Is Chrome the Best Browser?

I use IRON Browser by SRWare. It's just like Google Chrome with the privacy concerns removed. Google reports alot of things about your browsing for advertisers. Iron removes all those and is blazing fast. They even have a Portable version which I use. Just make a folder, DL it, unzip and make a shortcut to your desktop of the Iron icon and its ready to go.

Oops, here's the link to Iron.
http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron.php

Interesting article Bob. My browser of choice is Firefox which works well on my system running XP and is really quick. I also have Opera which I use occasionally and which now runs really fast since I installed Adblock. Just recently I have installed Comodo Dragon which uses Chromium technology but with all the privacy and security associated with Comodo whose firewall I swear by, and I have to say I'm very impressed. It's as fast as Firefox and doesn't use much in the way of resources. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on this last one.

You cant beat Firefox for add-ons & extensions. Thats why I use it. I also have Opera which i like because it is fast and stable.

Good article. I have used Chrome for a quite a while now. Less annoyances and wasted space! I appreciate being able to use the address bar as a search engine, I use the translate feature, and always use the quick links on the main page. Some sites don't work or work well, on Chrome, so I'll switch over to any of the others when that happens.

I am the IT director for a small school system. We have found that something in Firefox and Chrome allows students to bypass our Kerio WinRoute firewall/filter. Kerio seems unable to correct this problem. For that reason, we do not allow students or teachers to download/install anything but IE.

Chrome is the best for me. I do web design so test with a number of browsers, but my main one is Google Chrome. Also, I use the Google Cloud extensively so Chrome is designed for me. Chrome is not without some problems, but is the best for me and I recommend it to all my friends.

Don

I'm a heavy Google user, so I live in Chrome. I'm also a Linux user, so IE is not a real option in Linux. One of the things I really appreciate about Firefox (in Linux) is that I can use a Citrix client to call back to my work network resources. As far as I know, Chrome doesn't support Citrix clients. In Windows or Linux, Chrome is primary.

Good article, but I have to say that I am a true fan of Chrome, I have a HP Media Center PC and its about 6 years old, and I'm still hanging on to XP SP3. I have tried all the browsers you mention and I get the best speed from Chrome going thru their server at 8.8.8.8. I have a cable service from my ISP and it really is fast. Thank you Bob and keep the good articles coming

I tried Chrome earlier this year but got tired of the "Chrome didn't shut down correctly" warning every time I launched it. So I went back to my beloved Firefox.

I use FF and I like the fact that FF now syncs all of your favorites, passwords, etc... across multiple computers with the use of a sync key.

I'm reluctant of even giving a try to Chrome for privacy reasons.

If you think that Microsoft is intruding and invasive, what about a company which has a near-monopoly on search, is inescapable when you use mail or blogs, and has been on the record saying, basically, that privacy was a thing of the past ?

I use very little of Google's services apart from search and blog comments, and I'm already quite annoyed by their seemingly unavoidable nosiness.

Maybe Chrome can protect your privacy against others, but can it protect your privacy against Google ? Any thoughts welcome.

I started using Chrome back in 2010 (around June). My reason for this was that our help desk software was running sluggish using IE. Using Chrome, the help desk software worked great though didn't display the same as IE, however it was much faster and usable.

As a test, I tried using our healthcare software with Chrome and it did not do so well --- not a surprise due to the custom html and java script the healthcare software is written in.

At home, I used Chrome for many things but when I tried it for my online college classes (Blackboard system), it did not work well at all. Now I use Firefox and have been happy.

There are features in Firefox that I find I am using more as I get used to it (6 months now). Right-clicking on a link and pressing a 't' for a new tab or 'w' for a new window is nice and intuitive --- IE is not. I don't even remember what IE uses for those functions.

However, I am still using version 3 of Firefox as version 4 does not work for my college Blackboard system (I haven't tried version 5 yet).

There are other features or plugins I really like with Firefox, cache (about:cache), history, and others.

I might try Chrome again sometime but I will not use IE except for designing and testing web pages --- of course I still use IE and sometimes Chrome for that also as well as different versions of IE.

The last update to IE 8 on our new Win7 laptop was sluggish and caused some issues with certain web pages --- I was not happy with that at all but it still stays.

I have been using Chrome for a couple of years now. I am very happy with the simplicity and all the webb apps. It also syncs bookmarks to other PCs.

note to "Clairvaux", you can pin any search engine you prefer to the bookmark bar.

I was assigned a computer at my school where I teach. It had Chrome on it along with IE and Firefox. I found when using IE that my Yahoo mail inbox did funny things. I would check an email to delete it and it would delete it and one or two more that I hadn't read yet. I don't know what the bug was, but as soon as I deleted Chrome form my computer the problem went away.

Like sea currents IT change rapidly.

Referring only to Microsoft OS supported browsers here:
At this stage I recommend to clients:
1. Chrome, fast and slick.
2. Firefox, Opensource, still great.
3. Internet Explorer {Must use for some Microsoft applications} Breaks a lot, slow etc.
Opera, Green Browser also great to use, not 100% compatible on sites.

All of the browsers above will crash. All of these bloat at times stealing memory. The frequency of these problems is much less for nr1, and 2. Nr3 Is Bad. The others is not 100% compatible with all sites.

Sometimes Chrome seems faster, then Firefox catches up, it's like an arms race, so may as well stick to Firefox. Firefox still has vast superiority in add ons, though Chrome is improving all thte time, it is still lagging behind. The main reason Firoefox beats Chrome hands down is in the bookmarking. Chrome doesn't let you click bookmarks into alphabetical order at rapid speed. Chromes bookmarketing rips off a lot of Firefoxes ideas, but is on the wrong side of the screen, and takes more clicks, sorry Chrome bookmarkeing is just inferior. So I will stick with Firefox for the medium term future. I too worry about Google have too much info on me, and having a monoply in to many areas, so I will support Firefox for that reason.

I really like Chrome, especially for surfing, but some sites don't support it, like my bank.

I use both Firefox and Chrome. Having an internet connection that gives me 248kbps, speed is what catches my attention.Hence, in that case Chrome gets
my vote.

All major browser are very dangerous, not a single one is worthy of any trust at all due to their add-ons.
Why ?
Add-ons are able to control your system no matter what people say.
Want a safe and fast browser then delete all add-ons and plugins as well as any software depending on browsers (java, windows mediaplayer, flash etc.)
But then you won't be able to do the things you are accustomed too unless you know how to use the command line properly, which is probably way out of your league.

So, dummies. there is no solution unless you learn how it really works.
Btw almost all windows users are part of the biggest zombie network in the world, which is run by :
Microsoft, Google, Yahoo. FBI, CIA, RIAA, etc.
And all they want is your money or put you in jail, don't expect them to help you unless you pay them.

I call them just : LEGAL CAPITALIST SCUM

Remember : 62 people have same amount of money as 50% of the world population and are all part of the above mentioned agencies/companies.