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Old 09-16-2010, 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by #1 STUNNA
Firefox 4 does the samething as Chrome so you better stick with FF 3.6 for the rest of your life cause this double-click thing is apparently a deal breaker. How will you ever survive by just hitting the plus sign once instead click twice, oh the humanity, how could they do this to you.....
I think you're getting a lot more worked up over this than I am. It's really not a big deal. I actually use Chrome sometimes and FF sometimes.

Just pointing out a gripe I have with Chrome, I naturally go to double click on the tab bar to open tabs because that's just what I am used to. It's a pain when a tab doesn't open and instead the window restores down.
Old 09-16-2010, 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Mizouse
but i only have 8 tabs open, and there are 11 processes..

just startled me seeing all those chrome.exe's running.
There is a main processes that the others are controlled by
Old 09-23-2010, 09:27 PM
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so my mom, i dont know what she was browsing, but got a fake defender or whatever its called in XP alert.

luckily she didnt do anything and IE blocked the website from downloading anything.

just freaking installed windows on that thing like 2 weeks ago.

anyways. Shes using IE8.
i want to put chrome on it
but she doesnt like tabbed browsing, she likes to have 1 window open per website.
is that possible on chrome?

what about in safari or something.
maybe i should get her a mac...


gotta run some scans on that machine.
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Originally Posted by Mizouse
shit.. my favorite porn torrent website gave me a notification with MSE about malware

never had any AV software give me a warning about the site.
actually now that i think about it, ive gone there millions if not billions of times in the past and never had anything show up.

anyways im still going to goto the website.
Originally Posted by #1 STUNNA
what browser and OS are you using?

Imma take a wild guess and say firefox!

puretna?
Originally Posted by Mizouse
win 7.

and it happens in both IE and firefox.

and no not puretna... empornium
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its Adware:JS/Pornpop.A

i dont think it was a fake MSE pop up.
would a fake MSE pop up turn the MSE task bar icon orange?
so i just got this in chrome as well...




and i updated java like last week.
Old 09-27-2010, 01:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Mizouse
so my mom, i dont know what she was browsing, but got a fake defender or whatever its called in XP alert.

luckily she didnt do anything and IE blocked the website from downloading anything.

just freaking installed windows on that thing like 2 weeks ago.

anyways. Shes using IE8.
i want to put chrome on it
but she doesnt like tabbed browsing, she likes to have 1 window open per website.
is that possible on chrome?

what about in safari or something.
maybe i should get her a mac...


gotta run some scans on that machine.
why wouldnt you be able to open up multiple windows?

edit: do you mean, when she clicks on a link she wants a new window open? I'm sure that can be changed in the settings.
Old 09-27-2010, 01:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Mizouse
so my mom, i dont know what she was browsing, but got a fake defender or whatever its called in XP alert.

luckily she didnt do anything and IE blocked the website from downloading anything.

just freaking installed windows on that thing like 2 weeks ago.

anyways. Shes using IE8.
i want to put chrome on it
but she doesnt like tabbed browsing, she likes to have 1 window open per website.
is that possible on chrome?

what about in safari or something.
maybe i should get her a mac...


gotta run some scans on that machine.
I don't think you can turn off tabbed browsing in Chrome you can in IE though. go to internet options then click setting for tabs at the bottom and turn it off. Chrome would more secure than IE on XP though.
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Originally Posted by Mizouse
so i just got this in chrome as well...




and i updated java like last week.
stop going to that site?

Do you use an ad blocker or the MVPS HOSTS file?

I personally use the MVPS HOSTS file, it block lots of ads and blocks known malware servers.

It speeds up your web page loading to since you don't have to load ads anymore
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
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yea i turned off tabbed browsing in IE.
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Originally Posted by #1 STUNNA
stop going to that site?

Do you use an ad blocker or the MVPS HOSTS file?

I personally use the MVPS HOSTS file, it block lots of ads and blocks known malware servers.

It speeds up your web page loading to since you don't have to load ads anymore
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
i cant! its porn!
what other porn website do you suggest i goto?

ehh its not that big of an issue i think, it just says its a script for allowing pop under ads.

and i have ad block in chrome.
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puretna? Why do you have to download the video? Try bing video search, it's awesome!

try the MVPS HOSTS file! Download > unzip it > then run the mvps.bat file as admin.
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People could be intentionally infecting porn with viruses? That is pretty low, but I wouldn't be surprised.

Anyways, I've been using chrome exclusively after Firefox just shits itself randomly sometimes. Years of almost problem free use, but now I'm tired of seeing the Crash Report popup every 5 minutes. I updated it and thought it was fixed, and it worked fine for a bit.... then the same shit happened so yeah.

Just checked again, still no update. Yet sometimes I'll only have 4-5 tabs open in one window and it'll be minimized/in the background, and it'll crash
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^those FF crashes were probably caused by add-ons. I'm not a fan of add-ons, mainly for this reason.
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You're probably right. Gonna try uninstalling some.... I did last time but it didn't seem to help so I kinda gave it up

One thing that annoys me about Chrome is that when it crashes, its a dice roll whether or not it restores the pages.
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Originally Posted by #1 STUNNA
puretna? Why do you have to download the video? Try bing video search, it's awesome!

try the MVPS HOSTS file! Download > unzip it > then run the mvps.bat file as admin.
Hmm. Guess I'll try that site.

