# Did you try Chrome? Are you still using it? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 11, 2008, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-try-chrome-are-you-still-using-it/467481 "2008-10-11T16:09:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-try-chrome-are-you-still-using-it/467481/1 "2008-10-11T16:09:13Z")
Just a poll out of curiosity: 1. Did you try Google Chrome? 2. If yes, are you still using it and why? 3. If you never tried it, why not? As for myself: 1. Yes 2. Yes. Mostly because I like many of the features, haven’t had any problems with it so far (except for the hotmail website insisting I upgrade my browser every time I check my email) and I just _like_ how it feels. It feels… smoother, faster than even firefox. I still have firefox in the back burner however, mostly because of it’s FTP plugins which I need to update my website. Which brings me to a few things I want from Google Chrome which I hope will be available soon namely: community plugins and an easy way to manage bookmarks. I get those and I may never look back. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-try-chrome-are-you-still-using-it/467481/2 "2008-10-11T16:25:41Z")
We pretty much agree - and yes, I like it and still use it, but resort to Firefox because it already has plugins that I have been adding for a few years now. One thing I have noticed with the new(er) Firefox versions, for whatever reason, it seems to take forever to load up and it is starting to piss me off, which is why I have been using Chrome more often. I suppose I could spend some time with Chrome to see what plugins they offer, but haven’t gotten around to it. Reasons I like Chrome: Fast load up, keeps going if one site crashes, nice layout. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-try-chrome-are-you-still-using-it/467481/3 "2008-10-11T16:50:05Z")
No it lacks the IE magnification tool at the bottom right and I find this to be indispensable, plus it really doesn’t do anything that’s all that special. IE is not that bad. ---
**Author:** ![gladtobeblazed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@gladtobeblazed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gladtobeblazed)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-try-chrome-are-you-still-using-it/467481/4 "2008-10-11T17:05:22Z")
No, I haven’t tried it yet because when I read up on it, it seemed that most of the features were already available either in FF or in Opera. To be honest I probably haven’t even thought about it since the day it came out, so I might give it a try later today. ---
**Author:** ![davidw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c4cdca/32.png) [@davidw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidw)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-try-chrome-are-you-still-using-it/467481/5 "2008-10-11T17:28:29Z")
Yes, I tried it, and I liked it, but I’m still using Firefox because I’m so used to the extentions that I’ve added to FF. ---
**Author:** ![squeekster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@squeekster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeekster)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-try-chrome-are-you-still-using-it/467481/6 "2008-10-11T17:28:42Z")
I tried it. But I just couldn’t force myself to like it. I’m an exclusive Firefox user unless the site I am at has to use IE and the Firefox extension “IE tab” doesn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![gladtobeblazed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@gladtobeblazed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gladtobeblazed)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-try-chrome-are-you-still-using-it/467481/7 "2008-10-11T17:32:31Z")
I just took it out for a test drive. I like the minimalism of design and it loads pages fast. However, no mouse gestures and download speeds are only about 1/5 of what my download manager achieves. That definitely kills it for me. I’ll give it another shot when more plugins become available. For now I’ll stick to Opera and Firefox. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-try-chrome-are-you-still-using-it/467481/8 "2008-10-11T17:35:31Z")
> [@davidw](#): > > Yes, I tried it, and I liked it, but I’m still using Firefox because I’m so used to the extentions that I’ve added to FF. Me too. I’ve got Firefox customised and added on to just how I like it. Having said that, even a base install seems to be slow as fuck to load these days, so who knows. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-try-chrome-are-you-still-using-it/467481/9 "2008-10-11T17:52:28Z")
> [@Kinthalis](#): > > Just a poll out of curiosity: > > 1. Did you try Google Chrome? > > 2. If yes, are you still using it and why? > > 3. If you never tried it, why not? 1. No 2. N/A 3. I’m in a long term, very passionate, love/hate relationship with Opera. ---
