflake Posts: 2,330 Member No.: 19,520 Joined: Aug 14th 2006 Location: Redondo Beach, CA. | i just have 3 issues with chrome so far: -you cant "open" a download -image options are poor, ie: cant view size, cant open image separately, cant set as wallpaper. -spellcheck needs some work imo. firefox was the same when it was in its earlier stages. This post has been edited by Sensation! on Feb 7 2010, 10:26 PM |
CoastalmixX | Posted: Feb 7 2010, 10:32 PM |
The Solution Group: Advanced Members Posts: 3,787 Member No.: 2,428 Joined: Aug 1st 2004 Location: Update Profile | Why does Chrome always sh*t on me when I run anything that uses Flash? I want to play Facebook Poker AND watch YouTube videos at the same time! |
BOZZ | Posted: Mar 9 2010, 06:35 PM |
IDW Posts A Freaking LOT Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 28,412 Member No.: 1,414 Joined: Mar 9th 2004 Location: Update Profile | Whoa... I was a bit bored and checked the online list... Quite a few members are using Chrome it seems (Alex, Tesso, Steve, Thirteen, Jerry Liu). Btw, anyone hear of any way to force a status bar in Chrome? It bugs me how it appears when loading a page but disappears... I guess I prefer it being there since I am used to it... Although I am still a bit worried about how much data Google tracks even if I opt out of it when installing Chrome... I find myself using Chromium (open source fork of Chrome) on my netbook rather than Chrome... |
Alastair | Posted: Mar 9 2010, 07:41 PM |
SNTS Group: Advanced Members Posts: 2,215 Member No.: 27,312 Joined: Nov 4th 2007 Location: Update Profile | I have been using chrome for a little over two weeks and i can honestly say that i am in love! the only thing I hate is that there is no extension like firefox's download helper. |
Steve | Posted: Mar 9 2010, 07:43 PM |
IDW Saiyan Group: Advanced Members Posts: 9,139 Member No.: 1,205 Joined: Jan 31st 2004 Location: Dallas, Texas | I've noticed on Chrome, Youtube lags on me while on Firefox, it runs pretty smoothly. Anyone else experience this? |
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