And I download because I only DL 1080p and 720p videos.
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Chrome sandboxes Flash Player in latest Dev channel release for Windows
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POSTEDDEC 2ND 2010 05:50AM

Hey, Adobe's finally figured out how to make Flash secure -- have Google do it! The guys behind your favorite search engine have updated their latest Dev channel release of Chrome to include a new sandboxing facility for Flash Player content. It'll serve to limit access to sensitive system resources and make Flash's operation a generally less threatening proposition than it currently is. This also marks the fulfillment of a longstanding promise from Google to give Flash the same treatment it's afforded to JavaScript and HTML rendering for a while, and should be welcome news to Windows users eager to minimize "the potential attack surface" of their browser. Sorry, Mac fans, you're out in the unsecured cold for now. Of course, the Dev channel itself is one step less refined than beta software, so even if you're on Windows it might be advisable to wait it out a little bit.
Old 12-02-2010, 02:21 PM
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Question: maybe it's just me......but...

Why does Chrome take FOREVER to access gmail?!?!!??!!?

I mean it takes forever!!! I can use Firefox, IE, and they are instant,...Chrome...not so much.
Old 12-02-2010, 02:24 PM
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Yup! It's pretty cool! Chrome is definitely becoming the most secure browser for XP. No other browser has a sandbox for XP and Chrome will be sandboxing HTML, Java and soon Flash! Plus it updates Flash automatically and updates itself automatically.

I wonder if Flash is Sandboxed in IE on Vista/7.....
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Originally Posted by Moog-Type-S
Question: maybe it's just me......but...

Why does Chrome take FOREVER to access gmail?!?!!??!!?

I mean it takes forever!!! I can use Firefox, IE, and they are instant,...Chrome...not so much.
an extension maybe? Gmail has worked fine for me on Chrome.
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^^ no extensions here.
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Chrome is blowing up! And Firefox has lost more share than it gained this year



http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/new...o-november.ars
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Originally Posted by Moog-Type-S
^^ no extensions here.
how long is forever? This seems like basic thing that Google would be able to get right.
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^^ Sometimes it can take a minute or more to load.

Going by way of address gmail.com or going to Google first and clicking the gmail button.
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IDK maybe try to reinstall it? I'm not having any issues accessing gmail via chrome. maybe something went haywire or got corrupted on yours.
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My Gmail loads almost instantly on Chrome
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Originally Posted by Moog-Type-S
Question: maybe it's just me......but...

Why does Chrome take FOREVER to access gmail?!?!!??!!?

I mean it takes forever!!! I can use Firefox, IE, and they are instant,...Chrome...not so much.

Takes longer than other browsers for me too.
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Chrome 8 came out today it's got 800+ bug fixes, built-in sandboxed PDF viewer and web app support. I believe Google is planning to launch a Web App store at some point in the future.

Update to that and see if it makes a difference. To update manually click the wrench and choose about chrome and then it will tell you there's an update if it hasn't updated automatically, then choose update and restart your browser.

If you're on OS X click on Chrome from the Menu bar choose about chrome and then follow the same steps as above.

Or you could just close your browser and it should update automatically in the background after closing

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update didnt help with gmail


I wish there was an addon like the facebook plugin that lets you view any image upon hovering with cursor.
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I'll stick with Firefox til Google can fix this bug. It's so annoying they can't get the UI to behave properly after 2 years.

http://www.google.com/support/forum/...bbed3461&hl=en
http://www.google.com/support/forum/...1cbf5597&hl=en
http://www.google.com/support/forum/...hl=en&start=40
Looks like they may have finally fixed this bug with version 8. I'm willing to give it another try.
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Originally Posted by sho_nuff1997
Takes longer than other browsers for me too.
Good....sot it's not just me.

The lag for gmail is a thorn in my side for Chrome.
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With Chrome, it pops up instantly for Google mail in the toolbar for me.
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How does it perform
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I got no problems with Gmail on Chrome.
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...still slow gmail access with the new Chrome version.
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http://www.google.com/support/forum/...56ee5078&hl=en
http://www.google.com/support/forum/...fb49d227&hl=en
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^^ appears to be an issue.
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Would a mod please remove the apostrophe from "it's" in the thread title? I'm trying so hard to ignore it but I can't.

Thanks.
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Would a mod please remove the apostrophe from "it's" in the thread title? I'm trying so hard to ignore it but I can't.

Thanks.
Its something the mods are working on. The AZ server is having it's share of problems as of late. Its not too big of a deal, it should be fixed soon enough.
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^

I didn't know the rules of it's vs. its. I now know them, mi malo!
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Its something the mods are working on. The AZ server is having it's share of problems as of late. Its not too big of a deal, it should be fixed soon enough.
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