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From: Phil on 10 Jun 2010 07:39 On 07/06/2010 14:54, Mike Gasson wrote: > On 07/06/2010 13:59, Craig wrote: >> On 06/07/2010 04:37 AM, Man-wai Chang to The Door (33600bps) wrote: >>> I noticed a report claiming that Chrome 5.0 was a lot faster >> >> Absolutely! Indubitably! Except in certain, broad and poorly-defined >> situations. >> >> "hth," > > Should I be concerned about using Chrome considering what Google are > reputed to do with people's history and browsing data? > > Before I give it a try. Could call it scaremongering. What makes you think the others don't do something similar, but just aren't as OPEN about it ?
From: Phil on 10 Jun 2010 07:41 On 07/06/2010 16:43, Craig wrote: > On 06/07/2010 06:54 AM, Mike Gasson wrote: >> On 07/06/2010 13:59, Craig wrote: >>> On 06/07/2010 04:37 AM, Man-wai Chang to The Door (33600bps) wrote: >>>> I noticed a report claiming that Chrome 5.0 was a lot faster >>> >>> Absolutely! Indubitably! Except in certain, broad and poorly-defined >>> situations. >>> >>> "hth," >> >> Should I be concerned about using Chrome considering what Google are >> reputed to do with people's history and browsing data? >> >> Before I give it a try. > > That's such a big question that I can't even begin to answer it. Try > reading over the following. With luck it'll help you decide: > <http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron_chrome_vs_iron.php>. > > It's one of the browsers I use but browser selection is only a small > part of the identity-management equation. > > hth, I use the Iron derivative of Chrome, and find it fine. Comodo's Dragon is also a Chrome derivative and also good.
From: Poutnik on 10 Jun 2010 08:14 In article <m54Qn.42$g76.28(a)hurricane>, plkmeister(a)gmail.com says... > > Firefox has become a bit bloated, and - in my personal experience - > become Crasherama. > Despite all its detractors on here (you'd think it's a mix of an > Undercover Neo-Nazi Browser going by some of the comments), Chrome IS > faster. (As is Safari) and Opera is at least as fast. And BOTH crash a > lot less than Firefox (actually neither has crashed at all for me) > > (I enjoy doing asides in brackets. Amazing how many newsgroup dwellers > it irritates !) There is an old and wise saying in czech language, freely translated as: There is no discussion against personal preferences. -- Poutnik The best depends on how the best is defined.
From: Mike Gasson on 10 Jun 2010 09:27 On 10/06/2010 02:54, Bear Bottoms wrote: > Craig<netburgher(a)REMOVEgmail.com> wrote in news:hupfhi$hif$1 > @news.eternal-september.org: > >> On 06/09/2010 06:07 PM, Bear Bottoms wrote: >>> All of Chrome's engine is not Open Source. >> >> You're absolutely right, BB. Chrome's proprietary (closed) source >> includes the code for: >> >> - built in automatic updates >> - Unique User IDs >> - RLZ-Tracking >> - URL Tracker >> - Error Reporting and last but not least... >> - Google branding. >> >> SRWare Iron doesn't include any of the above proprietary "features." >> IOW, if you want to be poked, prodded& tracked, you shouldn't use >> SRWare Iron. >> >> <http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron_chrome_vs_iron.php> >> > > Cute but you missed some very important code. > I'm getting more and more confused now! firstly, I cannot get to the above link so I don't know what it says. Are you saying that SR Iron also tracks pokes prods etc. same as Chrome, only I thought that Iron was Chrome without the intrusive stuff? If it isn't, then what is the point of it? I may as well use Chrome anyway. I'm also trying to find out if Lastpass works with Chrome/Iron but cannot find out.
From: Mike Easter on 10 Jun 2010 10:41
Mike Gasson wrote: > "SRWare Iron doesn't include any of the above proprietary "features." > > IOW, if you want to be poked, prodded & tracked, you shouldn't use > > SRWare Iron." > > That is the bit I'm confused about. Should that read you _should_ use > SRWare Iron? No. Somehow you missed a negative (or an undesirable 'positive'). Here was the original Craig posted: <Craig's cite> > Chrome's proprietary (closed) source includes the code for: > > - built in automatic updates > - Unique User IDs > - RLZ-Tracking > - URL Tracker > - Error Reporting and last but not least... > - Google branding. > > SRWare Iron doesn't include any of the above proprietary "features." IOW, if you want to be poked, prodded & tracked, you shouldn't use SRWare Iron. In that context, the sentence: IOW, if you want to be poked, prodded & tracked, you shouldn't use SRWare Iron. .... means that if you *DON'T* want to be poked-tracked, you *SHOULD* use Iron. -- Mike Easter |