# Google Chrome 0.4.154.25 - avoid? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 26, 2008, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-chrome-0-4-154-25-avoid/474552 "2008-11-26T14:37:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-chrome-0-4-154-25-avoid/474552/1 "2008-11-26T14:37:50Z")
I made the mistake of updating Google Chrome to 0.4.154.25 last night and have been having significant issues. I’ve logged reports, of course, but I’m wondering if any other Dopers are having similar issues. Particular problems I’m having are Random crashes. Must leave tabs to fully load before switching away otherwise Chrome can crash. Tabs sticking to mouse pointer. Forum jump on vBulletin boards like the SDMB takes some seconds to appear and repeated clicking makes Chrome crash. Vista Ultimate 64, SP1, fully patched. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-chrome-0-4-154-25-avoid/474552/2 "2008-11-26T17:09:09Z")
Version 0.x? Yes, avoid. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-chrome-0-4-154-25-avoid/474552/3 "2008-11-26T21:03:13Z")
I’ve been using it for a while and have had none of the issues you’re describing here. I’m using it right now, actually. I find it runs significantly faster on my computer and uses fewer resources than IE, which is why I switched over to it. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-chrome-0-4-154-25-avoid/474552/4 "2008-11-26T22:48:45Z")
But are you using 0.4? 0.3 was fine for me. ---
**Author:** ![gravitycrash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@gravitycrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gravitycrash)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-chrome-0-4-154-25-avoid/474552/5 "2008-11-26T23:03:08Z")
So far Google Chrome is not playing nice with Youtube for me and other streaming websites, so for now I’ll stick with Firefox. I haven’t noticed any other issues though. ---
**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:** [November 26, 2008, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-chrome-0-4-154-25-avoid/474552/6 "2008-11-26T23:09:03Z")
Mine plays fine with streaming video for a while. If it sits, it’ll play the first two seconds, and then stop. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2008, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-chrome-0-4-154-25-avoid/474552/7 "2008-11-27T01:08:34Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > But are you using 0.4? 0.3 was fine for me. I’m using 0.4.154.25. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2008, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-chrome-0-4-154-25-avoid/474552/8 "2008-11-27T03:07:55Z")
Wow, glad its not just me who noticed it. I assumed it was the great firewall and was about to resign myself to crappy internet. ---
**Author:** ![PopeJewish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@PopeJewish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PopeJewish)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2008, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-chrome-0-4-154-25-avoid/474552/9 "2008-11-27T04:25:11Z")
> [@interface2x](#): > > I’ve been using it for a while and have had none of the issues you’re describing here. I’m using it right now, actually. I find it runs significantly faster on my computer and uses fewer resources than IE, which is why I switched over to it. everything runs faster than IE and uses fewer resources. I’ve still found no reason to switch to Google Chrome. I used Opera for awhile and i liked it, but I’m still a Firefox user. I love me some extensions 😉 ---
**Author:** ![threemae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@threemae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threemae)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2008, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-chrome-0-4-154-25-avoid/474552/10 "2008-11-27T05:08:28Z")
> [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#): > > Mine plays fine with streaming video for a while. If it sits, it’ll play the first two seconds, and then stop. I also had this issue for quite a while but it seems to have fixed itself after some patch. I still use it due to its speed, but it certainly isn’t stable. It crashed much more often than IE, and most perplexing of all, when it crashes, the entire browser crashes and even the non-locked up tabs, some of which are even responding still, are closed down as well. Sort of makes you wonder about the point of breaking down tabs into separate processes if they can’t make them behave like it. IE isn’t going anywhere on my machine. ---
**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:** [November 27, 2008, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-chrome-0-4-154-25-avoid/474552/11 "2008-11-27T08:48:04Z")
Hmm, I use Chrome all day at work and it almost never crashes, and I have dozens of tabs open at a time. Also, the latest version of Chrome was supposed to fix most problems with Flash–works flawlessly for me, so far. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2008, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-chrome-0-4-154-25-avoid/474552/12 "2008-11-27T11:23:43Z")
I use the latest version of Google Chrome, it has not crashed once. I am using XP though, maybe it is a compatibility issue with Vista?