Why I’m Dumping Google Chrome

Firefox used to be awesome. It took a lot for me to switch to Chrome. I tried a few times before I finally stayed. I've had a few issues, but an uninstall/reinstall seemed to fix a lot of the issues.

Now, I use Edge & Chrome about the same at home. Chrome at work, mostly (some things use IE). Chrome has the extensions I like, and Edge is missing them. So it's not perfect.
 
A single site does not the internet make.
Try http://www.netmarketshare.com for an aggregate of general use.

Yeah, any site that says Chrome (which isn't the default browser on every Windows machine) is in the lead, is total hogwash. Internet Exploder is king. Lately, IE is looking less like a Michael Bay film, though. Our corporation recently upgraded to IE11. I was like "Yay". Then to test it I tried out one of my complex javascript sites... and it exploded. And I was like "no....." I guess even 11 is still not quite there. The page works fine in FF and Chrome.

I used to use Chrome at work (but only at work), but I really got sick of the way it works. They force updates on you, which can disable your extensions. To me that was reason enough to switch back (try typing up posts for a forum and then having the browser crash, and then they disabled Lazarus for Chrome, so your post is totally gone). But worse, their extensions aren't true extensions in the sense that they can truly impact the site. For instance, Adblock doesn't actually fully rip ads out of the page, it merely hides them. Chrome also performs kind of crappy on lack of RAM. It just starts going "oops" on pages and killing them. You have no control over this. Firefox at least tries to manage memory up until it crashes.There are other reasons (like total lack of theming), but long story short Chrome is not a power user's browser. Even at work I have just totally switched to Pale Moon (Firefox variant). I still use it for keeping a music player in the background or something because sometimes Pale Moon's flash plugin is wonky. But other than that, goodbye Chrome. Been nice knowing you. Not really.
 
This chart probably shows shipped quantity since IE is the default with Windows while the other chart shows actual traffic usage. I recall the top usage mentioned for this site is Chrome so it's inline with the other usage chart.

No, not really.
http://www.netmarketshare.com/faq.aspx#Methodology


I mean, honestly, do you guys actually think common people use these alternatives like Chrome and Firefox at all? I've got the "common standard" stepfather, and I can tell you he was using IE. Because it's what the computer comes with. Most people don't even think twice about their browser.
 
No, not really.
http://www.netmarketshare.com/faq.aspx#Methodology


I mean, honestly, do you guys actually think common people use these alternatives like Chrome and Firefox at all? I've got the "common standard" stepfather, and I can tell you he was using IE. Because it's what the computer comes with. Most people don't even think twice about their browser.

Yup. There is no browser, there is the internet button.
 
annoying part for me below. firefox sucks, its annoying as hell.

chrome+google+work=google works
chrome+google+home computer=google is broken half the time.
 
There is lies, damn lies and statistics.
Market Share of Microsoft Internet Explorer Microsoft Internet Explorer 54.00%
Market Share of Chrome Chrome 27.23%
Market Share of Firefox Firefox 12.06%
http://www.netmarketshare.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qprid=0&qpcustomd=0

A time-based version of that plot was already linked to in this thread.

Note that Firefox has actually begun climbing up again slightly. I can see why. That slight growth is probably any power user leaving that sinking ship of a browser.
 
As per Talyrius' request. Hardforum browswer stats.

HardForumBrowserStats072015.png
 
I ran into this same problem. Chrome would just crash upon crashing. The funniest part was that even going to settings page it 'aw snapped' :D

It crashed while crashing? That is hard core.

I just switched the whole office to chrome because it has flash built in. Any other browsers doing this yet? Flash updates are lame.

I also dont like signing into a browser, so I don't!

IE 10 and up have done that. Haven't updated flash in years as it comes via normal updates
 
I've been using Firefox since forever. Never a problem.

IE and Chrome are just plain annoying.
 
Pale Moon x64

Also, tabs on top are just evil.

Trying it now thanks to you. So far, I like it.

Funny how I remember the tabs being below the bookmarks bar earlier in FF's life but they switched a few years ago to being on the very top just like Chrome.
 
I always want to love opera browser but theres always that one website you frequent that won't work correctly on it :/

That is actually true for every browser. That is why I use IE but keep Firefox for that one website. Never liked Chrome.
 
