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Beyond the Mysterious Beyond => Hobbies and Recreation => Computer and Electronics => Topic started by: pokeplayer984 on January 19, 2009, 04:16:34 PM

Title: Dropping Google Chrome!
Post by: pokeplayer984 on January 19, 2009, 04:16:34 PM
I am dropping Google Chrome.  It has been a nice browser, but the problems are just annoying.  I understand it's still a beta, but it's just not worth it.

One main problem I've been having is that I have to keep reloading YouTube videos.  It takes several attempts before it plays a video properly.  There's plenty of videos I watch and it would mean a lot to me if it didn't have this issue.

Another thing is that Google Chrome is no longer working properly with my Hotmail Account.  It just stops working properly after I log in.  I can't even delete mail I don't want while I'm on this browser.

These problems have been happening for several weeks and I'm fed up.

I tested it all on Firefox and guess what?  They work!  I can watch videos without having to reload them and I can run my e-mail properly.

Until Google can release a full version of Chrome with these issues fixed, I'm sticking with Firefox.

Oh and on a side note, could someone download the following browser and give me some feedback:

http://www.maxthon.com/ (http://www.maxthon.com/)

It currently has over 183 MILLION downloads and is growing by the second. :o

I'm thinking of downloading it, but I want some feedback on it before I go for it.

Anyways, later! :)
Title: Dropping Google Chrome!
Post by: Mumbling on January 19, 2009, 04:45:03 PM
So you actually believe that every second someone else downloads that ? :D

Hmm.... With me the videos didnt reload randomly but hotmail was definitly giving programs, I switched back to Firefox too.
Title: Dropping Google Chrome!
Post by: Petrie. on January 19, 2009, 06:10:39 PM
Maxthon is a Chinese-based browser.  Might explain the download rate. :p  It looks like its based on Firefox.
Title: Dropping Google Chrome!
Post by: Clawandfang on January 19, 2009, 07:16:15 PM
I'm an Opera fan personally, and I never quite feel happy using beta programs, so I haven't even tried out Chrome.
Title: Dropping Google Chrome!
Post by: Kor on January 19, 2009, 08:22:33 PM
Is there feedback or something where you can send a message of the problems you are having?  I assume beta stuff would have some sort of feedback system.
Title: Dropping Google Chrome!
Post by: landbeforetimelover on January 20, 2009, 12:56:33 AM
I tried Maxthon two years ago and it was the worst browser I've ever tried.  It used up like half a gig of ram just sitting there and the pages took forever to come up. :rolleyes: Needless to say, I didn't keep it.

As for google chrome, try tweaking around with the javascript settings.  When you have loading problems, look around.  Do you get any error messages?  What I dislike about google chrome is the fact that when there's an error, there's no popup messages.  Instead, there's like a small little text that slides over the bottom of the browsing page.  Popups are okay so long as they're not advertisements! :p
Title: Dropping Google Chrome!
Post by: DarkHououmon on January 22, 2009, 10:53:51 AM
Two years ago? It probably has improved since now, although I don't really plan on trying out Maxthon. I don't have a reason to, unless this browser starts to fail on me, which I doubt.
Title: Dropping Google Chrome!
Post by: Nimrod on January 22, 2009, 12:57:04 PM
I have google chrone and no problem with it. It¥s a great Browser. I neither have problems with youtube videos or my hotmail-account. Isn¥t there a full version of it yet? I think I have it, but I am not sure. Because as I downloaded it there wasn¥t any writing about BETA.
Title: Dropping Google Chrome!
Post by: Lillefot on January 22, 2009, 01:06:28 PM
Chrome works great for me, but Opera comes very close.
However, I use Chrome because it's comfortable to use.
I haven't got any troubles with it, works with Youtube or Hotmail.
One thing it doesn't like is HTML editing. For some reason.  :rolleyes:
Title: Dropping Google Chrome!
Post by: landbeforetimelover on January 22, 2009, 01:16:06 PM
I really don't like the Chrome GUI.  Once they allow you to edit it easily like you can in Firefox, then I'll definitely switch.  Until then, I'm sticking with Firefox.
Title: Dropping Google Chrome!
Post by: aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) on January 22, 2009, 09:39:28 PM
The worst thing that ever happened to me with google Chrome was when I was trying to send an online application, and found out that Google Chrome hadn't actually been sending my information in; it had just been displaying it back to me. I had to start the dang thing over in Internet Explorer, and it was like eight pages long.