Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I use Chrome with no regrets. Tina On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 2:27 AM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote: > Yes, there is that work-around for looking large. However, several times, > I've waited it out after the direct route of just clicking on the enlarge > icon and, after an annoying delay, the enlarged picture showed. The > work-around is faster. > > I quit Firefox because it seemed to have a memory leak, my computer would > slow down, and the activity showed that my available memory was close to > zero. It could very well have been some add-on (plug-in) but a quick set of > experiments failed to identify the culprit and I just decided to switch to > Chrome. Also, I've learned to love Chrome's bookmark manager. > > Herb > > Herbert Kanner > kanner at acm.org > 650-326-8204 > > Question authority and the authorities will question you. > > > > > On Jun 27, 2013, at 8:52 PM, Peter Klein <pklein at threshinc.com> wrote: > > > This question lives in the Windows universe. Macs are perfectly good > computers, but outside the scope of the problem. > > > > The entity to which I am indentured requires us to use an earlier > version of the Bill Gate's browser. Since I sometimes need to connect there > from home, I have to keep my IE behind. Said version is now so old that it > often freezes or crashes on many Web sites these days. So I am going to > make another browser my default, and save IE for when I need to connect to > said entity. > > > > So... Chrome or Firefox? Or...? Which do you prefer, and why? I like > reliability and logical simplicity of controls. Reasonable security is > good, too. > > > > I've been fooling with the most recent version of Chrome, but have > noticed some quirks. Like the LUG gallery displaying blank pop-ups when I > click the little double rectangle to enlarge the pictures (they show up > fine if I right click and tell it to open in a new tab). > > > > --Peter > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com