**Author:** ![Skylark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Skylark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skylark)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-try-chrome-are-you-still-using-it/467481/10 "2008-10-11T18:22:45Z")
I did and still do. It’s pretty much unofficially my default browser now. I don’t like some of the interface, and the lack of add-ons I got so used to from Firefox, but it loads so much faster than Firefox. For a lot of my browsing I’ve found I like a stripped down browser that works fast, then for other functions going to the other guys in the toolkit like Firefox, Opera, Wyzo, and IE. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-try-chrome-are-you-still-using-it/467481/11 "2008-10-11T18:42:14Z")
Using chrome still because Firefox has gotten really slow for me. As in takes more than a minute to start up slow. Should probably reinstall it, but I like the way chrome goes. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-try-chrome-are-you-still-using-it/467481/12 "2008-10-11T19:16:13Z")
I’ve been using Chrome on my work computers since Day 1 (can’t use it at home yet, since I run a Mac) and haven’t looked back since. As far as speed goes, it beats the pants off of Firefox. I also totally dig the Omnibar and miss it whenever I have to go back and use another browser and type specifically into the “search” box–so archaic. Also, tabs on top of the browser–Genius. Why did no one think of this before? I also dig the way it handles pop-ups and downloads, with each appearing as a bar along the bottom of the window. I do have a few qualms: First, no Mac support yet. Yes, I know it’s coming soon, but I want Chrome at home now! Second, it’s Flash support has some bugs; movies sometimes play without sound, which is annoying. Hmm, and I guess that’s about it! I can’t wait until to see what they add in future updates. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-try-chrome-are-you-still-using-it/467481/13 "2008-10-11T20:51:52Z")
Using it now, speedier than FF, but the trade off is -light on the features. Also, the backup addon isn’t as useful as Foxmarks. But way less crashy ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-try-chrome-are-you-still-using-it/467481/14 "2008-10-11T20:53:39Z")
I tried it. I’m still using it, but only for gmail, Google reader and google docs. If it had mouse gestures I might use it more, but for now I’m sticking with Opera as my usual browser. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-try-chrome-are-you-still-using-it/467481/15 "2008-10-11T20:58:23Z")
I have not tried chrome. I am slow to change when it comes to browsers. I may try it one day, but at the moment FF is working just fine for me. And my pimpzilla theme is sooo tacky, I don’t think I could give that up 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-try-chrome-are-you-still-using-it/467481/16 "2008-10-11T22:01:26Z")
> [@Red\_Barchetta](#): > > Also, tabs on top of the browser–Genius. What are tabs on top of the browser? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-try-chrome-are-you-still-using-it/467481/17 "2008-10-11T22:10:25Z")
I tried it out of curiosity and to test if my website rendered OK in it. I didn’t stick with it because, well, call me abnormal, but I’m just not all that sold on tabbed browsing. Plus it doesn’t do a few things I’ve come to rely on in Firefox (or extensions for FF). ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-try-chrome-are-you-still-using-it/467481/18 "2008-10-11T22:14:07Z")
Seriously, guys. “Mouse gestures”? You’re all a bunch of fucking dorks. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-try-chrome-are-you-still-using-it/467481/19 "2008-10-11T22:34:38Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > What are tabs on top of the browser? Normally, the tabs reside just above the content window, and below the url/bookmark bars and file menu. In Chrome, they’re at the very top of the window and actually look like tabs (you know, like a folder tab). Not only does it simply look better, but it’s also more intuitive and easier to access. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-try-chrome-are-you-still-using-it/467481/20 "2008-10-11T23:57:01Z")
> [@Red\_Barchetta](#): > > Normally, the tabs reside just above the content window, and below the url/bookmark bars and file menu. In Chrome, they’re at the very top of the window and actually look like tabs (you know, like a folder tab). Not only does it simply look better, but it’s also more intuitive and easier to access. And uses less screen space!, a whole lot of pixels are wasted in FF and IE only to show you “Internet Explorer - Straight Dope Message Board”, in Chrome the tabs are there. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-try-chrome-are-you-still-using-it/467481.md?page=2)