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[deadmad7]

dab, on 25 September 2010 - 03:15 AM, said:

That's not solving the problem. That's avoiding the problem. :/ Which tends to be the way it shouldn't be, they should fix it, or allow us to fix us it ourselves, which is something Microsoft won't do. Let's hope they fix it or change it before the final release.

I actually like it that way, It's takes less space but you can reduce it to favicon size if you want. I think Chrome's UI is the best so far... I'm so addicted to chrome that I haven't used another browser regularly for months now.

[mahesh2k]

I found chrome useful as well. I downloaded the AD-BLOCK plus for that and things are going fine. You can also download other add-ons or what they call extension.

Only thing for which i'm waiting right now is the extension that can count words for me when i select the text. I want for the draft usage.

[rpgsearcherz]

I'm confused about what this "acid test" thing is. Does this just judge speeds?

And if so, what about the memory footprint?

I'm using an older PC right now and prefer Chrome as sites load faster on it, however I recently found out it's using significantly more RAM than IE does (by a huge margin -- about 2 to 3x as much). I hate IE but I'm forced to use it for quite a few things because otherwise I keep having issues due to the lack of RAM.

[Soviet Rathe]

I have no interest of ever downloading IE9, from looking at the screenshots I can tell this is just another failure from Microsoft.

With Chrome 7 coming out, which Google claims will be 60 times faster then the already insanely fast version, Microsoft has no hope of EVER competing with Chrome. or even Firefox for that matter.

[Saint_Michael]

dab, on 25 September 2010 - 03:15 AM, said:

That's not solving the problem. That's avoiding the problem. :/ Which tends to be the way it shouldn't be, they should fix it, or allow us to fix us it ourselves, which is something Microsoft won't do. Let's hope they fix it or change it before the final release.

Tabs are a superficial feature and since your concerned about how tabs should displayed is a bit silly then do not use the browser it is that simple. Also try changing your screen resolution and maybe you can fit in more tabs in which you can see the text better.

deadmad7, on 25 September 2010 - 07:15 PM, said:

I actually like it that way, It's takes less space but you can reduce it to favicon size if you want. I think Chrome's UI is the best so far... I'm so addicted to chrome that I haven't used another browser regularly for months now.

I think Chrome is trying to play anti-hero in response to all the things you can do with Firefox and in a way make it a bloadted browser with all those extensions and features and what not. So Chrome went with a new direction and that being space, speed, and security, though the latter is usually the biggest priority for everyone involved in the browser business. However, I think the less is better angle seems to be a big thing since only Microsoft has switch to such a concept. Safari, Opera, and of course Firefox haven't gone with the minimalist theme, but odds are if you were to find a Firefox theme in their library then maybe its possible. Odds are though that Firefox won't try for a minimalist them until FF5.

rpgsearcherz, on 26 September 2010 - 08:17 PM, said:

I'm confused about what this "acid test" thing is. Does this just judge speeds?

And if so, what about the memory footprint?

I'm using an older PC right now and prefer Chrome as sites load faster on it, however I recently found out it's using significantly more RAM than IE does (by a huge margin -- about 2 to 3x as much). I hate IE but I'm forced to use it for quite a few things because otherwise I keep having issues due to the lack of RAM.

The acid tests are about rendering various scripts and code and if rendered correctly then its a happy face or 100/100 score. Go here to read more about it to get a better understand on what the Acid Tests are about.

Soviet Rathe, on 29 September 2010 - 07:25 AM, said:

I have no interest of ever downloading IE9, from looking at the screenshots I can tell this is just another failure from Microsoft.

With Chrome 7 coming out, which Google claims will be 60 times faster then the already insanely fast version, Microsoft has no hope of EVER competing with Chrome. or even Firefox for that matter.

Well if your an XP user and do not plan on getting into the web design or web developing gig then that is fine. However, if your a **cough** Vista or Windows 7 user it is better to go with IE9 as it is more web standard then IE7 or 8. The same goes with being a web developer/designer because you need to be able to check your websites against browsers and make sure nothing looks out of place. Granted there are rendering websites and programs that can do it for you, but I prefer running it through the browser itself.