<p>I’ve been meaning to update my computer browsers because I’m noticed some websites are not going to continue supporting IE7. I installed IE 8 on one of my work computers with no problem today and it is working great. But when I tried to install it on my laptop and restart I keep getting error messages and the page won’t open up. </p>
<p>I’m wondering about trying Firefox or Goggle Chrome. I was thinking about Google just because, for whatever reason, I feel comfortable with Google (have never used another browser besides IE). </p>
<p>Can you offer pros/cons of either??? I’m just looking for an easy install and easy operating.</p>
<p>I use Chrome as my primary browser and love it; for one thing, its very fast. It runs on the same rendering engine as Safari. </p>
<p>I’m a web designer so I have to work with all major browsers, and when I am designing I always use IE to start, since that is the most popular browser, and I need to see how things look in that. Firefox has some plugins that are very helpful to me as a designer – so once I have things laid out well in IE, I always go to Firefox to validate my code and do any tweaking. </p>
<p>Chrome really is light as far as useful tools – I think that’s why it runs so fast - the other programs are loaded down with extra features that slow everything down. (With the zillions of plugins available for Firefox, i’m pretty sure the “loading down” part is my fault).</p>
<p>But I definitely recommend Chrome. It’s pretty fast to install and it doesn’t have a lot of annoyances that I have had with the other programs.</p>
<p>So Calmom, stupid question perhaps, but can you have more than one browser? I could have IE and Google Chrome downloaded and just choose which one to click on and use???</p>
<p>You can totally have more than one browser, and I recommend it. On my work machine I have Chrome and IE. On my Mac at home I have Safari and Firefox. I love Safari and Chrome and am the only person who doesn’t like Firefox all that much.</p>
<p>I use Chrome for streaming audio all day, it is fast, but I often find when i come back after not using it, the screens are white and take a while to fill in. I use Firefox for everything and IE only for those sites that must use it</p>
<p>At home I use Firefox (64-bit edition) for most browsing and Chome for watching Hulu. The 64-bit edition is very fast because it takes advantage of the x86 64-bit architecture and because there isn’t a 64-bit Flash player for Windows yet (Adobe is working on it).</p>
<p>At the office I use Firefox (32-bit edition). I may try the 64-bit edition at the office today just for fun.</p>
<p>I use Firefox and IE. You can have windows for both open simultaneously. I notice that many smaller companies test their sites only on IE so that if a site isn’t running well on Firefox (which I prefer) I’ll run it on IE. I haven’t bothered with Chrome, mostly because I don’t want to hand over another piece of my life to Google.</p>
<p>^Yes, exactly. There’s also a great add-on for Firefox called “IE tab” that lets you open a site using IE within Firefox (I learned about this from another thread on CC.) It works like a charm.</p>
<p>There was a thread a few weeks ago asking about the new Firefox update and now I keep getting asked if I want to upgrade to 3.5…any one find they have fixed those early bugs i that version?</p>
<p>Regardless of which browser you choose, it is good to get away from Microsoft products. Microsoft does not innovate. As soon as they eliminated Netscape by breaking our antitrust laws, Internet Explorer became stagnant. It is good to see Firefox and Google Chrome as ways to restart innovation. I prefer Google Chrome because it loads more quickly and Google is an extraordinarly good company.</p>
<p>I’ve been using Chrome for about six weeks now after I couldn’t load the newest Firefox and my pc suddenly kept freezing up using the earlier Firefox. It takes some adjusting to use Chrome IMO because the layout is so different from Firefox. The jury is still out but I am running out of options.</p>
<p>Okay, I give up. How on Chrome do you open an attachment without having to save it to your computer? This saving and then deleting and then emptying recycle bin is getting very, very old. Thanks for putting me out of my misery.</p>
How on Chrome do you open an attachment without having to save it to your computer? This saving and then deleting and then emptying recycle bin is getting very, very old. Thanks for putting me out of my misery.</p>