IE losing share, Firefox gains a bit, Chrome used by 1 in 8

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1. June 3, 2011 10:49 PM
   lawfer, TechSpot Paladin, said:

   TomSEA said:

   " If that was a software-specific problem, it would have been reported to Mozilla."

   It has been reported to Mozilla. As I mentioned, I'm not the only one experiencing the contrast/color issues. You're welcome to Google it yourself.

   Chrome's hardware acceleration is still in testing and is not a default setting. You have to dig deep into the options to enable it, and Google does not recommend doing that unless you really know what you're doing.

   Listen, it's clear you're a huge FF fan (employee?) and whatever I say, you're going to come back with a "FF can do it better." That's fine - enjoy your FF, I'll enjoy my Chrome.

   You are incorrect. I'm no Firefox fan, I'm a fan of software.

   By being reported to Mozilla, I meant by the press, you know, as a user-wide known issue. So far, only you and a few others seem to have the issue, hence why I said that, that reaction is simply due to the specific combination of software and hardware on each of your computers. It is definitely a bug, but one that only reacts to that stated earlier. If it was a use-wide issue (or a software-specific problem), not only we would all know about it, but I would experience it when writing this.

   Also, I never said Chrome had GPU accel. by default, I specifically mentioned you had to enable it manually. So I don't see the relevancy of your second paragraph...

   If my earlier comments, which were merely trying to explain to you that performance is not important in a browser anymore, as you seemed to point out, has made you think I'm a Firefox fan, then you should revise yourself, as you seem to not grasp that, all of my comments never even praised any feature from Firefox itself. I mentioned that Firefox's add-on ecosystem is superior and that its customization--both external and internal--is superior to Chrome's. Both which are facts, and should not count as "FF can do it better" arguments, but as facts that everybody, even Chrome fans, know. Reading you calling these simple facts, as "FF can do it better" fanboy-arguments, just shows you are the blind fan that gets defensive once valid points are made.

   And you have failed to elaborate on what is exactly is the "flexibility" you said Chrome is the winner in...

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2. June 4, 2011 11:40 AM
   

   Archean, TechSpot Paladin, said:

   Det, if someone is not that 'concerned' then it wouldn't matter, but the biggest issue I see (which for me qualify it as spyware) is as soon as you start typing in address bar, chrome sends the info to google. Many people aren't so concerned about such behavior as I said, probably because they 'buy' the google's mantra that it is for providing better service to consumers.

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3. June 4, 2011 12:13 PM
   Guest said:

   I would just wish IE gets marginalized faster. At least pre IE9 versions. For a web developer IE is a running joke and an ongoing nightmare. IE9 is a little better because it finally supports some useful CSS3 features, like rounded corners and box shadows.

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4. June 4, 2011 12:31 PM
   

   Det said:

   Archean said:

   Det, if someone is not that 'concerned' then it wouldn't matter, but the biggest issue I see (which for me qualify it as spyware) is as soon as you start typing in address bar, chrome sends the info to google. Many people aren't so concerned about such behavior as I said, probably because they 'buy' the google's mantra that it is for providing better service to consumers.

   Anybody's concern about their data being sent to 3rd party is of course totally sane. My word didn't concern that and wouldn't mean shit if it did because it is just an oppinion anyway.

   But the 'Instant search' feature is the only thing doing that. If you deselect it in Options ("Enable Instant for faster searching and browsing" no information will be sent to Google what so ever.

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5. June 4, 2011 12:35 PM
   

   Archean, TechSpot Paladin, said:

   Yes it can be disabled. But frankly, an ordinary user (not a geek) wouldn't know this, and hence, will inadvertently continue to send over the information. So, preferably they should disable it by default, and if a user want it, they can enable it easily enough.

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6. June 4, 2011 12:41 PM
   

   Det said:

   Archean said:

   Yes it can be disabled. But frankly, an ordinary user (not a geek) wouldn't know this, and hence, will inadvertently continue to send over the information. So, preferably they should disable it by default, and if a user want it, they can enable it easily enough.

   As a matter of fact, it does seem to be disabled by default.

   I just tried with a new profile.

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7. June 4, 2011 12:49 PM
   

   Archean, TechSpot Paladin, said:

   It seems they may have listened to the complaints I guess, anyway thanks for the update.

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8. June 5, 2011 1:00 PM
   z0k! said:

   Guest said:

   Opera first, Firefox second, IE6 third, Opera fourth, Firefox fifth, etc ...

   ie 6? really??

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9. June 10, 2011 6:54 AM
   Guest said:

   as long as IE8 doesn't crash too often, I might use it. But it occurs too often for me, so I have to find another one.

   I choose Firefox over Chrome for only one thing: the address bar. For Firefox, it's called awesome bar, while ominibox for chrome. Frankly, awesome bar is far better than ominibox. I can easily go to the website through awesome bar just by a few key stroke without arrow key or mouse, that means I don't need to move my hand out main keyboard area. To select in ominibox, I have to use arrow key, a little inconvenient.

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10. June 16, 2011 6:37 AM
    Guest said:

    I believe IE9 is the best. Its hardware acceleration is good, pages load fast and more importantly there're no errors on the page. Its online protection is also fantastic. IE9 has download accelerator in-built. Go for it.

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