[MKZ1945]

I'm interested in the operating systems and computers that the Chrome crashes are occurring on. I'm running along with others on Win XP, 7 and 8 and have not had a single problem. Wonder if it might be a combination of add-ins or specific sites visited that are problematic?

[rebvan52]

I have been using Chrome for quite some time and so has my roommate. I haven't had problems, but her's kept crashing. Lately, while on Facebook, I have been having problems with the flash crashing. It will freeze up my computer for a short time, and I will have to reload the page and sometimes it will force me to reboot completely. It is annoying and I wish I knew how to fix it, but I am definitely not techie. It is still preferable to me. My roommate switched over to Mozilla and likes it, but I don't like it as much as Chrome.

[cc3d]

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I downloaded Google Chrome a while back and was convinced after a while that this browser isn't worth the space it takes up on my hard drive.

Well, you must not have been very deep in your evaluation. Chrome is, by far, the top browser available. The apps and extensions alone are enough to put it there. Have you even SEEN the Chrome Store? Thousands of really good apps and most free!

What do you use? IE? FireFox?

[KQA5606]

Has it not been found out yet that flash player hates 64 bit browsers and according to Adobe Acrobat they don't intend on fixing such? Hence much of and many of the crashing?
Let me know what you've found out differently!

[Johnny]

I have to agree with many of the negatives above and can add a few more, like its inability to handle web sites with 'frames' properly. Also the inability to automatically open a bookmarked URL address in a new tab (discussed but not solved in numerous forums) drives many people to the brink. And is it really that much faster than firefox? Not that firefox is without it's issues. If anybody knows of a browser that never crashes, is super fast, requires a reasonable amount of memory and will open a new tab when clicking on the URL in the address bar or from a bookmark I'd love to hear about it. Maybe under Ubuntu?

[WaltCD]

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I downloaded Google Chrome a while back and was convinced after a while that this browser isn't worth the space it takes up on my hard drive.

I think you should take another look. I tried Chrome when it first came out, and didn't find the advantage. Months later, I tried again. I found it EXTREMELY fast, rendering correctly, and so MANY extra features.
The ability to sync passwords, bookmarks, etc. is so handy AND it's already built in. Firefox used to do the same, but it became increasingly slow.

On a new Windows 8 computer, I've run Internet Explorer exactly once: to go to Google.com/chrome to download chrome.


Walt D in LV

[k0mmon]

Has anybody tried Torch?? It's a pretty fast browser.
Probably faster than Chrome

[CindySanborn]

well i downloaded chrome along time ago, it sure was fast at first, then it started getting slower and hanging up, what can u do about that. uninstall it and reinstall it would that help. i rem. it was faster than the other 2. and ie is really slow in my opinion. and firefox i use, but it is slow and hangs too. but it could be my computer and i hope not/. i do my best to try to keep my computer clean and updated. and close everything and not leave tabs open or too many of them open at one time. so if anyone has an idea on how to get some of the fast back in to these id appreciate it. thanks

[toplesscj]

I loved google Chrome until ~3 months ago when I get incessant Error's 103 and 107!! I have no problems using the same websites on IE8!

To top that off, the customer service to fix these issues is NON EXISTANT! Several "help on this issue" columns on google's site to rant about the problem, but never help from staff.

In the meantime, I will use it for some sites, open IE8 for others and wait for someone to finally develop a browser that is like google Chrome but with no problems or better customer service!

(Does one exist yet?)

[brainout]

lnwalk2, on 18 February 2013 - 06:16 AM, said:

I downloaded Google Chrome a while back and was convinced after a while that this browser isn't worth the space it takes up on my hard drive.

Bingo. The only thing it does well and consistently, is session cookies. But you can't even tell WHICH cookies are being stored, and you can't tailor them well. It doesn't stream video or audio reliably, and it's horrific when using Amazon. The radio buttons in Amazon suddenly disappear, when using Chrome. Worse, you can't tailor anything in Chrome. You can't export, zooming is only fullscale (you can't choose to zoom text only), it won't let you override fonts in webpages, and a ton of other features which are standard in Mozilla. Looks like the same dingdongs who continually wreck Youtube's interface, are at work in Chrome, too. NOTHING IS INTUITIVE in the stupid thing.

