I Still Am Not A Fan Of Chrome

I tried Google Chrome when it first came out. It was pretty and flashy. Didn't think it rose to IE or Firefox except for a couple of features.

Tried it again a couple of times since - just to see if I was missing anything.

Tried it again over the weekend as my Firefox was giving me issues, and it was suggested that I try Chrome. Did that. I'm done again. Back to Firefox.

Even if I have to deal with one or more crashes a day on Firefox, it's still easier to navigate than Chrome. Don't care much for the bookmarks on Chrome either. While Firefox continues to page over as you open more tabs, Chrome just scunches them all onto the same screen - you can't see any information, just the really small tabs.

The last straw came just a little while ago. I had 20 or so windows (tabs) open on Chrome, and I clicked a link. It opened a new browser and shut down the other one. Everything lost. No way to recover like Firefox which gives you the choice of saving all the tabs and starting them up again.

Maybe someday Chrome will get their act together, but I don't have time to wait. Back to Firefox unless someone can point me to something better.

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18 comments • Steve Hoffacker - Real Estate Sales & Marketing Consulting and Strategies • May 31 2010 01:00PM

Active Rain Members Come Through For Me

Thursday, I started trying to get my firefox (3.0.11) to work correctly after it just stopped functioning. I posted about my frustrations and got some great comments. The best advice came from Gail MacMillan. I wish I had some type of prize to give you - though this was not a contest.

Firefox just stopped running. I downloaded and reinstalled an earlier version (3.0.4) as well as the current upgrade (3.0.11) that was working before it let me down. Interestingly it still works on 2 other machines that I have.

So, I went back to IE 7 - it wasn't as horrible as I remembered, but within 5 minutes of opening a few windows I got a "runtime error" and everything went away. That was close - I could have lost some work.

Google Chrome was suggested, so I used it for a couple of days. Not bad actually - better than when it first came out several months ago. Still quirky.

Then today, Gail suggests firefox 3.5 beta. It works, I'm using it now, and it is so close in the size of the published material to IE that all is well.

Another success story in the annals of AR.

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14 comments • Steve Hoffacker - Real Estate Sales & Marketing Consulting and Strategies • June 27 2009 03:56PM

Calling All Firefox Experts

Last night firefox just went away. Oh, the desktop and quick launch icons were still there, but it wouldn't load. Click on - nothing - except that it was running in the background and not responsive. Deleted 3.0.11 (the version I had been using), except that I had to stop it in processes before it would let me continue with the uninstall.

I've redownloaded and reinstalled firefox 3.0.4 and 3.0.11 so many times Ive lost count. Only once - long enough for me to make one comment - did it load before it went non responsive.

Unless I can find a solution, It's back to IE 7 - where I am right now. Already been kicked off once for "runtime error" - whatever that is. And oh, IE is sooooooooooo slow.

Any ideas? I've done the defrag, msconfig, and all the other stuff that I could think of.

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For more information on my coaching and educational programs and services, visit my website stevehoffacker.com or go to my other blog homesalesinsights.com for additional sales tips, insights, and commentary. You can also listen to my free podcast messages at Steve Hoffacker's Happenings.

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16 comments • Steve Hoffacker - Real Estate Sales & Marketing Consulting and Strategies • June 25 2009 05:45PM