martyyn 2 Report post Posted September 24, 2008 Anyone else tried this ? My lord its quick to surf on. I thought firefox was good but this is blindingly fast Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Simon* Report post Posted September 24, 2008 No I hadn't got round to it yet But cheers Martyn that's good to hear Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
greenday-rulz21 4 Report post Posted September 24, 2008 Hadn't even heard of it. But I'm downloading it now. It has to be pretty good to beat Firefox for me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
martyyn 2 Report post Posted September 24, 2008 Well I can tell you honestly, its so fast its not funny. Cant believe I havent tried it until now ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark 178 Report post Posted September 24, 2008 Have been testing it out... it is VERY quick! I have to decide whether to switch from Opera though, which is also very good. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cale 36 Report post Posted September 24, 2008 Year, seems a good browser so far, nice and simple and fast Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QuickSilver 0 Report post Posted September 24, 2008 Holy crap its fast, just downloaded it after reading this, its mind blowing! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gus 5 Report post Posted September 24, 2008 been using it since it came out, big fan i wouldn't consider it ultra fast, i more think of it as "how things should be". which is good Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yuen 16 Report post Posted September 24, 2008 It's great, definitely quicker than IE and Firefox, though the one I'm using (not sure if it's the very latest, downloaded it the 2nd day it was out) has an issue with Facebook - you can't comment on status messages? Just a matter of time before the bugs are ironed out I'm sure. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tire 10 Report post Posted September 24, 2008 Might have to try it then. Can you transfer all your bookmarks over from FF? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
greenday-rulz21 4 Report post Posted September 24, 2008 Might have to try it then. Can you transfer all your bookmarks over from FF?Yep, first thing that comes up is a window asking to transfer you info over. I was amazed how easy it was.Its definitely superior to Firefox IMO. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jeddy 0 Report post Posted September 24, 2008 I downloaded it when it first came out but mostly use FF. Not being able to scroll up(only down) using the keypad on a laptop annoys the hell out of me. Agree its quick but hasn't turned me yet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
greenday-rulz21 4 Report post Posted September 24, 2008 Not being able to scroll up(only down) using the keypad on a laptop annoys the hell out of me. Agree its quick but hasn't turned me yet.Hadn't even noticed that. But it is annoying! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JiB 0 Report post Posted September 24, 2008 It's quick, but missing the shortcuts and stability of Firefox. It doesn't seem very stable on Media Edition XP. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OLLIE 26 Report post Posted September 24, 2008 It's quick, but missing the shortcuts and stability of Firefox. It doesn't seem very stable on Media Edition XP.Firefox has been really unstable with the last couple of versions, if it wasn't for firebug and other plugins i'd switch to google chrome in an instant, i like it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gus 5 Report post Posted September 24, 2008 surprised no-one has mentioned the usefulness of porn mode.. i use it for having 2 gmail accounts open at the same time ..honest Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
martyyn 2 Report post Posted September 24, 2008 It's quick, but missing the shortcuts and stability of Firefox. It doesn't seem very stable on Media Edition XP.What do you mean by shortcuts? You can set your bookmark bar across the top and your done. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bravo 34 Report post Posted September 24, 2008 (edited) I'm hesitant for two reasons - I think Google is getting big to the point where it is going to pervade every application, and I'm not sure I trust one software provider that much. But that's maybe a little bit of cynicism. my real reason is I need a browser that handles client ssl certificates. Chrome imports them OK, but doesn't yet seem to deliver them to the client server. Oh, and I love my Googlepedia plugin! Plus it seems exactly the same speed as firefox to me. Edited September 24, 2008 by bravo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew 30 Report post Posted September 24, 2008 It actually seems slower than the latest build of Safari to me (At least on OS X) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
martyyn 2 Report post Posted September 24, 2008 Hmmmm now Im at work on some crappy wireless connection and although its still faster its an awful lot slower than at home last night Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike 1 Report post Posted September 24, 2008 its definately faster, but as others have said the scroll up is annoying.Also, does anyone know how to get that little search bar up that Firefox has in the top right corner, (can choose from bunch of different search engines) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carl 3 Report post Posted September 24, 2008 I'll stick to Opera, has been consistently better than FF and IE for the last 2 years and does it all Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tire 10 Report post Posted September 24, 2008 .Also, does anyone know how to get that little search bar up that Firefox has in the top right corner, (can choose from bunch of different search engines) Holy sh*t I had never noticed that before.. thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JiB 0 Report post Posted September 24, 2008 (edited) What do you mean by shortcuts? You can set your bookmark bar across the top and your done. MY CTRL+Click and SHIFT+Click weren't working which was very very annoying. Now they do and I'm a happy chappy. Bookmark toolbar was the first thing I imported haha. It actually seems slower than the latest build of Safari to me (At least on OS X) Chrome's faster than Safari on XP, especially startup. RE: Firefox's little search bar The little search bar and address bar have been merged, is apparently more efficient. Seems to work fine for me Know when to google and when to guess the address Edited September 24, 2008 by JiB Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bravo 34 Report post Posted September 24, 2008 Another reason I like FF is that its built on open source, and the engine is able to be used as the basis for other web-enabled apps (Songbird is a prime example - thats one media player to watch once it leaves beta). Chrome startup is faster and I prefer the sleek front end - tabs at top of window, dynamic status bar, etc. Once firefox starts up, I tried a non-scientific test opening pages in each browser and there was no perceptible difference on my connection. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
