<html> <head> <style></style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> <font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">Chromium/Chrome has a lot of problems that Firefox doesn't have. </font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">The only substantial advantages that Chromium/Chrome has is its multi-process design (stability), it starts faster, and its nifty method of showing downloads at the bottom of the browser window. And when Firefox gets Electrolysis implemented the stability advantage of Chrome will be eliminated.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">Here are some of the problems I have with Chrome/Chromium:</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">-lacks NoScript functionality <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); line-height: 17px; "><a href="http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=54257" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer; ">http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=54257</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><a href="http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=54257" target="_blank" style="font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: underline; cursor: pointer; "></a><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#2a2a2a"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;">-cannot handle MMS URL streams <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><a href="http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=47154" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer; ">http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=47154</a></span></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#2a2a2a" face="Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><a href="http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=47154" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer; "></a>-can't close single window via keyboard <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><a href="http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=80424#c0">http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=80424#c0</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#2a2a2a" face="Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><a href="http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=80424#c0"></a>-Private/Incognito does not apply to all windows <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><a href="http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=79689#c0">http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=79689#c0</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#2a2a2a" face="Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><a href="http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=79689#c0"></a>-cursor functions fail when gtkrc 2.0 tooltips are turned off <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><a href="http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=77821#c0">http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=77821#c0</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#2a2a2a" face="Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><a href="http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=77821#c0"></a>-can't cycle thru dropdown list with TAB key <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><a href="http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=77607#c0">http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=77607#c0</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#2a2a2a" face="Verdana">-the dropdown list does not list bookmark occurrences as thoroughly as Firefox does (I can explain more thoroughly if needed)</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#2a2a2a" face="Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;">-it is not possible to place a dropdown Bookmarks Button on the URL bar (users are forced to use crappy 3rd party options)</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#2a2a2a" face="Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;">-inability to customize/move Button placements on the URL bar</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#2a2a2a" face="Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;">-can't reopen closed tabs if in Incognito mode</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#2a2a2a" face="Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;">-Firefox is faster on many benchmarks <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><a href="http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-20047314-12.html">http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-20047314-12.html</a></span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Verdana; line-height: 17px; ">-there is no print preview</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#2a2a2a" face="Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;">-there is no quick method of reviewing Recent Bookmarks without drilling down into windows/menus</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#2a2a2a" face="Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#2a2a2a"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">I like Chrome a lot. But it can't compete with Firefox as a fully capable and mature browser. It's better as a minimalist occasional use browser.</font><br></span></font><br></div><div><br><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder" style="font-family: Tahoma; "></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">> Date: Sun, 1 May 2011 10:36:45 -0400</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">> From: john.r.moser@gmail.com</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">> To: ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">> Subject: Chromium vs Firefox?</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">> </font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">> Has anyone yet brought up the potential to ship Chromium default rather </font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">> than Firefox? At this point it's more advanced methinks, with the only </font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">> likely complaint being that you can't add NoScript or AdBlock+. Ubuntu </font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">> doesn't ship these default anyway; if you want those things, you can get </font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">> Firefox yourself, as you likely already know what you're doing.</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">> </font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">> For the privacy discussion, see SRWare Iron as a potential source of </font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">> ideas for changes to back-merge (or options to add).</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">> </font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">> -- </font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">> Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">> Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss</font><br></div> </body> </html>