I only use Chrome when I have to. Yeah, it's fast, but for what it lacks, the speed is not worth the usage. In short, if it had the customizability of Mozilla it wouldn't be so fast.

Given how bad Chrome is, I'm leery of buying what would otherwise be potentially-attractive Google products.

This post has been edited by brainout: 28 April 2013 - 06:33 PM

[brainout]

CindySanborn, on 25 April 2013 - 03:42 AM, said:

well i downloaded chrome along time ago, it sure was fast at first, then it started getting slower and hanging up, what can u do about that. uninstall it and reinstall it would that help. i rem. it was faster than the other 2. and ie is really slow in my opinion. and firefox i use, but it is slow and hangs too. but it could be my computer and i hope not/. i do my best to try to keep my computer clean and updated. and close everything and not leave tabs open or too many of them open at one time. so if anyone has an idea on how to get some of the fast back in to these id appreciate it. thanks

It no longer works well in XP. I don't know why. I have a copy in Windows 7, and use it as a backup browser. Certain websites work better with Chrome, most are worse. PC Magazine didn't work with Chrome on XP, but does work with Chrome in Win7, better than Mozilla.

[brainout]

WaltCD, on 11 March 2013 - 10:14 AM, said:

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I downloaded Google Chrome a while back and was convinced after a while that this browser isn't worth the space it takes up on my hard drive.

I think you should take another look. I tried Chrome when it first came out, and didn't find the advantage. Months later, I tried again. I found it EXTREMELY fast, rendering correctly, and so MANY extra features.
The ability to sync passwords, bookmarks, etc. is so handy AND it's already built in. Firefox used to do the same, but it became increasingly slow.

On a new Windows 8 computer, I've run Internet Explorer exactly once: to go to Google.com/chrome to download chrome.


Walt D in LV

Sync destroyed itself and Chrome on my XP machine, without notice or permission. So badly, I couldn't reinstall. Google is canning Sync this year. No wonder. Look that up in Google, there is a PC World article on the cessation of Sync, somewhere.

[brainout]

Johnny, on 26 February 2013 - 05:49 AM, said:

I have to agree with many of the negatives above and can add a few more, like its inability to handle web sites with 'frames' properly. Also the inability to automatically open a bookmarked URL address in a new tab (discussed but not solved in numerous forums) drives many people to the brink. And is it really that much faster than firefox? Not that firefox is without it's issues. If anybody knows of a browser that never crashes, is super fast, requires a reasonable amount of memory and will open a new tab when clicking on the URL in the address bar or from a bookmark I'd love to hear about it. Maybe under Ubuntu?

All of them should open in a new tab if you right-click when on the address of any link, anywhere. Chrome will do it, too.

[brainout]

cc3d, on 23 February 2013 - 11:24 AM, said:

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I downloaded Google Chrome a while back and was convinced after a while that this browser isn't worth the space it takes up on my hard drive.

Well, you must not have been very deep in your evaluation. Chrome is, by far, the top browser available. The apps and extensions alone are enough to put it there. Have you even SEEN the Chrome Store? Thousands of really good apps and most free!

What do you use? IE? FireFox?

Thousands of really good apps? Oh, you mean all those HUGE UGLY SQUARES which don't tell you what the apps do, nor are they sortable in alpha order? And, when you search in the store you can't even find what you seek? You have to search in Google to find out what's in the Google store!

Those horrid arcane apps and their disorder is one of the biggest reasons I won't use Chrome. Total chaos. Could spend your entire life culling through them one at a time with no clue as to what you get. Themes is just as bad. God forbid, that Chrome should just 'borrow' your Windows settings for colors like Mozilla and IE do...

STUPID interface and function, made by 20-somethings who are on crack.

[WinTard]

CindySanborn, on 25 April 2013 - 03:42 AM, said:

well i downloaded chrome along time ago, it sure was fast at first, then it started getting slower and hanging up, what can u do about that. uninstall it and reinstall it would that help. i rem. it was faster than the other 2. and ie is really slow in my opinion. and firefox i use, but it is slow and hangs too. but it could be my computer and i hope not/. i do my best to try to keep my computer clean and updated. and close everything and not leave tabs open or too many of them open at one time. so if anyone has an idea on how to get some of the fast back in to these id appreciate it. thanks

I've learned two things with Google's Chrome browser.

• Only use the 'alternate google chrome installer'. It installs Chrome normally, requiring Admin rights, and in the proper place under C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome, instead of the regular user's local profile. Secunia's PSI reported all kinds of vulnerabilities regarding Google Chrome older zombie versions leftovers, which are NOT being purged off the system after a Google Chrome update; and thus leaving the system more vulnerable, even when patched, when installed using their spamming "faster browser" default single click install from within other competing browsers.
• I couldn't figure out why it took 12+ seconds the first time Google Chrome is instantiated while detecting "proxy server" before displaying any initial webpage? While neither IE (any version) nor Firefox (any version) would suffer such a delay on the same system? To circumvent this serious bug in Google Chrome, simply disable proxy server detection in Windows. Giving credit to where credit is due, this was, is and continue to be a Google Chrome bug. Since other competing browsers remain unaffected.

To disable proxy under Windows 8, simply:

Invoke the Start page (lower-left corner, or simply the Windows button) and type 'proxy', then click on settings then click on [Configure proxy server]



Click on [LAN settings] in the Internet Properties panel, then remove the {Automatically detect settings} checkmark, then hit OK.




You're all done. And now, Chrome will display the initial webpage is as fast as IE or Firefox.

After these simple tweaks, Google Chrome becomes acceptable. I use it as a backup browser alongside with Firefox, since IE10 can't connect to Oracle Enterprise Manager self-generated certificates, due to their small encryption strength. Hence I have to use Chrome or Firefox. My default browser is IE10, and personally I think it is way faster than Chrome or Firefox.

Additionally, using CCleaner is like brushing teeth regularly. It really does help reduce 'computer decay' due to zillions of tiny junk files accumulating over time. I use CCleaner at least 10 times a day. Seriously, it works.



Please enjoy!

PS: Google is so stupid it can't even figure out Chrome it is already installed, and continues to SPAM me to switch browsers... How lame is that from Google?


A faster way to browse the web? Right.

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The truth that makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear.
~ Herbert Agar

Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'
~ Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931)

Action; that is eloquence!
~ William Shakespeare

[WinTard]

acman2k5, on 21 February 2013 - 05:23 AM, said:

I use Google Chrome on my iPhone, it works nice

I use the default Android browser on my Samsung Google Nexus phone, because it does Flash. I use Chrome as a backup, but it doesn't do Flash. At least 40% of the sites I visit show up crippled, because they require Flash. Yet Google supports Flash built-in Chrome on the PC (without plugin). What gives?

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Theory is when you know something, but it doesn't work. Practice is when something works, but you don't know why. Programmers combine theory and practice: Nothing works and they don't know why.
~ A practical theorist

A computer is a stupid machine with the ability to do incredibly smart things, while computer programmers are smart people with the ability to do incredibly stupid things. They are, in short, a perfect match.
{Computer Science 101}

The best code is no code at all.
~ l33t programmer

[gizmo683]

WinTard said:

acman2k5 said
I use Google Chrome on my iPhone, it works nice I use the default Android browser on my Samsung Google Nexus phone, because it does Flash. I use Chrome as a backup, but it doesn't do Flash. At least 40% of the sites I visit show up crippled, because they require Flash. Yet Google supports Flash built-in Chrome on the PC (without plugin). What gives? ~~~~~~~~~~ Theory is when you know something, but it doesn't work. Practice is when something works, but you don't know why. Programmers combine theory and practice: Nothing works and they don't know why. ~ A practical theorist A computer is a stupid machine with the ability to do incredibly smart things, while computer programmers are smart people with the ability to do incredibly stupid things. They are, in short, a perfect match. {Computer Science 101} The best code is no code at all. ~ l33t programmer

I love those quotes; had me giggline for quite a while. Where are they from?