Expected this to be a rant about privacy. What disappointment.

Chromium/Chrome is great for development but using it for personal stuff? Thanks but no fuck you.
 
Oh and one other thing that really pisses me off about Chrome vs Firefox AND IE: the address bar (which is the only bar, there is no separate search bar) prioritizes their search engine before ANYTHING else. This really kind of pisses me off because I only have a few places I visit, especially when I'm connected to the company's intranet. No, I don't want to Google this seemingly random number, I want you to look through my history and dig up something that I've looked at related to that number! To me this should be common sense, but it's the other way around. Getting it to look through your history instead of searching is unnecessarily difficult. Worse, this infection of a behaviour is plaguing practically every one of those newfangled Chrome-style browsers, especially the mobile ones. I'm not going to be naive enough to say that they want to do that because they think it's what'll help me most. Google wants data, and you send them data just by typing in that request and having them search for related hits.
 
I just switched the whole office to chrome because it has flash built in. Any other browsers doing this yet? Flash updates are lame.

I also dont like signing into a browser, so I don't!

Chrome internally updates its own build of Flash.

Also, Chrome has recently started disabling Flash due to all the zero-days from the Hacking Team leaks.

Oh and one other thing that really pisses me off about Chrome vs Firefox AND IE: the address bar (which is the only bar, there is no separate search bar) prioritizes their search engine before ANYTHING else. This really kind of pisses me off because I only have a few places I visit, especially when I'm connected to the company's intranet. No, I don't want to Google this seemingly random number, I want you to look through my history and dig up something that I've looked at related to that number! To me this should be common sense, but it's the other way around. Getting it to look through your history instead of searching is unnecessarily difficult. Worse, this infection of a behaviour is plaguing practically every one of those newfangled Chrome-style browsers, especially the mobile ones. I'm not going to be naive enough to say that they want to do that because they think it's what'll help me most. Google wants data, and you send them data just by typing in that request and having them search for related hits.

you DO realise that whether it's an omnibar or a separate search bar, there's still a default engine used... and in *BOTH* cases you can configure what your default is, even if it means cutting Google completely out of the search loop?

Sheesh. 90% of the complaints in this thread are purely 1D10T errors.
 
Oh and one other thing that really pisses me off about Chrome vs Firefox AND IE: the address bar (which is the only bar, there is no separate search bar) prioritizes their search engine before ANYTHING else. This really kind of pisses me off because I only have a few places I visit, especially when I'm connected to the company's intranet. No, I don't want to Google this seemingly random number, I want you to look through my history and dig up something that I've looked at related to that number! To me this should be common sense, but it's the other way around. Getting it to look through your history instead of searching is unnecessarily difficult. Worse, this infection of a behaviour is plaguing practically every one of those newfangled Chrome-style browsers, especially the mobile ones. I'm not going to be naive enough to say that they want to do that because they think it's what'll help me most. Google wants data, and you send them data just by typing in that request and having them search for related hits.

Ever heard of incognito mode?
 
Seriously? And you're a member on a tech forum? Goodness...

Based on what I've been seeing in frontpage story threads... I'm now convinced the [H]ard stands for how [H]ard it is for most of these people posting here to use a computer and know what it is they're talking about these days.

Truly an ignorant and spoiled generation.
 
Even when Chrome was peaking with PC enthusiast, mainly because of it's browsing speed, I stuck with Firefox. Some versions of Firefox did have issues from time to time & those would be the only few occasions where I would use Chrome. Firefox, No Script & AD Block+ is more than enough for my browsing needs. Could care less about the speed of the browser.
 
I use internet explorer. I'm sure I'm the minority..

It just works.. and I don't require 400 tabs open at once like some people claim to need... who really needs more than 5 open at a time?

/end crazy IE users rant
No one needs more than maybe a dozen tabs open at once. Ram is cheap users just gorge on never closing some sites. Personally from the bad old days i have a habit of just organizing groups of tabs into bookmarks and opening a bookmark folder all at once getting what i need then closing all those tabs. It is interesting that google doesn't allow file aggregate sites to hold onto old versions of chrome for posterity. I get general public forced updates but removing old versions from the web is strange.

I just switched the whole office to chrome because it has flash built in. Any other browsers doing this yet? Flash updates are lame.

