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dieseldiva
Veteran Expediter
I used it a while back when my Firefox was on the blink. I like it, like the way it shows your most used pages when you boot it up. For some reason, it wasn't working right with my links or my quotes, but then again, Firefox doesn't let me print......go figure.
All in all I like it, it DOES boot up faster than Firefox and I think you're right about the speed......Chrome AND Firefox are faster than IE.
Side note....your "small" puter...is that a netbook?? Picked one up for DD a couple of months ago and he LOVES the thing!!
Not a net book...It is a small Dell Inspiron 700m. Weighs just 3.5 lbs, but still has a DVD/cd drive
I use Fire Fox and have no problem with my printer. Maybe if you download it again...
Jack_Berry
Moderator Emeritus
does chrome come with anti virus built in?
I had to down load Fire Fox twice to get it to work right.
Not to the best of my knowledge. I use AVG Free version.
Diva, I just got a new printer. After installing it, it showed up in the Firefox add-on window and said that it wasn't compatible with Firefox 3.5.3. I tried it anyway and it worked. Did you see that and just not try it? If so, give it a shot.
dieseldiva
Veteran Expediter
Thanks for the response. We recently picked up a portable printer for the truck and it works fine with Firefox...go figure. I'm thinking it's more a "Vista" thing as we moved the old printer to the desk top and there's some kind of problem there in the installation, just haven't sat down with it to work through.
I'm looking forward to Microsoft's new operating system this fall, hoping that it will work better than Vista BUT if the reviews aren't good then I'm going back to XP for everything in the house.
aileron
Expert Expediter
Lawrence, you are correct, Safari has the edge in displaying a page, but I was referring to the time it takes to start up both browsers. Chrome pops up 1-2 seconds after clicking the icon, while Safari takes 20. But as soon as it is up, it works good. It might be my computer though, but I don't know.
bcordell70
Expert Expediter
I have used the google broweser for couple weeks now, it is faster than IE but I dont know what browser isnt? lol
Also I dont know if AVG has fixed the resource issue with it bogging down systems, if not there is a decent alternative free anti virus at free-av dot com, its called avira pretty decent free antivirus that I have been using upwards of a year now, only annoying thing it does is pops up a box wanting you to purchase the full version it probably does this once a day when it checks for updates.
Also I dont know if AVG has fixed the resource issue with it bogging down systems, if not there is a decent alternative free anti virus at free-av dot com, its called avira pretty decent free antivirus that I have been using upwards of a year now, only annoying thing it does is pops up a box wanting you to purchase the full version it probably does this once a day when it checks for updates.
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shalimar
Guest
yes sure google Chrome is the best browser, when i first downloaded it, my internet was running at a lighting speed, i even checked my speed
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and it was normal too, hitherto i used firefox which chocked my browsing capabilities .
But the only one advantage with firefox is that it has more add ons, which makes things much easier
IP Details.com : Internet Speed test
and it was normal too, hitherto i used firefox which chocked my browsing capabilities .
But the only one advantage with firefox is that it has more add ons, which makes things much easier