So, I often see on many tech forums that FF users clinging to their browser and refusing to try Chrome is like people refusing to switch from IE to FF many years ago. Is this truth or fanboi-ism?
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Truth. FF is a big slow piece of shit now. Chrome is sleek and sexy. I can't stand having to wait for my fucking browser to load, so I use Chrome.
It also stays up to date in the background automagically.
It also stays up to date in the background automagically.
Posted 01 July 2011 - 08:22 PM
Couple fun facts about Chrome:
It stores all of your passwords in plain text.
It is a much bigger resource hog, and can (and often does) cause a huge hit in framerate while gaming.
It stores all of your passwords in plain text.
It is a much bigger resource hog, and can (and often does) cause a huge hit in framerate while gaming.
Posted 01 July 2011 - 09:22 PM
Use the Last Pass addon with Sync for Chrome. It will store passwords in a database hashed and syncs across browsers based on your Google account.
I use it a lot for work. :/
I use it a lot for work. :/
Posted 01 July 2011 - 10:18 PM
Also, all Chrome passwords are encrypted.
http://www.switchont...tores-passwords
I'm pretty sure Google would get ripped to shreds if they stored in plain text. Seeing as how Chrome is open source and anyone can look at it.
http://www.switchont...tores-passwords
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We've finally reached the end of the line. This function actually builds the SQL statement for adding a new password to Chrome's SQLite database. Of course, the password isn't stored in plain text so Chrome has an Encryptor object responsible for encrypting the password first. Let's take a look at that.
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The important piece here is CryptProtectData, which is a Windows API function for encrypting data. Data encrypted with this function is pretty solid. It can only be decrypted on the same machine and by the same user that encrypted it in the first place.
I'm pretty sure Google would get ripped to shreds if they stored in plain text. Seeing as how Chrome is open source and anyone can look at it.
Posted 01 July 2011 - 10:22 PM
Cham said:
Truth. FF is a big slow piece of shit now. Chrome is sleek and sexy. I can't stand having to wait for my fucking browser to load, so I use Chrome.
It also stays up to date in the background automagically.
It also stays up to date in the background automagically.
...you have to wait for your browser to load? Get off that Pentium 2 sir. :P
Posted 04 July 2011 - 07:25 AM
.0006% of my brain deduced that perhaps some computers he uses for work aren't very advanced.
Posted 06 July 2011 - 01:43 AM
stylus said:
.0006% of my brain deduced that perhaps some computers he uses for work aren't very advanced.
And I use Chrome at work too. :)
Posted 06 July 2011 - 11:14 PM
I use Firefox Nightly. I find it hard to live without FF's Adblock Plus stripping ads out of flash and the pre-roll video advertisements out of video sites like JTV.
Posted 08 September 2011 - 10:13 AM
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