http://www.roboformchrome.com/ Unofficial forums for RoboForm and Google Chrome. en Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:30:17 +0000 http://www.roboformchrome.com/topic/google-chrome-operating-system-its-coming#post-179 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:53:42 +0000 Claudiu 179@http://www.roboformchrome.com/ <p>On Monday the official google blog posted an entry revealing their newest project, <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html">Google Chrome OS</a>. Beside the fact that they give a clue on how many users Chrome has until now (about 30 millions) they also give a bit of details on what'll be:</p> <blockquote><p>Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks. Later this year we will open-source its code, and netbooks running Google Chrome OS will be available for consumers in the second half of 2010</p></blockquote> <p>From what I understand at its core it'll be a Linux distribution, but adapted for web use with a newly windowing system. I'm sure Windows is not that worried, as the new Google Chrome OS will eat up from Ubuntu's market share and why not OS X. Anyway it'll be interesting, mainly because it will be free, fast (they say it's lightweight) and probably more secure. And the question is, will Roboform run on it? Well, they don't give much specifications about Chrome OS but it seems that web applications will run flawlessly (a bonus for Lastpass here) and the others ... me don't know. We'll see how the story evolves, certain is the fact that Chrome will increase its market share and most likely that's why they haven't added anything spectacular to Chrome for a while now. </p> http://www.roboformchrome.com/topic/changing-back-to-firefox-with-35#post-178 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:38:54 +0000 Claudiu 178@http://www.roboformchrome.com/ <p>@jquigley2 Well Roboform 6 was released in 2004, so if you purchased it after that date you can upgrade for free to the latest version, Roboform 6.9.95, which is compatible with Firefox 3.5.</p> <blockquote><p>don't see any advantage to chrome at this point</p></blockquote> <p>Well just wait a bit, Google officially announced their newest project, Google Chrome Operating System, which puts Chrome in a new light. Maybe that's why they've been so quiet about Chrome lately. </p> http://www.roboformchrome.com/topic/changing-back-to-firefox-with-35#post-175 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:42:53 +0000 jquigley2 175@http://www.roboformchrome.com/ <p>I just updated to FF 3.5 and my Roboform stopped working, can't get FF 3.5 to download the update, and since I purchased it years ago I want to make sure i get the right download. I have about 135 - 140 pw's in my Roboform. I don't see any advantage to chrome at this point, however it looks as though FF 3.5is going to give me fits too. </p> <blockquote><p><cite>Claudiu - 2 weeks ago <a href="http://www.roboformchrome.com/topic/changing-back-to-firefox-with-35#post-169">&nbsp;&raquo;&nbsp;</a></cite><br /> reck, I don't think anyone uses just one browser and that won't change for a long time now. I use Maxthon2 by default (got so used to using it), Firefox for any web development issues<br /> I agree that in these months I would've expected Google to release a lot of new features in Chrome, but that didn't happen (other priorities?). I still have hope for it and thanks for the tip on FF3.5, I'll update my installation too and see how it works.</p></blockquote> http://www.roboformchrome.com/topic/changing-back-to-firefox-with-35#post-174 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:40:56 +0000 lybrand 174@http://www.roboformchrome.com/ <p>I used Maxthon 2 years ago but it's limited to 1 instance, pretty unstable, does not support a lot of IE plugins. I found that IE7/8 with <a href="http://www.ie7pro.com" rel="nofollow">www.ie7pro.com</a> add-on will do the same things for me what Maxthon did without any of Maxthon limitations. You might try out IE7/8 with ie7pro plugin so see if it fits better then Maxthon. </p> http://www.roboformchrome.com/topic/changing-back-to-firefox-with-35#post-169 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:37:17 +0000 Claudiu 169@http://www.roboformchrome.com/ <p>reck, I don't think anyone uses just one browser and that won't change for a long time now. I use Maxthon2 by default (got so used to using it), Firefox for any web development issues (I don't think there's an equivalent for Firebug for IE/Maxthon, the IE developer toolbar sucks), and Chrome for ... well for casual browsing. </p> <p>I've started using it because of its speed (when it was launched it was faster than firefox), and I guess that now I continue with it out of habit.</p> <p>I agree that in these months I would've expected Google to release a lot of new features in Chrome, but that didn't happen (other priorities?). I still have hope for it and thanks for the tip on FF3.5, I'll update my installation too and see how it works. </p> http://www.roboformchrome.com/topic/changing-back-to-firefox-with-35#post-166 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:59:06 +0000 reck 166@http://www.roboformchrome.com/ <p>I've used firefox for many years now and recently tried chrome for a while. Yes it's a fast browser but apart from the speed I could see no benefit to using it over firefox. In fact I lost more than I gained by changing to Chrome.</p> <p>Whenever I ask people why they are using Chrome over ff I just get the same answer, "it's fast". If I ask what else they start to struggle, maybe tossing out the private mode in desperation. Just recently i've installed firefox 3.5RC2 and i've been really impressed by the speed increase. I would say now it's pretty close to chromes speed and that's with a dozen or so plugins installed. Chrome probably still has the edge in the speed department but only by much smaller margin.</p> <p>So in light of this is there any benefit to using Chrome over ff? When I think of all the power I would lose by moving over to chrome in terms of lost plugin support for a millisecond of speed increase I don't see any advantage but I do see many disadvantages.</p> <p>I'll just finish by posted a link to an article comparing memory consumption between browsers. In summery firefox 3.5 has the best memory usage of all the browsers tested and, shock horror, google chrome is the worst. During peak browser usage FF3.5 used 73% less memory than chrome with chrome using 1.18 gigabytes compared to FF 327.65 megabytes of memory!</p> <p>Suddenly that millisecond of extra speed doesn't seem very important.</p> <p><a href="http://dotnetperls.com/chrome-memory" rel="nofollow">http://dotnetperls.com/chrome-memory</a></p> <p>Anyway enough about chrome. I have noticed one little annoyance with roboform and FF3.5RC2. If I open two different firefox windows and drag a tab between them the full roboform top bar doesn't open up, I just get a roboform toolbar button and a close button. I have to click the roboform button to make the full bar appear with safenotes, logins etc. I've emailed roboform support about this but it's like banging my head against the wall, it's like they just don't read the email. </p>