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Title: Firefox's oldest friend dumps it for Google Chromium
Post by: sam on June 17, 2010, 20:12

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Flock — the so-called social web browser — has dumped its traditional Firefox core in favor of Chromium, the open source incarnation of Google's Chrome browser.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/16/flock_dumps_firefox_for_google_chromium/

-- I recently installed Chrome on my Ubuntu machine to give it a go - seems pretty nice. I do like the fact that each tab is a specific thread on my processor - nice. Still won't replace firefox for me yet though.

Title: Re: Firefox's oldest friend dumps it for Google Chromium
Post by: Simon on June 17, 2010, 21:03

Firefox always seems to be one step ahead.

Title: Re: Firefox's oldest friend dumps it for Google Chromium
Post by: Clive on June 17, 2010, 22:57

Mrs Clive likes Chrome because she reckons it's faster than her beloved Firefox.  I am strangely drawn to The Great Avant - accept no imitations.   ;D

Title: Re: Firefox's oldest friend dumps it for Google Chromium
Post by: sam on June 17, 2010, 23:15

firefox need an architecture change to keep up with the pace that chrome are setting.

bit old but http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10030888-92.html  gives some speed comparisons.

I should point out that I'm using Chromium, which is the version for Linux.