I also dont like signing into a browser, so I don't!
Internet explorer and edge since windows 8. Security feature wise IE and Chrome are pretty similar both being quite above the rest of the competition.

I miss opera 12.5 pre chrome clone opera.
 
Chrome internally updates its own build of Flash.

Also, Chrome has recently started disabling Flash due to all the zero-days from the Hacking Team leaks.
Oh i did not know that. I used to use Ninite to update flash via a logon script, but Adobe asked ninite to pull the installer... which started the whole quest. Finally found that chrome had it built in and didn't require admin privileges to update.

Internet explorer and edge since windows 8. Security feature wise IE and Chrome are pretty similar both being quite above the rest of the competition.

good to know. Just last year got the whole office away from XP and onto 7... so i doubt that we'll have 8 or 10 anytime soon =P
 
I havent had any problems with chrome lately. No crashes in the last month.
 
you DO realise that whether it's an omnibar or a separate search bar, there's still a default engine used... and in *BOTH* cases you can configure what your default is, even if it means cutting Google completely out of the search loop?

Sheesh. 90% of the complaints in this thread are purely 1D10T errors.

For calling other people daft, you can't really read very well, can you? Try reading the rest of that post rather than just the first line and then coming back to me. If you still have reading comprehension issues afterwards, I'll give you a hint: it doesn't have anything to do with which engine is used, it's the way the engine is utilized by the browser.

Ever heard of incognito mode?

What does incognito mode have to do with what I was ranting about? I don't care about it storing my history. On the contrary I want it do that.


You two are terrible at skimming posts, as it's plainly obvious the main point does not get through. You should stop doing it.
 
Internet explorer and edge since windows 8. Security feature wise IE and Chrome are pretty similar both being quite above the rest of the competition.

I miss opera 12.5 pre chrome clone opera.

If by 'above competition' you mean they vacuum exploits better than anything else then I agree.

Just recently (before converting the computer to linux) I was surprised to see a Windows 8.1 computer that had multiple malware and injectors in Chrome and only one in IE. I always throught Chrome was somehow safer but it seems it's actually one of the worst.
 
If by 'above competition' you mean they vacuum exploits better than anything else then I agree.

Just recently (before converting the computer to linux) I was surprised to see a Windows 8.1 computer that had multiple malware and injectors in Chrome and only one in IE. I always thought Chrome was somehow safer but it seems it's actually one of the worst.
Bigger target, sort of why both Chrome and IE have security designed in mind.
 
Personally, Ive tried dumping chrome.


but what's stopped me everytime is how well things like drive, hangouts, and most importantly gmail extensions integrate into chrome. I cannot find another standalone email app that functions to my personal preferences.

I'm not a crazy user that has 40 tabs open at once, but the crashing annoys me. And its not just chrome crashing, its the flash, shockwave, the fact that twitter and chrome don't get along, the fact that a lot of embedded html5/flash videos that just don't function well in chrome.

And then everytime i load up firefox or opera, these issues go away. But I am constantly pulled back into chrome because of how well gmail is integrated into it. The speed is also a small factor, there's no question that chrome is fastest. Opera is also a very very underrated browser, the speed dial is awesome.
 
…I'm not a crazy user that has 40 tabs open at once, but the crashing annoys me. And its not just chrome crashing, its the flash, shockwave, the fact that twitter and chrome don't get along, the fact that a lot of embedded html5/flash videos that just don't function well in chrome.

I wonder why I never seem to experience any of this... I use Twitter and watch YouTube for hours on end with at least 10 tabs open at all times.
 
weird, ive had zero issues with chrome and i do every update. Im OCD about the update menu icon turning colors on me.
Firefox is bloated crap to me now, havent used it years. I'd rather use IE or Spartan
 
I remember how fast and light Chrome was in 2010. It was the only browser I used. It's become a bit bloated with some massive cpu and memory load. I only use it in Linux now to play Netflix. For everything else, my speed-tweaked Firefox is where it's at.
 
I had to dump Firefox for Chromium. Firefox has gotten so bloated and slow it's ridiculous. Simply opening or closing tabs would be all choppy and lock up and crap. Ridiculous.

On similar note though, WTF is up with everything constantly wanting to update so often these days? It seems to be a trend with everything now. Can't people code stuff that actually works right after a while? Everything is in a perpetual update cycle it seems.
 
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