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Firefox 20 for Mac Adds Download Manager and New Private Browsing Features
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Hey, 25 GB of free and so far uncensored storage, and it's syncing between my home Mac, the Work windows laptop and my iPad? Yes, one please
You're probably right but I was only refuting the claim that "Chrome updates twice as fast as Firefox." To be honest, I've stopped caring about the version number of both browsers since most changes between versions are so minor that most people -me included- won't notice them.
Mozilla and Phoenix/Firefox used to be my go-to browsers until a few years ago, but until the guys are Firefox start working on making their UI more responsive and release an iOS version, I'll keep using Chrome as my main browser.
Hey, 25 GB of free and so far uncensored storage, and it's syncing between my home Mac, the Work windows laptop and my iPad? Yes, one please
Ah! You're lucky! I was too late to get the 25GB for free. I have 47 GB though. 7 for free; 20 paid; 20 from Office 365.
I'm not a big Microsoft fan but I have to say that Skydrive works VERY well.
Chrome is the most inefficient browser on the market. Each tab launches its own process and its own copy of WebKit. I understand that this leads to unparalleled stability, but at the cost of a tremendous amount of resources compared to its competition. It's a trade off, that's for sure.
I have this problem, too. With each release it seems to get worse. Have you found any sort of fix? (Other than switching browsers, which I'm considering)
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You uninstalled one of the more diverse and customizable browsers on the market...because it's download icon is a "copycat" (that's simply a downward facing arrow)?
I really do wish they would fix the refresh problem with showing top of page instead of current position.
On a long page (comments), it is a real pain getting back to the last read post.
On a long page (comments), it is a real pain getting back to the last read post.
Wow, that's amazing!
I'm no stranger to remote control software starting with PC Anywhere back in the day. I have over 75 computers on my main Logmein Free account (which is about to be reduced to 10 due to clampdown by Logmein). Have several more accounts belonging to specific clients that I use for access. Have used other services here and there like GoToMyPC and others. Also have liked ShowMyPC.com. Currently demoing a nice setup called ScreenConnect.
But, Chrome Remote Desktop is very cool. The only hurdle for me would be seeing that the client had Google Chrome installed and then adding Remote Desktop to it. I suspect many of my clients won't have an account for Chrome. But once that's done it looks like initiating a session is dead simple. The code it generates looks a lot like ShowMyPC which uses VNC code I believe.
Anyway, thanks for posting!
I've tried hard to like the popular browsers like Safari & Firefox. But the fact is I've had a great time with fast & efficient Chrome. Ad to that the fact that I get so much use out of Chrome extensions no one else has, it's the only one that saves significant time while meeting all my needs.
They're just adding the download manager NOW? I remember the last update was the ability to... drum roll... view PDFs. And FF seems even slower than the latest IE. When did FF have the reputation as a good browser, in 2003?
I know it seems impossible for the default browser to be the best, but Safari FTW!
I know it seems impossible for the default browser to be the best, but Safari FTW!
It's been 64-bit for a while in Mac OS X, not in Windows though. For that, you need WaterFox
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You uninstalled one of the more diverse and customizable browsers on the market...because it's download icon is a "copycat" (that's simply a downward facing arrow)?
How is Firefox diverse and customizable compared to other browsers? The plugin manager isn't even that good. Safari and Chrome have way nicer plugin support and all the useful plugins.
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Yeah, that's one of the main reasons I stay away from it. So much RAM usage!
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No, I'll pass on a browser and its plugins nagging me to update all the time. It's like Java and Adobe Acrobat but worse. But I do want a fair middle; Safari for Snow Leopard seems to be halted
No problem
As I mentioned in an earlier post: Evernote Clearly. You don't need an Evernote account to use it unless you want to use the webclip feature.
Well in fairness it is only horribly complex because Mozilla developers insist on re-inventing the wheel rather than using the API's provided by the system itself.
so? you patent ideas, right?
you say you care, but you have a funny way of showing it. You can take advantages of OSS project because they develop everything in the open, least you can do, is be grateful when credit is due.
Obviously they do that for a very good reason, they use XUL, which provide vast flexibility in construct their UI, why would they destroy the whole thing just for a pretty scroll bar? Who would destroy a car just because some scratches?
Fairness? lol, is RDF so vast now, people even lost understanding of what "fairness" means?
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I've never ever understood this attitude. Okay, other browsers have download managers. So? Does this mean because it's been done with another browser that Firefox should never ever implement it....ever?
It's like the idiotic arguments I heard when iOS got notifications. "Android has had that for a long time". So what. It's a good feature and I'm glad they put that in.
Works well but...
Testing on Macbook Air, 4Gb RAM, 10.8.3, non-retina, has Firefox 20 averaging 450-500Mb memory after an hour or so. More than Safari 6.0.3 (320-400Mb) or Chrome 26 (375-420Mb) according to Activity Monitor and combining processes. This is after browsing 25 or 30 random pages like Facebook, Yahoo, Skydrive, CNN, ZDNet, YouTube, MacRumors forums, ect. and only using Flash plugin.
One thing I noticed is on PoGo games and the NASA 'Eyes On The Solar System' app using the Java plugin, CPU usage jumps to about 65% and holds. Safari and Web Content run about 10% combined with those apps. Also, Safari will close the Java plugin after I leave the page... FireFox leaves it active even after browsing several pages, which allows you to go back without reloading the app. Chrome doesn't do Java so can't test.
Something I've always disliked about Firefox is it's non-system print dialog. No print preview so I can't see what or even how many pages it's sending to the printer.
Testing on Macbook Air, 4Gb RAM, 10.8.3, non-retina, has Firefox 20 averaging 450-500Mb memory after an hour or so. More than Safari 6.0.3 (320-400Mb) or Chrome 26 (375-420Mb) according to Activity Monitor and combining processes. This is after browsing 25 or 30 random pages like Facebook, Yahoo, Skydrive, CNN, ZDNet, YouTube, MacRumors forums, ect. and only using Flash plugin.
One thing I noticed is on PoGo games and the NASA 'Eyes On The Solar System' app using the Java plugin, CPU usage jumps to about 65% and holds. Safari and Web Content run about 10% combined with those apps. Also, Safari will close the Java plugin after I leave the page... FireFox leaves it active even after browsing several pages, which allows you to go back without reloading the app. Chrome doesn't do Java so can't test.
Something I've always disliked about Firefox is it's non-system print dialog. No print preview so I can't see what or even how many pages it's sending to the printer.
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I'm a Chrome user, but I do not make fun of that.
Version numbers are kinda arbitrary anyways... Some apps stay 0.9 forever while others go up to a billion very fast...
As long as the developers have their meaning for versioning, why should I care?
I love Chrome's print dialogue, plus the ability to print to google docs. I agree, Firefox is lagging way behind in this respect.
A simple reload (reload button on nav bar or CTRL-R) should leave you exactly where you were. However, a "hard reload" (SHIFT-reload button on nav bar or CTRL-SHIFT-R) will put you back at the top of the page. The "hard reload" overrides the local cache. It does seem like the hard reload should at least save your position though ...
I've tried it on two different OS's and it works as advertised.
Thank you for the reply. I only ever use the reload button on the nav bar, and it works fine until the page gets to a certain length, then will start returning me to top of page - or anywhere else except previous position.
I am using 10.6.8, and Firefox is loaded with NoScript, AddBlock+, and DoNotTrackMe, if that's any help.