Google Chrome
 

I installed Google's web browser Chrome and liked it so much that I made it my default browser. However, I decided to go back to Firefox because I miss all its add-ons, like the ability to block GoogleAds (surprisingly a Google browser won't let you do that!). I found that the only way I could change the default browser was to uninstall Chrome. Then I found that making Firefox the default wasn't as straightforward as I expected. The Main screen in Firefox Options where one normally finds a button to set Firefox as default was not visible because the entire window is truncated thus removing the button from view. The window can't be resized either. I'm not one for conspiracy theories but ...

Rgds

Not sure if this was a question or just a comment, but...

In firefox, type about:config in the URL box, then in the filter box (Alt+I) type "checkDefaultBrowser". Select the "browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser" option and change it to "true". Restart, and answer "Yes" to make default.

Another option: start firefox from the command line (if running Windows, Start->Run->cmd or some such), with the following command: "firefox -silent -setDefaultBrowser"

HTH

Or alternatively to block ads from Google Chrome

Privoxy - Home Page

1.) Install Privoxy
2) Click on the Wrench icon in Chrome in the upper right corner
3.) Choose options>Under The Hood>Change proxy settings
4.) A windows box pops up, choose LAN settings (at least this is what it's called in Vista)
5.) Check off "Proxy settings" and in the address setting add127.0.0.1 and in the port 8118
6.) If you have the option, you can also check off "Bypass proxy for local settings"
7.) Click "Ok", close chrome and restart it.

Works like a dream for me (and better than AdBlocker on FF)

Cheers

Whirls

Been there done that and dumped it very quickly due to security issues.
Too many selfmade trips on line and unexplained programs appearing in my system. To say nowt about the adds.

No I don't trust Google.

See thread http://www.pprune.org/computer-inter...browser-2.html

Thanks everyone who responded.

I'll be guided accordingly.

Rgds

I think you'll find Phorm wants to implement Phorm.

With the help of BT of course.

And possibly TalkTalk and Virgin if BT get away with it.

Indeed, I must have had a mental aberration when I wrote that :ugh:

Pc Pro have a review of Chrome this month and it is very fast, 3 times faster than FireFox and 23 times faster than IE7 (java script handling is brilliantly executed apparently) However I run the beta of FF3.1 and that is faster than FF3 so that speed edge may well disappear in the near future.

Google of course only do things that will make Google money (1.25 billion profit in Q2 this year) so it will, I'm sure, be acting as a benign trojan horse to channel your efforts into making money for them.

Chrome
 

I see Google is offering a download of the Beta version of the browser. Any thoughts? I'm using IE and it works for me without any problems...so why?

Well for one thing, here on PPRuNe, if I use Chrome, even though it is slow to load the pages, I get no ads. If I use IE or FF, half my screen is rubbish.

I'm sure that will change soon for the worse.

There are a few threads on Google Chrome and, after reading those, I decided to return to Firefox! There are concerns as to what Google will do with the data they collect but other than that, it seemed quite a nice browser.

There is an AdBlocker for Firefox but you do occassionally have to manual block an advert!

Cheers

Whirls

Chrome is the fastest browser so I dont understand why its slow to load for you obgraham. As to the security/privacy concerns......well, they all send stuff back to base. Even FF.
I use Chrome on a daily basis and think its cool. No problems.

As already said....At the moment it's a privacy issue. Google are dodgy at the best of times and I don't feel 100% sure about Chrome. I have tried it and cannot say that it is a major leap forward.
Maybe in a year or so when more add ons are available and the Privacy issue has finally been sorted I may try it again.
I'll stick with FF for the foreseeable future.

I don't find it any faster than Firefox's "Minefield" which is currently in alpha.

Privacy guard for Chrome
 

The browser uses a unique identification number for each installation. There is a little tool called Chrome Privacy Guard (for windows XP and Vista) that removes this number every time you start chrome. This helps to protect your surfing habits from Google.

There are more details here:

http://blog.gjl-network.net/blog/ind...ml&serendipity[lang_selected]=en

There is a further link at the above where you can download the privacy guard program.

Regards,

LG

Minefield isn't the next Firefox, it's just the name the Mozilla devs give to the latest nightly build...because it's so buggy as to be a minefield.

The speed of the new Firefox 3.1 beta is down to the Trace Monkey engine, I believe.

I use FF for my general browsing, but I can't beat Chrome for its handling of GMail, GCal, GReader, GMaps et al. I'll be looking at FF3.1 when it is released.

A great deal of the knee-jerk reactions over the EULA for Chrome was down to a lazy 'cut and paste'. A number of third party tools exist to disable the opt-in usage tracking.

Firefox + adblock + noscript = never see an advert.

I like Chrome a lot, I just don't trust it yet. Using Firefox until then.

Anything BUT the fastest browser on my admittedly marginally equipped desktop here. FF and IE load the pages in less than half the time of Chrome. But I like the screen layout in Chrome better.

Opera
 

I notice quite a few people mentioning firefox. Have you guys tried Opera? I find that to be a nice sleek browser. Worth a look.

LG