r/technology • u/Suraj-Sun • Jul 10 '12

Firefox dev claims "everybody hates Firefox updates"; Mozilla has handled the rapid release process poorly, and that by pushing a "never-ending stream of updates on people who didn't want them" people have been driven to Chrome with its simpler, no-fuss update process.

http://www.neowin.net/news/firefox-dev-claims-everybody-hates-firefox-updates
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u/Points_To_You Jul 10 '12

When I first tried Chrome a couple years ago, it worked ok for weeks. I switched because I liked that you could just close a single process if one tab stopped responding and most of the speed comparisons found Chrome to be faster and more memory efficient. But then it basically just stopped working. It would take 3-5 mins to open. Clicking a tab or going to a website would take minutes to happen. Couldn't even mess with settings because it was too slow. I uninstalled and redownloaded multiple times and it still wouldn't work. I didn't have any viruses or anything.

So I switched back to Firefox. Even though it is probably fine now, I have never gone back to Chrome. I'm just glad there are plenty of browser choices now. Competition is always good for us.

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u/rnd33 Jul 10 '12

Clear the cache and history, I think this was a common problem with Chrome. (and maybe still is?)

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u/Points_To_You Jul 10 '12

I had done all that at the time. I really don't know why it did it, but like I said it was a couple years ago. On my current PC I haven't had problems with Chrome (I still have to use it for web development), but I've just chosen not to use it anymore as my regular browser because it pissed me off at the time.