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Originally posted by Seitse
Is it as sexy as a wolf t-shirt?
It also cures BAD AIDS.

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Originally posted by Palynka
It also cures BAD AIDS.
Man, it sounds so cash!

I bet it would bring me more meat than a toilet seat.

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Extensions are coming for Chrome, but for now I stick with FF for most sites I extensively use. Chrome can't get close to FF security wise if you take into account the security add-ons for FF.
Also, I can't use the net these days without Greasemonkey - especially RHP Forums with the gbaway script.

I have Chrome set to start with Windows, because it is lightning fast, and it gives me a quick overview of a few sites and blogs I like to catch up on, but then I load FF and continue down the road of mostly procrastination.
You can't beat FireFox for pure power and customizability.

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Originally posted by Palynka
Is it time to ditch my trusty FF or not?

FF's slow starts are beginning to bother me. I also heard that Chrome seems to do better than FF in safety tests. Is that true?
maybe your OS is what's slow.

http://www.linuxmint.com/start/gloria/

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Originally posted by zeeblebot
maybe your OS is what's slow.

http://www.linuxmint.com/start/gloria/
Firefox starts in less than 2 seconds: Linux Mint 7 booted from jump drive, on laptop with intel duo processor, 2 cores.

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Originally posted by Palynka
Is there a greasemonkey for it?
Actually, there is now:
http://greasemetal.31tools.com/

Scripts are available from:
http://userscripts.org/

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Chrome is quite a bit faster then firefox, I cant stand to wait.

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Originally posted by Palynka
Is it time to ditch my trusty FF or not?

FF's slow starts are beginning to bother me. I also heard that Chrome seems to do better than FF in safety tests. Is that true?
Slow starts?

Mine works great!

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In related Google news: Google OS unstable build is available
http://livinginagoogleworld.blogspot.com/2009/10/google-chrome-os-browser-unstable-build.html

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Which is Chrome? That thing that Apple sneaks in when they install Quicktime/iTunes on your PC? Or is it that ghost of a browser from Google? Chrome and Safari are not real browsers and cannot be compared to Firefox.

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Originally posted by CCNoob
Chrome and Safari are not real browsers and cannot be compared to Firefox.
Why not?

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Originally posted by Daemon Sin
Why not?
Ignorance.

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Originally posted by Crowley
Ignorance.
I know but I wanted to laugh at his witless attempt at justifying his claim.

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Originally posted by Daemon Sin
I know but I wanted to laugh at his witless attempt at justifying his claim.
Ah, OK.
Please continue.

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Originally posted by Daemon Sin
Why not?
A browser for me is not just something minimalistic to get on the internet (chrome)and get raped. What extensions does it have to block ads, block flash, allow/disallow scripting from certain sites (security extensions) and run customised scripts e.g. greasemonkey? Those who can, get Firefox.

Internet noobs, get IE and Chrome/Safari.

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