Now Google are releasing a browser (as part of their plans for world domination)

[Neil]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7593106.stm

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2329247,00.asp

[MikePizzoff]

It's about damn time.

[Legion2213]

Anybody actually started using it yet?

I'm happy with IE7 to be honest, I tried FF several times and it just ends up not being used, the latest version is more clunky than ever.

[MikePizzoff]

Just downloaded the BETA. I'm loving it so far. Much faster and sleeker (both looking and feeling) than Firefox.

[Legion2213]

Just downloaded the BETA. I'm loving it so far. Much faster and sleeker (both looking and feeling) than Firefox.

Sounds promising, I might DL that and give it a try this week, I could never understand the hype around FF to be honest, horrible browser IMO.

[Bub666]

Just downloaded the BETA. I'm loving it so far. Much faster and sleeker (both looking and feeling) than Firefox.

I agree.

[Neil]

Just downloaded the BETA. I'm loving it so far. Much faster and sleeker (both looking and feeling) than Firefox.

There's problems with it... For example it has issues with Facebook...

[MinionZombie]

There's problems with it... For example it has issues with Facebook...
It does? :confused:

I've had a great time with Firefox, my biggest trouble with it in the past was more to do with my laptop which just kept crashing, thus leading me to having to create new FF profiles - once every month on average ... but that was more down to my laptop, rather than FireFox.

Otherwise, I've used Firefox for years now, might give the Google one a go perhaps, just to try it out, but I wouldn't bother getting into it, at the very least not until it's all been tested and the official verdict is returned regarding it.

[Neil]

It does? :confused:

I've had a great time with Firefox, my biggest trouble with it in the past was more to do with my laptop which just kept crashing, thus leading me to having to create new FF profiles - once every month on average ... but that was more down to my laptop, rather than FireFox.

Otherwise, I've used Firefox for years now, might give the Google one a go perhaps, just to try it out, but I wouldn't bother getting into it, at the very least not until it's all been tested and the official verdict is returned regarding it.

TBH, I find FF quite crashy these days... I use it on two machines at home, and it frequently crashes on both...

[DjfunkmasterG]

Fire Fox 3 is garbage. Even I took it off my PC and went back to IE, but I had no issues with FF 2.0 or even 1.5

[Neil]

Fire Fox 3 is garbage. Even I took it off my PC and went back to IE, but I had no issues with FF 2.0 or even 1.5

I wouldn't say FF3 is garbage - It's my browser of choice...

But it definately seems to crash more than 2 did!

[DjfunkmasterG]

FF3 is the WINDOWS M.E. of web browsers.

[Neil]

FF3 is the WINDOWS M.E. of web browsers.

I was trying to use it to LogMe in to my brothers machine last night, and if I wondered off and did other things with FF (while retaining a tab on LogMeIn), it would crash...

[Danny]

meh its alright but im sticking with safari, i bloody hate firefox myself and dont get why people sploodge over the mention of the damn thing, it crashes every 5 or 6 pages, in about 6 months safari has crashed 3 times on me.

[Neil]

EDIT - BTW, just noticed it has a built in spell checker :) As you type in stuff into text boxes it highlights any spelling mistakes... Cool!


meh its alright but im sticking with safari, i bloody hate firefox myself and dont get why people sploodge over the mention of the damn thing, it crashes every 5 or 6 pages, in about 6 months safari has crashed 3 times on me.

Try Chrome :)

[MinionZombie]

I simply don't get this 'constantly crashing' thing levelled at Firefox, after getting a new rig to surf on I've had no problems whatsoever with FF, because before - like I said previously - the problem was really my laptop's penchant for crashing, freezing and blue screening.

And then on my folks' old rig it would freeze all the time when surfing, but FF was never affected (so I never had to start a new profile on it).

I'm running version 2 I think ... *checks* ... actually no, I'm running 3! Forgot I updated it ... but nope, I've had piss all problems with it.

I duno what you lot are using it for, no doubt shady dungeon porn :lol:, but FF rocks.

