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Best internet browser? Firefox, chrome etc?
« on: 17 October 2011, 17:28 »
Hi updated avg and has just come up stating that firefox is taking up 399mb of memory usage and told me to close and reopen to speed it up.

Does firefox take up alot of computer memory and is there a better browser? quicker? less memory usage? but NOT internet explorer lol

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Re: Best internet browser? Firefox, chrome etc?
« Reply #1 on: 17 October 2011, 17:38 »
Ye right pain in the arse. Wouldn't mind if I had loads of pages or tabs open lol. Bit annoying when u have forum and eBay open lol.
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Re: Best internet browser? Firefox, chrome etc?
« Reply #2 on: 17 October 2011, 17:44 »
Cache. Clear it.

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Re: Best internet browser? Firefox, chrome etc?
« Reply #3 on: 17 October 2011, 21:09 »
Chrome is much better imo :wink: Its faster too!
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Re: Best internet browser? Firefox, chrome etc?
« Reply #4 on: 17 October 2011, 21:23 »
I prefer Chrome, but that's because I sync my bookmarks and saved passwords/usernames seamlessly across my Work PC/Work laptop/Home PC/Home Laptop and any other machine that runs Chrome/ium, including the in-laws and my mothers - makes life much easier for me and my gazillion bookmarks I've collected for the last 10+ years or so.
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Re: Best internet browser? Firefox, chrome etc?
« Reply #5 on: 17 October 2011, 22:27 »
I prefer Chrome, but that's because I sync my bookmarks

I am pretty sure you can do this in Firefox too.

Tools > Set up sync

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Re: Best internet browser? Firefox, chrome etc?
« Reply #6 on: 17 October 2011, 22:32 »
I prefer Chrome, but that's because I sync my bookmarks

I am pretty sure you can do this in Firefox too.

Tools > Set up sync

Yeah, maybe now but not when I migrated to Chrome back then, that sort of thing required the Google Toolbar (which I did use to sync between FF and IE across my work/home device, I now no longer need the toolbar as I use Chrome and use IE for certain tasks only at work) or other sync toolbar/add-ons from other companies which I don't trust as much as Google (that's not to say I implicitly trust them, but more so than other smaller companies with less security). I'm happy with Chrome, it's fast, sync's  my sh!t, it's automatically updated for me and lets me browse the web.
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Re: Best internet browser? Firefox, chrome etc?
« Reply #7 on: 18 October 2011, 10:46 »
i mainly use IE... but do prefer Opera  :cool:

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Re: Best internet browser? Firefox, chrome etc?
« Reply #8 on: 18 October 2011, 11:02 »
chrome.. i'm sure there have been threads like this before

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Re: Best internet browser? Firefox, chrome etc?
« Reply #9 on: 18 October 2011, 12:52 »
I was a firefox man but chrome all the way now. I do find chrome is just better at 'hiding' memory usage though, seems to use as much as firefox imo.