Using the online installer, which if I recall installs Chrome to a special location unworthy of any other software (ie not in the Program Files folder) is enough to put me off installing it. I finally found a link for the Chrome Standalone Enterprise MSI package which worked. However, since you likely do not understand the reasons why most people prefer using an LCD monitor, I really should not be surprised that you cannot grasp that there may be some reasons why more people like using Chrome more than they like using Firefox. I can't tell you why all the others switched. It doesn't keep out every kind of malware (or claim to), but can keep out some kinds. I stated my reasons for switching to Chrome, Firefox doesn't offer me anything extra that I want, I do not care for the user interface, and it doesn't come with its own sandbox. Google is attempting to address the problem, so in four years time, it may well be a distant memory for Chrome users too.but since I don't use extensions, it really does not matter to me either way. The problem of individuals buying up popular extensions and re-writing them to do something else is relatively new.
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So we've established Chrome provides an extra inch of screen real estate that for some reason can't be compensated for by running the browser full screen, hiding the menu bar or using the scrollbar etc (although since Firefox dropped the status bar they look pretty similar in that department to me), we've learned it's 2014 (better rush out and buy Win8 using that reasoning), and we know some Chrome extensions have recently been the victim of adware, even though for Firefox extensions that appears not to have happened in the last four years, but if anyone can suggest why Chrome has become so popular, I'd be interested to know the reason.
I just remembered about the time I read that a few Firefox add-ons were removed from the repository for being infected with malware, and being glad I didn't use any. I don't see why some people want to continue living in the year 2006 when its 2014, either, but I guess some do. Using a third-party hosts file blocks many ads by itself. Chrome allows duplicating tabs, so I don't need TabsMixPlus for that, and have zero interest in its other features. No, I don't use F11 much because I use the Google options button quite often. That 's right, I'll take an extra inch of real-estate on the screen for web pages I want to read over having access to plug-ins I won't use. An inch or so of extra web page the screen surely isn't why so many have switched browsers, is it? I'm just curious as to why it's so popular. No Firefox plugins? Not even an Adblocker? I guess without one, screen real estate would become a far more valuable commodity, assuming the F11 button on your keyboard is hard to reach.Įach to their own but I couldn't bare the thought of not being able to use extensions and Chrome definitely didn't have a TabMixPlus equivalent when I tried it. Given the recent fuss over adware/extensions and Chrome I suppose that's a good thing. Since I don't care about the kind of data Google collects and I didn't use any Firefox plugins, dropping Firefox in favor of Chrome was an easy decision to make. I just can't remember what the text was to get Chrome to always open a new window with Google as my home page.Ĭhrome runs in a sandbox and provided more useful space for viewing the webpage than Firefox. The first window opens correctly from the quick launch bar but the second window opens with the last visited pages when not using the extension. Now I'm certain that it was text added to the shortcut in my quick launch bar because when I use the shortcut in my Links folder, the normal Google page opens (not one with speed dial). I keep a shortcut to Google in my Links folder on the Bookmarks Bar so it's not a big deal. I just got used to the normal Google page opening when I clicked the shortcut which was good since I use Google a lot and both gmail and wildblue are accessed from the Google start page. I'm not sure that it was even an extension that I had or just text added to the Chrome Shortcut to make the page always open a certain way. The second one works but it gives me a blank page which is OK I guess since I always used About Blank in IE6. The first extension looked good but it did not work.
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