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Chrome vs. Firefox

My Pc is a desktop using Windows 7 OS.

I ordinarily use Firefox (FF), but played around with Chrome (C) for an hr and was blown away by its speed. Does C use add-ons like FF and if so where can I find them? I also couldn't find any option to insert a google search window when I'm trying to find URLs that match search criteria.

Is there a page that goes over all the high points of C, especially add-ons (or their equivalent)? I know I could find thousands of pages on C but don't have the time to do major research, so I'm looking for 1-2 pages that cover at least 80% of its capabilities.

Thanks.

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Dan Craciun

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photoman11

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Thanks Dan. The search window was what I meant. Do they have a selection of extensions anywhere close to the # of FF add-ons?

If you think of a good feature summary page, please pass it on.

Dan Craciun

I think you'll find that the number of extensions is pretty similar and the popular ones are available for both browsers.

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Mohammed Khawaja

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Gary

Chrome preloads webpages, so it isn't faster - ts just downloading them before you click links.

photoman11

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Gary,

Are you saying that C is faster than FF ONLY if the link you're interested in is preloaded?

Thanks to everyone for your comments and education. is it fair to say one browser is better than the other?

Gary

Yep.
Click Menu, click settings, scroll down and click Show Advanced Settings
Scroll down and disable Predict network actions to improve page load performance

Now see if Chrome is faster.

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BillDL

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Gary

IE does exactly the same thing and the reason is to keep each tab isolated - one tab hang/s crashes then it doesn't kill your whole browser (though having said that in IE it pretty much does hang the browser regardless!)

photoman11

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This has been quite an education. Bottom line then, since I often have between 6-12 tabs open at once, should I just keep going with FF?

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BillDL

Thank you photoman