Is it just me, or has Firefox become an outcast?
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@Dashrender said:
FYI, FF does have a bookmarks sync solution similar to Chrome. and possibly a bit better because I think they are encrypted on the location machine before being sent to the cloud (kinda like LastPass). I'd be surprised if google was doing that Chrome bookmarks.
I use LastPass for passwords, etc but stick to Chrome for managing most other stuff. Does FF also sync the installed add-ins, the homepage settings, and other browser settings? Chrome does.
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IE 11 is better than FF in most benchmarks that I have seen
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@IRJ said:
IE 11 is better than FF in most benchmarks that I have seen
The newer IE's, while still lacking a lot of basic features, IMO, are actually much faster than previous revisions.
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@ajstringham said:
@IRJ said:
IE 11 is better than FF in most benchmarks that I have seen
The newer IE's, while still lacking a lot of basic features, IMO, are actually much faster than previous revisions.
What do you consider basic features?
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@IRJ said:
@ajstringham said:
@IRJ said:
IE 11 is better than FF in most benchmarks that I have seen
The newer IE's, while still lacking a lot of basic features, IMO, are actually much faster than previous revisions.
What do you consider basic features?
Add-ins. There is no add-in market, like there is on FF and Chrome (extensions on Chrome). Sure, individual programs might have ones. But as a rule, IE doesn't have the expandibility I'll call it. It's not really customizable, like FF and Chrome are.
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Agreed, IE won't be really worthwhile until we can have addons!
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@ajstringham said:
@IRJ said:
@ajstringham said:
@IRJ said:
IE 11 is better than FF in most benchmarks that I have seen
The newer IE's, while still lacking a lot of basic features, IMO, are actually much faster than previous revisions.
What do you consider basic features?
Add-ins. There is no add-in market, like there is on FF and Chrome (extensions on Chrome). Sure, individual programs might have ones. But as a rule, IE doesn't have the expandibility I'll call it. It's not really customizable, like FF and Chrome are.
I wouldn't consider Add-ins a basic feature. Although, I do enjoy some of Chrome's extensions. Chrome extensions are necessary since they have an OS that pretty much depends on it.
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@ajstringham Actually IE has many add-ons http://www.iegallery.com/
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Why not? Firefox has had them since the beginning. Chrome has as well. Allowing the world to develop for your platform, and make add-ins/extensions that improve useability, among other things, is essential. Microsoft missed the band wagon, and STILL hasn't realized it.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@ajstringham Actually IE has many add-ons http://www.iegallery.com/
They have less than 1000. That's pathetic.
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What we really need to do is define browser. Because Chrome is more than a browser. Its a mini OS
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@IRJ said:
What we really need to do is define browser. Because Chrome is more than a browser. Its a mini OS
I wouldn't say Chrome is a mini OS. How do you figure that?
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You could literally live off just Chrome in Windows for the majority of your tasks
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@IRJ said:
You could literally live off just Chrome in Windows for the majority of your tasks
It's a browser. Yeah, Google has Google Docs and the like, but those are all web applications that can be used in any browser. Most of what we do nowadays is in a browser, so that's not really an accurate statement.
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@ajstringham said:
@IRJ said:
You could literally live off just Chrome in Windows for the majority of your tasks
It's a browser. Yeah, Google has Google Docs and the like, but those are all web applications that can be used in any browser. Most of what we do nowadays is in a browser, so that's not really an accurate statement.
Have you used Chrome OS before?
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@IRJ said:
@ajstringham said:
@IRJ said:
You could literally live off just Chrome in Windows for the majority of your tasks
It's a browser. Yeah, Google has Google Docs and the like, but those are all web applications that can be used in any browser. Most of what we do nowadays is in a browser, so that's not really an accurate statement.
Have you used Chrome OS before?
Never used a Chromebook or Chromium, no.
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I use both all day. Just not IE.
I think FF suffers from sharing an audience with chrome. IE has its own user base.
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@scottalanmiller said:
I use both all day. Just not IE.
I think FF suffers from sharing an audience with chrome. IE has its own user base.
McAfee still has all their company-issued laptops on IE8! We don't have admin rights either...
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@ajstringham said:
@scottalanmiller said:
I use both all day. Just not IE.
I think FF suffers from sharing an audience with chrome. IE has its own user base.
McAfee still has all their company-issued laptops on IE8! We don't have admin rights either...
OK IE 8 is more than a little dated.. but I completely understand the lack of local admin rights, why do you need it for your day to day job?
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@scottalanmiller said:
I use both all day. Just not IE.
I think FF suffers from sharing an audience with chrome. IE has its own user base.
Sure, but everything I see these days are Chrome or IE. Vendors are now starting to develop specifically for Chrome (in my case IE and Chrome - well and that apple browser too).
