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Post by stoney on May 12, 2011 10:51:17 GMT -5
I have yet to say one blasted thing on "Tech Tips & Discussions"? Hell, I still can't figure out how the TV shows an actual picture...  My brain just does not think in the finite. |
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Post by JGRobinson on May 12, 2011 11:18:18 GMT -5
I have yet to say one blasted thing on "Tech Tips & Discussions"?
You have now Stoney! You don't have to be a Geek to enter this arena. The Tech talk can get dicey, Mac Heads Vs. PCer's, A dangerous crowd to hang with. We dont bark but we do Byte!
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2011 13:58:09 GMT -5
I read that Google is coming out with its own laptop with the google operating system and Chrome browser. How is the Chrome browser and can it be used for general web use?
The new laptop is being produced through Toshiba and Acer for 350 to 450 bucks. Should be out in June.
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Post by dgriffin on May 12, 2011 15:15:22 GMT -5
I like Chrome and use it often . Doesn't have the add-on's like Firefox and I don't like Chrome's "speed dial," but it is definitely faster than Firefox.
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Post by chris on May 12, 2011 18:16:39 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2011 9:54:21 GMT -5
yes
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Post by clarencebunsen on May 18, 2011 8:19:13 GMT -5
I saw this tip today concerning the Chromebook. www.komando.com/tips/index.aspx?id=10795&utm_medium=nl&utm_source=totd&utm_content=2011-05-18-article-1&utm_campaign=end-bFor me, right now, the choice would be to hold off on buying one. When I buy a computer I have to live with it for awhile. My current desktop is at least 8 years old. Therefore I'm hesitant to jump into something that might not be ready for prime time. I use the Chrome browser daily but not exclusively. It has had it's glitches. I worry about 3rd party software. I have lots of little things installed that are either useful or neat, that may or may not work on a Chromebook. The choice however remains an individual one. |
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Post by Swimmy on May 26, 2011 7:07:55 GMT -5
I tried Chrome, but never liked how it was difficult to load pages. And I like the tabs mix plus addon with firefox that chrome does not have. And Chrome's speed dial leaves a lot to be desired. It could be a great browser, once it starts fixing several of these problems. Until Chrome is able to become mainstream, I stay away from it.
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Post by chris on May 26, 2011 17:46:03 GMT -5
I just installed IE 9 and now nothing works on my netbook in my browser. What a pain in the butt.
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Post by JGRobinson on May 26, 2011 20:00:42 GMT -5
I never looked back at IE after I tried Mozilla. I dont miss it at all. Have you tried it Chris?
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Post by chris on May 27, 2011 21:17:28 GMT -5
Yes I use it at work and I had it installed on my desktop but never reinstalled all the software I had on this when my hard drive died. ...not sure who has Yahoo. I have an account but forgot I had it so reactivated it to check on an attachment someone on yahoo rec'd from me. I was doing this through logging into my AOL program to access the Internet. (sent the email with attachment from aol to yahoo) AOL was blocking the window that pops up for Windows and asks if I want to Save or Open....the browser blocks alot of stuff which is annoying. So I closed it and went to the Yahoo account with my IE from my desktop. There the Windows file opened but instead of downloading it opened my Outlook Express which is connected to my ISP for mail and there is where it opened and Windows Media Player then ran the .wmv file. I have never had that happen. Not sure if this is new or the way it was but makes not sence to me to be using one email account only for it to open in another email account to read. Time to call Frontier Techs for an explanation. Wierd  ? |
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Post by clarencebunsen on May 28, 2011 16:46:45 GMT -5
Chris,
I believe you have the same notebook as my wife. I didn't rush right into upgrading her machine to IE9 but when I did I didn't run across any glitches. It seems to work fine but there was a learning curve. I don't understand why MS does things like switch the Favorites from upper left corner to upper right corner and change from a drop down menue labeled "Tools" to what appears to be a Gear symbol.
I haven't had to change which programs open particular file types but if you go to the Control Panel & click on Programs, you'll see the procedure for doing that.
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Post by chris on May 28, 2011 21:14:49 GMT -5
Yes CB..the favorites are now on the right...hate it there. Earlier I clicked on either the gear or the lttle wrench and saw somthing that said restore default settings which gave me back the url drop down which stored my previous sites I visited. Before that it was locked. Somethings appear better than IE8. I guess it is a learning curve but at least MS could warned us of what to expect and what would be new and give us a choice.
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Post by Ralph on Jun 3, 2011 3:28:50 GMT -5
I recently upgraded to Firefox 4.0.1, the beta version wasn't all that I hoped for (since a lot of my add-ons didn't work) but they have ironed it out in the actual upgrade.
It comes up after the upgrade much different that the 3.6 version, but is customizable to the point where I don't see any difference, but is much faster.
I still have IE8, but only because the sites we use for work (Blue Cube/Red Prairie - Radiant Systems) don't use anything else. And our Hotmail accounts at work don't play well with FF.
I haven't tried Chrome or any other browsers simply for the fact that FF has always seemed to have been quick enough and secure enough.
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My brain just does not think in the finite.
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