Chrome or Firefox?

[Travis Retriever]

It seems Chrome has overtaken both IE and Firefox as the most widely used/popular web browser.  I'm considering switching to it from Firefox.
What do you all think?

[AnCap Dave]

It seems Chrome has overtaken both IE and Firefox as the most widely used/popular web browser.  I'm considering switching to it from Firefox.
What do you all think?

Personally, I prefer Firefox, but that's just me. I just find my overall experience less of a pain in the ass overall.

[dallen68]

It seems Chrome has overtaken both IE and Firefox as the most widely used/popular web browser.  I'm considering switching to it from Firefox.
What do you all think?

It really depends on your OS. I use chrome for my business, because the plug-in I have to use to do my transcripts doesn't work in IE. In 32 bit mode, chrome and FF are about equal, in 64 bit mode...chrome is your only choice.

[tnu]

I'm with D on this one. Firefox man through and through. Has a more familiar interface and better zoom settings which are a must for me.

[Travis Retriever]

It really depends on your OS. I use chrome for my business, because the plug-in I have to use to do my transcripts doesn't work in IE. In 32 bit mode, chrome and FF are about equal, in 64 bit mode...chrome is your only choice.

Well, I just checked and my system is 64 bit, and my OS is Windows 7 Home Premium (I figured that to be the case, but it never hurts to be sure, you know?).  Though most of the programs and things I use tend to be 32 bit and run without problem.

Btw, I didn't know you had a business.

[Travis Retriever]

For those who are wondering, what prompted this is looking at the relative usage charts and seeing Chrome's usage soar with FireFox's kinda stagnant.  That and being unable to view my email on Verizon with Firefox (I haven't tried it with Chrome though) and having to resort to (ugh) Internet Explorer. >_<

[dallen68]

Well, I just checked and my system is 64 bit, and my OS is Windows 7 Home Premium (I figured that to be the case, but it never hurts to be sure, you know?).  Though most of the programs and things I use tend to be 32 bit and run without problem.

Btw, I didn't know you had a business.

Oh, don't misunderstand. Both run the app just fine, it's that I have to scroll on 32 bit mode, so it's easier for me on 64 bit. FF does not have a 64 bit (yet).

I don't personally have a business, I do freelance work for many different organizations, which is distributed through a publisher.

[MrBogosity]

Firefox is more mature, more secure, and has MANY more features and extensions available. But if you don't need all of that, Chrome works good. The only real problem with Chrome is that its password manager is frighteningly insecure. But you can easily take care of that by using Lastpass.

[dallen68]

Firefox is more mature, more secure, and has MANY more features and extensions available. But if you don't need all of that, Chrome works good. The only real problem with Chrome is that its password manager is frighteningly insecure. But you can easily take care of that by using Lastpass.

I've noticed on some sites, the lastpass doesn't work properly, though. It lands on the page that says "incorrect user/password" and then I have to look it up in my vault, and manually copy/paste it in.

[nilecroc]

For some reason my firefox won't load the bbc website or crunchyroll.com.

[Travis Retriever]

Firefox is more mature, more secure, and has MANY more features and extensions available. But if you don't need all of that, Chrome works good. The only real problem with Chrome is that its password manager is frighteningly insecure. But you can easily take care of that by using Lastpass.

Glad to hear your input, Shane.
Given how much you know about computers and stuff, why someone like you majored in Art (instead of say, Computer Science, or Engineering) I'll never know.

So what add-on/extensions would you suggest for Firefox?
I currently have:
Adblock Plus (Haters gonna hate!)
BetterPrivacy (To block flash cookies.)
FastestFox (It's really handy and neat!)
Flashblock (Because YouTube removed the 'stop loading video' option from their videos. >_<)
HTTPS-Everywhere (Might as well take advantage of HTTPS security on sites when I can.)
MAFIAAFire Redirector (I'm told good for getting to censored web domains, or something.)
NoScript (Takes a lot of fiddling, but really good once you get used to it.)
Test Pilot (I'm a FireFox Beta user.)
I'm considering having that Lastpass installed for Firefox as well.

Any other must have's I should know of?

Also, from this thread the impression I'm getting is:
Firefox > Chrome >> IE

[evensgrey]

Glad to hear your input, Shane.
Given how much you know about computers and stuff, why someone like you majored in Art (instead of say, Computer Science, or Engineering) I'll never know.

It happens because you're expected to choose a major at 18 or 19, based on what you've seen of a subject through highschool.  Nothing in any area that's at all interesting in any way resembles the highschool coverage of that area.  (Highschool physics is, mostly, about 400 years old, because they won't teach you calculus, which you need for any interesting physics of any kind, until college, and then it takes about 2 years to learn enough of it to do anything interesting with it.  Biology is much more recent, but still a long way from the interesting stuff.  I actually had better computer science classes than you're likely to get not, as we had things like breadboards and logic chips to work with in addition to computers to program on.  Yes, ICONs are usually regarded as a political waste of resources now, but they were a big step up from the PET computers they replaced.)

If I had known at the beginning of university what I knew by the end, I would have gone into computer science.  If I knew then what I know NOW, and had had a decent place to study it, I might have gone into economics.

[MrBogosity]

I've noticed on some sites, the lastpass doesn't work properly, though. It lands on the page that says "incorrect user/password" and then I have to look it up in my vault, and manually copy/paste it in.

https://lastpass.com/support.php?cmd=showfaq&id=455

1. First check that:

• Your LastPass Icon is red
• Your notifications are enabled in your LastPass Icon > Preferences > Notifications
• The site is not "Flash" or "Silverlight" - LastPass doesn't support these sites. Right-click on the site's login fields and look at the context menu information to check

2. Still doesn't autofill? Re-save the site by deleting the entry and logging in as if for the first time.

3. You didn't add the site as a "Never URL". Check in your LastPass Icon > My LastPass Vault > Settings link > Never URLs tab.

4. If you still can't save or autofill, force-save the site with the Save All Entered Data feature.

5. If your site uses a multiple-page login, use the Save All Entered Data function on each page to save your information for each page separately.

6. If you still have trouble, submit a support ticket with the problem URL and your steps.

[MrBogosity]

Given how much you know about computers and stuff, why someone like you majored in Art (instead of say, Computer Science, or Engineering) I'll never know.

Algebra was my undoing. I had a horrible teacher in high school and never really learned how to do it properly. I could rock the calculus and other advanced math, but it always broke down when I had to do the algebra part.

HTTPS-Everywhere (Might as well take advantage of HTTPS security on sites when I can.)
NoScript (Takes a lot of fiddling  but really good once you get used to it.)

Those are the two big must-haves. I have Adblock Plus as well, but I have it on minimal settings just to get the suspicious ones. Support sites that rely on advertising.

You should also have Calomel if you're concerned about security and privacy. It'll tell you how good a site's SSL encryption is, including whether or not it uses Perfect Forward Secrecy.

Lazarus: Form Recovery has saved my bacon more times than I care to count.

I have several more, but those are probably the really useful ones for most people.

[AnCap Dave]

Algebra was my undoing. I had a horrible teacher in high school and never really learned how to do it properly. I could rock the calculus and other advanced math, but it always broke down when I had to do the algebra part.

I know exactly how you feel. I mentioned this on the podcast once, but I had an Algebra teacher my freshman year of high school that was just god awful. Wasn't good at teaching the stuff and when we had our final exam we had stuff on there that we never were taught to begin with because they just gave every Algebra I class the same final exam. Many of kids in our class failed that year because of that.