Ok. Since using Flash 10 and Chrome some, here are my thoughts:
Flash 10Haven't had any real problems with it. There has been some frequent pauses (sometimes up to a few seconds) while playing VFK and some slow loading, but I'm not sure if that is exclusive to Flash 10. .It is using Flash 9 on the desktop and not having those problems...but she's also using Windows XP...so...hard to do a real comparison. I'm thinking about taking Flash 10 back off and putting 9 back on to see if it exhibits the same pauses, but again...there are many sites now that require Flash 10.
ChromeSo far my relationship with Chrome has been love/hate. LOL. It seems faster than IE and Firefox. It's a better window layout, no doubt. Hardly any clutter on the main window, so VFK shows properly without having to scroll the screen a little to fit the VFK window into the entire browser (yeah, using zoom out would work, but I want VFK at the default size).
I hate how the bookmarks work. You have to scroll through them all to reach the latest bookmarks.
Also, when bookmarking a page, it puts the bookmark automatically in what would be IE/Firefoxs 'links' folder unless you choose another to put it in.
Also, to go through your list of bookmarks, there is no scroll bar to drag up or down to reach them quickly...you have to hold an up or down arrow and wait for it to scroll through...time consuming if you have over 1k bookmarks
I love the tabs and how they work. However, I have noticed some quirkiness with switching between 2 tabs, and one becomes separated from that Chrome window and becomes its own window. Not cool.
Unlike IE and Firefox, it will be difficult to do host hunts with Chrome since everytime you switch tabs, the browser steals the cursor from the VFK text entry box.
For those techies among us, Chrome is a hindrance. It hides alot of 'deep' settings (access to plugins/extensions for example).
I do like the 'incognito window'.
Remembering passwords: where IE/Firefox will give you a dropdown box to quickly pick which user/pass you want to use (in VFK login for example), Chrome opts for an 'autofill' type of approach. Example: "Flamanar" and "Flamanette". If I wanted to choose 'Flamanette' in IE/Firefox as the login character for VFK, I push the 'F' key and a drop down box appears with all the usernames beginning with 'F'. In Chrome, you type 'F' and get....Flamanar. You have to type at least "Flamane" to get 'Flamanette' to come up. Still with me so far? LOL.
Many times, Chrome will hide my taskbar so I can't see it (I have it set to autohide). To see the taskbar, I have to minimize Chrome.
No status bar at the bottom...sometimes it's nice to see if there's anything going on when yer at the loading screen in VFK. IE/Firefox will show if things are happening...Chrome does not.
A few other minor bugs and glitches here and there.
.It had a problem when she installed it at her work: she was stuck in single player mode in VFK only when using Chrome. IE/Firefox worked fine. She uninstalled it...then had some issues with not being able to get on the 'net anymore. I had her upgrade to IE8 and it fixed the problem...thank God.
So, I will use Chrome for some things and Firefox for others...and IE only when I have to
Chrome has a LOT of potential...but I'm not sure it's fully ready for 'prime time' yet. It could be fabulous, though in time.
All personal opinion, of course.
Flamanar
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