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For me, it's the add-ons for FF that keeps me there. . .that's not to say with Google's war chest it won't "catch up" to FF someday. . .or buy out Mozilla. . . .YIKES! That's actually possible.

 
[citation][nom]killerclick[/nom]I use a lot of browsers (FF2, FF3, O9, O10, Chrome, Safari, MSIE6,7,8, Seamonkey, Konqueror... - as a web dev I have to) and connection speed (latency and bandwidth) are the only parameters that I see having any effect on page loading speed. AJAX itself is just a way to send requests and receive responses from servers without reloading the page and it doesn't affect the loading speed (since the whole point of AJAX is that it's used after the page is loaded).[/citation]

You are correct about AJAX, its just a javascript way to make server requests. But more and more sites are relying on AJAX to provide a more interactive interface for users. I was buying some books off of chapters.ca (Canadian book retailer) the other day and their shopping cart system was very slow to use in FF, so I switched to Chrome and it was much better. Same with another site I was checking out, BookArmy.com. Both use a lot of AJAX (I love the new chapters site) and both are much better in Chrome.

Anyways I do notice an initial load time difference between different broswers, depending on the site. Some sites are virtually the same, but some are quite a bit faster in Chrome.
 
Funny how Google can have the fastest browser of them all, but their video service, namely YouTube, is the slowest of them all.
 
Now that's advertising!

I like Chrome, but I'm not switching until they have a proper AdBlock (if what I've been told is true, FF AdBlock+ blocks the ads form loading, Chrome loads the adds but then blocks them).
 
Best ad campaign ever! creative, loving, interesting, complex, not boring, not showy, viral but not desperate for attention. A nice triumph over the mac and window ads
 
[citation][nom]anamaniac[/nom]Now that's advertising!I like Chrome, but I'm not switching until they have a proper AdBlock (if what I've been told is true, FF AdBlock+ blocks the ads form loading, Chrome loads the adds but then blocks them).[/citation]
Agreed, I tried the Chrome beta today and I like it, but without the equivalent of NoScript + ABP I'll be sticking with FF.
 
They must have gotten the video idea out of the the Crazy Machines game.
 
oh that's just cool work.. just to market the newest chrome.
i'm using chrome 5 and I can say it is so fast that I think my 1Mbps connection is pretty the bottleneck when browsing through low resolution images.
most pages load so fast, as though, stored locally.

one complaint though, up to now they still haven't fixed the problem with vista/win7 (xp is just fine) when the taskbar is set to auto hide since chrome 2.
 
Damn that's a very well made chrome clip! I love the use of the high speed camera at several different angles. Even more impressive was their innovative ideas and how they accomplished to put that on film.
 
[citation][nom]gm0n3y[/nom]Doesn't exactly prove anything, but awesome marketting nonetheless.[/citation]
lol..too true. but they had fun, and its fun to watch massively high FPS cameras slowed down
 
And the evil things they have done are? I mean they're big and getting into monopoly territory, but not in the Microsoft shady dealings kind of way, more of the just making better / more innovative products kind of way.

they might not be doing it the way m$ does but damn, i think its somewhat spooky that they instead of copying competition just buy it up. and if im not wrong google is also the biggest and most used search engine in the world, AND what about google wif.. i mean google earth/streetview?
 
[citation][nom]brendano257[/nom]Simply amazing. (The comparisons, not Chrome itself although I love Chrome too) Glad a company has this kind of free time[/citation]

its not just free time... the video itself is advertising... even if its for something that is offered for free...
and their web browser is just an investment... as is most of the things Google pursues...

Google is becoming the best at everything... its good business even if they do offer everything for free...

if they are the best at the things you use now... you will trust them down the road as being the best without even giving it thought...



by the way... a quote from a man i respect...
"FREE is the new BLACK"
-Martin Atkins
 
[citation][nom]silentx[/nom]they might not be doing it the way m$ does but damn, i think its somewhat spooky that they instead of copying competition just buy it up. and if im not wrong google is also the biggest and most used search engine in the world, AND what about google wif.. i mean google earth/streetview?[/citation]
Ahh, so its the 'Big Brother' aspect that bothers you. That is fair enough and I tend to agree with that view point generally. While they haven't proven themselves evil yet, power does tend to corrupt and they are amassing a lot of it. Also, they don't generally buy competition; They buy up a company when they want to compete in a new area.
 
I been using google chrome for some time now I love the interface its sleek and clean and IMO better than FF. I just downloaded this beta and DAM its just like the video its almost instant load.
 
[citation][nom]zodiacfml[/nom]one complaint though, up to now they still haven't fixed the problem with vista/win7 (xp is just fine) when the taskbar is set to auto hide since chrome 2.[/citation]


Yes, this bugs. BAD.
 
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