The (test) heated debates thread.

[Casey]

is that REALLY when he made the disapproving look, or are u just saying?
i didn't see the bet awards.

It's really when he made it. I saw it live.

Stupid wack ass trey "tried to sing a classic and failed miserably in front of the genius who wrote and sang it" songz.

And fuck that lameass Chris Brown too with his watered-down stale MJ imitation, then pulling out the fucking crocodile tears for the sympathy vote. He does need to take a look at the man in the mirror though. He'll see a wannabe, woman-bashing asshole who has a lot less talent than he thinks he does.

Even worse is the suckers that fell for it - "Oh Chris Brown! He's redeemed himself and made a comeback!" - BITCH PLEASE. He didn't take an extended vacation to the Moon. He punched his infinitely more talented girlfriend in the face.

Even Ike Turner would think he's a toolbag.

 

[S O F I]

I think he meant he finds the sites interesting, despite having to sift through all the garbage.

I'm the same way. The only two sites I swear to never subscribe to are Engadget and Gizmodo. I do Engadget Mobile, but anything else and you're guaranteed 200 between the two every day.

I am subscribed to 57.

Yeah that's what I meant.

 

[EDouble]

fuck charles

 

[roaches]

How many sites do you guys subscribe to in Google Reader? I have 35.

From your 180 subscriptions, over the last 30 days you read 7,883 items, starred 113 items, shared 39 items, and emailed 0 items.

 

[dilla]

Oh, I don't go through the trouble or "starring" and "liking" the articles. I have one or two that I starred early on, but then I realized it was a bit dumb because no one was looking at them anyways. I tell my friends to use Reader, but they don't listen. They say it's too much work. Fuck off. I find it to be faster than visiting all 30+ sites for news and it actually looks somewhat professional. So if you're on campus, or work or something, and someone walks in behind you, you won't have to minimize your screen from "9 to 5 Mac" to be greeted with 23 porn pop ups in the background.

BTW, you guys need to use the new Firefox 4.0 beta. Most of the add-ons support it now after only a few days of release. Love it.

 

[Casey]

Chrome Dev Builds > Firefox Betas

Already running full WebM (Google's new open-source video codec) on my YouTube, suckazzzz

 

[THEV1LL4N]

the weather is hot and its nice outside. who wants to argue about it?

Deaths Surge: Heat Blamed - Hot Weather Blamed For Surge In Deaths

 

[masta247]

Chrome Dev Builds > Firefox Betas

Already running full WebM (Google's new open-source video codec) on my YouTube, suckazzzz

yup but he's on a Mac

 

[dilla]

Chrome sucks donkey dick. I waited it out last night waiting for a page of gif files to load. Two minutes. Firefox was under ten seconds.

The only good thing about Chrome is it's fast. The add-ons are not comparable to Firefox and it doesn't recognize multitouch gestures from the mousepad.

IE>>>Chrome

 

[THEV1LL4N]

i do wish documents were integrated better so i can view everything in google docs instead of having to download, save and open them just to view them. only some documents open in google docs' 'quick view'.

but its a work in progress...

 

[masta247]

Chrome sucks donkey dick. I waited it out last night waiting for a page of gif files to load. Two minutes. Firefox was under ten seconds.

The only good thing about Chrome is it's fast. The add-ons are not comparable to Firefox and it doesn't recognize multitouch gestures from the mousepad.

IE>>>Chrome

That's only because you're on a Mac. Personally I don't really use Chrome but it's a very good browser.

 

[dilla]

That's only because you're on a Mac. Personally I don't really use Chrome but it's a very good browser.

So are you saying it's the hardware Apple uses or the software? I guess Chrome is still in beta for OSX, but I didn't like it on Windows either. I've been using it since it was first released and just never liked it, save for its speed. Today, there's a lot more to a browser than just booting up fast and loading pages, in my case with images galore, quickly. Which it doesn't do for me.

Still, Firefox 4.0>>> all.

The Acid3 test says otherwise, but fuck them.

 

[masta247]

So are you saying it's the hardware Apple uses or the software? I guess Chrome is still in beta for OSX, but I didn't like it on Windows either. I've been using it since it was first released and just never liked it, save for its speed. Today, there's a lot more to a browser than just booting up fast and loading pages, in my case with images galore, quickly. Which it doesn't do for me.

Still, Firefox 4.0>>> all.

The Acid3 test says otherwise, but fuck them.

Yeah some programs that are great on Windows suck on Macs. Actually it's usually the case. You might really enjoy Opera then. I also didn't like Chrome and didn't need Firefox add-ons so I'm using Opera and I really like it. It became my favorite browser.
It's the most user-friendly one, innovative and the fastest to use and load pages (it's faster than Chrome).
Also, there's a pretty good Mac version too.
If you're switching from Firefox then that would need some adjusting as there are different shortcuts and such but people rarely switch back from Opera as it feels very intuitive and it's fast to do everything.

For Windows imo it's Opera>Chrome>Firefox>>rest
for Mac it seems to be Opera>Firefox>Safari/Chrome>rest

Strange, in this test Chrome seems to be the leading browser for Mac:
http://www.connectedinternet.co.uk/2010/03/11/2010-mac-web-browser-shootout/
However Opera took the fair second place though so it proves even further that if you have problems with Chrome it might be well worth checking out.

 

[dilla]

I am familiar with all the major browsers. I haven't given Opera a shot on the Mac yet, so I might do that. I'm just pretty much used to FF and haven't found incentive to switch.

 

[Casey]

Chrome extensions are way better than Firefox ones. Chrome-To-Phone extension with FroYo is fucking amazing.

And it's way faster, and it handles processes better. On my 6 month old 64bit laptop running Win7 AND Ubuntu, Chrome is shitting on all the other browsers by a large margin.

 

[dilla]

Well, seeing as how it's 2.2 only, the average person does not have an Android phone with 2.2. What other extensions does Chrome have that others don't or Chrome does better with?

 

[Casey]

Well, seeing as how it's 2.2 only, the average person does not have an Android phone with 2.2. What other extensions does Chrome have that others don't or Chrome does better with?

Here's what I use:

My Shortcuts
Google Tasks
Goo.Gl Shortener (with QR codes)
Foursquare
Google Reader Notifier Plus
Google Wave Notifier
Gmail Notifier Plus
AdBlock Plus
Google Calendar
TwitterBar
Beautify Facebook
CoolIris
Gmail Sender Picture Extension
Last.FM Enhancements
Rapportive

 

[dilla]

I see. I really don't use the net for more than forums and Google related stuff. Firefox has on toolbar that lets me choose what Google services I want to have a shortcut to, like GMail, Wave, Voice, and Reader, and that's it. Seems like I need one for every service on Chrome, and so I just use the Reader notifier. Facebook..not on it. Last.fm...I have the desktop app for that I guess. Foursquare? LOL! I dunno CooIris and the rest.

 

[THEV1LL4N]

Google Dictionary
Adthwart
Google Quick Scroll
Turn Off The Lights

are all good too.

 

[dilla]

So I'm also hearing that Chrome just hides ads on a page, but still loads them.