Re: Switched from FF to Chrome

Chrome is nice.  If you're trying to debug communications from your system to a web browser the developer tools are handy for that.  If you're trying to watch 4K streaming video Microsoft's Edge browser is still best for that.  Microsoft has done something to optimize that.  Chrome is known to drop frames.  Still, I would keep Chrome as my default.

Dave

From: Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx>
To: pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2017 10:51 AM
Subject: [PCTECH] Switched from FF to Chrome

After the umpteenth time (today) of having to clear my cache to get to
sites in FF I finally had enough and switched to Chrome.  Made it my
default browser.

The import bookmarks from FF doesn't work.  There is a way to export your
FF bookmarks to a html file and import that html file which worked for me.
Not exactly the way I would want it but, kind of ok.

I do not like to search from the "omnibox"  I want that to only do URLs. I
found a February 2017 article on how to go to chrome://flags/. and turn it
off but I couldn't find the flag they noted.  I checked and I am on the
current version of Chrome.
Found another article which talked about an advanced setting but that also
turns off predictive URL and I'm not ready to turn that off yet.  I have
some long urls I use and I can type faster than drilling down through
bookmarks. I have a coworker and I swear if should had a click pad for
every letter of the alphabet should would mouse everything.  And she used
to be one of those "take my 3180 terminal??? from my cold dead hands..."
type of people.

Thought about IE but I'm still on Windows 7 Professional using IE11
(they're spinning me up a new PC as I type).  IE doesn't play well with
IBM Navigator for i.  Downright hideous.  And IBM does not list IE as a
supported browser for Nav.


Rob Berendt