Google Chrome 2...
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I'd was mad on Chrome when it was released but missed my Firefox extensions (AdBlock mainly).
Rob Caldecott wrote:
I'd was mad on Chrome when it was released
I wasn't. I tried it only after I did a contract in which the client was using it. I'm still not mad on it, but it's a handy alternative. I run four browsers.
Rob Caldecott wrote:
but missed my Firefox extensions
Same here.
Rob Caldecott wrote:
AdBlock mainly
I have AdBlock but it's nowhere near as important to me as it is to many Firefox users. Almost all my other extensions are more valuable.
Kevin
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Maximilien wrote:
Well, Chrome updated itself automatically and transparently. and
... this is why I'll never install it.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains. -- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Most "non-essential" software should upgrade automatically without user knowledge.
This signature was proudly tested on animals.
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Most "non-essential" software should upgrade automatically without user knowledge.
This signature was proudly tested on animals.
True. MS is refused to make IE simply a browser and leave the Windows alone - that is the problem we face each day. Best regards, Paul.
Jesus Christ is LOVE! Please tell somebody.
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Maximilien wrote:
Well, Chrome updated itself automatically and transparently. and
... this is why I'll never install it.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains. -- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
That is the reason why I like it. It is not IE, taking over the OS, affecting every application - so why not? It is not my default browser yet, because of google toolbar, which I use extensively, even for the CP. Best regards, Paul.
Jesus Christ is LOVE! Please tell somebody.
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finally, a way to browse the InterWideWebWorld !
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Rob Caldecott wrote:
I'd was mad on Chrome when it was released
I wasn't. I tried it only after I did a contract in which the client was using it. I'm still not mad on it, but it's a handy alternative. I run four browsers.
Rob Caldecott wrote:
but missed my Firefox extensions
Same here.
Rob Caldecott wrote:
AdBlock mainly
I have AdBlock but it's nowhere near as important to me as it is to many Firefox users. Almost all my other extensions are more valuable.
Kevin
Greasemonkey, and CPhog, then Firebug. The latter is obviously more important, but I use the former so much more.
You really gotta try harder to keep up with everyone that's not on the short bus with you. - John Simmons / outlaw programmer.
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Greasemonkey, and CPhog, then Firebug. The latter is obviously more important, but I use the former so much more.
You really gotta try harder to keep up with everyone that's not on the short bus with you. - John Simmons / outlaw programmer.
Greasemonkey is one of those interesting extensions that is difficult to describe. Before trying Firefox I'd heard about Greasemonkey. Eventually, I tried Firefox but still couldn't see what the point of Greasemonkey was. I think I was aware of CPers raving about CPhog. Anyway, at some point I gave Greasemonkey a try. Something must have triggered it but I can't recall what now. Maybe becase I'd seen a Greasemonkey script in action that I liked, may have been Google-related. But once I saw what it was about that was it. One sign of a killer app. for me is whne you notice its absence. There was a period a while back when CPhog broke down and I really missed it! Firebug is ace as well. But I didn't really use it until about a year after I first installed it. I used it heavily last year on an ASP.NET app. to debug CSS and JavaScript. I think I would have gone insane without it. With the former I remember being stuck for hours on a problem at work. I was in IE mode but then, as it happened, a requirement of this app. was that it was supposed to work in Firefox. So I installed Firefox and Firebug. I solved my CSS problem in about 5 minutes. Even though I'd been using IE Dev Toolbar it had not helped in this case (although it's better in some contexts). But there are a bunch more extensions that are "killer apps." for me. Chrome couldn't become my default browser without replicating all of them.
Kevin
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Most "non-essential" software should upgrade automatically without user knowledge.
This signature was proudly tested on animals.
They can provide it as a default option, and provided I can select "prompt" when installing I won't grumble. The moment someone decides their software is so important that they can change my configuration without asking, and won't let me disable it, it's going strait into the bit bucket.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains. -- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
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They can provide it as a default option, and provided I can select "prompt" when installing I won't grumble. The moment someone decides their software is so important that they can change my configuration without asking, and won't let me disable it, it's going strait into the bit bucket.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains. -- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
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How to Customize or Disable Google Update[^] straight from Google.
Posted several months after the fact, and hacking the registry is an incredibly lame way to do it. :mad: Still it's a step forward from having to shut it down via firewalling.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains. -- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
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Posted several months after the fact, and hacking the registry is an incredibly lame way to do it. :mad: Still it's a step forward from having to shut it down via firewalling.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains. -- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies