Google Chrome 5.0 vs Mozilla 3.x
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From: Caesar Romano on 8 Jun 2010 08:20 On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 01:09:21 -0700, John Corliss <q34wsk20(a)yahoo.com> wrote Re Re: Google Chrome 5.0 vs Mozilla 3.x: >I think the one thing I object to the most in Chrome is that it checks >for updates automatically whether or not you want it to. It has to do that in order to report the results of its spying activity. -- Work is the curse of the drinking class.
From: Poutnik on 8 Jun 2010 09:56 In article <Xns9D9136D5641D5bearbottoms1gmaicom(a)news.albasani.net>, bearbottoms1(a)gmai.com says... > > > Yeah, I hate my software to be up-to-date. So do I hate doing it by my way. Own decisions ? Terrible scaring thing. -- Poutnik The best depends on how the best is defined.
From: Poutnik on 8 Jun 2010 10:54 In article <6bds065eugt1ia2u1c2qrmkpb8kfpfmcqc(a)4ax.com>, Spam(a)uce.gov says... > > > >I think the one thing I object to the most in Chrome is that it checks > >for updates automatically whether or not you want it to. > > It has to do that in order to report the results of its spying > activity. Otherwise it would be enough to check update at startup and it would not need a service running. And, such update should be default, but configurable and optionally able to be switched off. Current policy reminds me MS, who "knows" the best what users want and need. -- Poutnik The best depends on how the best is defined.
From: Spamblk on 8 Jun 2010 18:44 Bear Bottoms <bearbottoms1(a)gmai.com> wrote in news:Xns9D9136D5641D5bearbottoms1gmaicom(a)news.albasani.net: > John Corliss <q34wsk20(a)yahoo.com> wrote in > news:huktrk$6pq$1(a)news.eternal- september.org: > >> I think the one thing I object to the most in Chrome is that it >> checks for updates automatically whether or not you want it to. > > Yeah, I hate my software to be up-to-date. I would prefer to decide myself whether or not I want to update my software rather than have Chrome insist on doing it. The only way Chrome's getting onto my computer is if it hacks my connection and downloads itself by stealth. Mind you with the way Google's attitude is developing, at some point in the future the use of the google search engine itself may well be interpreted as permission to have Chrome impose itself. :-O
From: Spamblk on 8 Jun 2010 19:00
Zombie Elvis <DELETEMETOREPLYrobertocastillo(a)ameritech.net> wrote in news:3jar06d07sficssnarm1397scmtq57tooj(a)4ax.com: > Probably. Chrome and Opera have always been fast and Mozilla has been > getting slower with recent versions.... FF 3.6.x IMHO is an improvement, I agree with Mozilla when it claims the JavaScript engine for FF 3.6 performs faster, not in leaps and bounds of course, but IMHO the speed gain is significant. It is also the most stable browser I have ever used. I have had one crash after a month of heavy use (I had about 10 tabs open at the time). With addons and GreaseMonkey I won't be giving up FF anytime soon. |