[DjfunkmasterG]

I simply don't get this 'constantly crashing' thing levelled at Firefox, after getting a new rig to surf on I've had no problems whatsoever with FF, because before - like I said previously - the problem was really my laptop's penchant for crashing, freezing and blue screening.

When you get tons of crashing and other issues you have spyware and registry entries screwing with your OS, time to format that hDD, and start over.

[Neil]

When you get tons of crashing and other issues you have spyware and registry entries screwing with your OS, time to format that hDD, and start over.

So if FF doesn't crash unless I go to certain sites (eg: LogMeOn) in conjunction with doing other things, and nothing else hangs or crashes, I should reformat my machine? Hmmm... :rolleyes:

[DjfunkmasterG]

I was responding to MZ's former PC issues, not to firefox problems.

when PC's/Laptops begin Blue Screening, freezing and crashing, 9 times out of 10 it is from malware, spyware etc. The other 1 time it is contributed to hardware failure.

[Neil]

I was responding to MZ's former PC issues, not to firefox problems.

when PC's/Laptops begin Blue Screening, freezing and crashing, 9 times out of 10 it is from malware, spyware etc. The other 1 time it is contributed to hardware failure.

Oh! Okay :)

[DjfunkmasterG]

Ah-ha, you didn't read my post correctly. Shame shame shame on you neil. :p

[Neil]

Ah-ha, you didn't read my post correctly. Shame shame shame on you neil. :p
Yep! My bad! -10 points for my team!

[MinionZombie]

I used some software that ran through the computer and found a whole bunch of registry errors, but as far as I'm aware it was clean of nasties as I had several layers of protection, only visit trusted sites, don't open spam email, only download from trusted sources and so on.

Mind you, my laptop is probably buggered out after the sheer volume of use it's had, as well as the extent of the heat it produces, it's no doubt melted itself into senility.

[DjfunkmasterG]

So yeah you are that 10% of hardware failures, but you did have registry errors too, so it is a mixed bag.

[MinionZombie]

So heat and a buggered registry (I think so anyway, it'd done that before at least once or twice) shagged my laptop eh? I've still got it, might give it a go some time to see if it's any better after running that software, but it now purposefully runs itself hot...which it never used to do, I mean it got hot, but not boiling hot like it does now unless I run an external fan on it.

[DjfunkmasterG]

Might be one of the fans inside are clogged, or stopped working. No one ever tells you this, but PC's that get heavy work outs need cooling devices inspected every 6 months, especially the thermal grease on the processor.

[MikePizzoff]

Chrome's giving me a few bugs/freezes very seldomly, but what do you expect from a BETA? Can't wait until the finished version is released.

[MinionZombie]

Might be one of the fans inside are clogged, or stopped working. No one ever tells you this, but PC's that get heavy work outs need cooling devices inspected every 6 months, especially the thermal grease on the processor.
The fan moves, but does bugger all.

I gave that area a good blasting out recently with compressed air, but didn't make much difference. I think it's an inherently iffy fan, but it definitely didn't used to get as hot as it does now, I mean I could have it running throughout the winter at uni for a month solid and it was fine - in the summer I'd put a desk fan on it to help cool it (and me at the same time), as summers on the east coast of England got f*ckin' hot when I was at uni.

Yeah, I reckon it's no doubt buggered, didn't really put much thought into a shafted fan unit, hmmm...in turn that'd sh*t up some of the components with the added heat, right?

Damn...learn something new everyday. :cool:

[MinionZombie]

I figured there'd be some iffy news about it sooner or later:

http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/awwb.htm#A_Shiny_New_Surveillance_Tool

Thought people might be interested, just found this on my morning surf.

[MikePizzoff]

I figured there'd be some iffy news about it sooner or later:

http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/awwb.htm#A_Shiny_New_Surveillance_Tool

Thought people might be interested, just found this on my morning surf.

I'm on the verge of not using it anymore, anyway. It's getting way too laggy and freezes up on me constantly.