Spark2Flame

As you may or may not know, part of what I’m hoping to do with this blog is cover both faith and the Church as well as the technology used in spreading the message and how we do that. Today's post is another in the technical aspect.

Last week, I switched internet browsers. I’ve never used anything besides Internet Explorer since I started online way back with dial up and a “100 free hours with AOL” CD. To be honest, I had never thought much about it, but it’s all changed now.

Initially I downloaded Google Chrome to check out my sites on this browser (since I do that on firefox already). I was interested to see what it was like, and lo and behold, I like it—a lot.

Here’s a basic rundown of advantages for me,

• It was reported to be faster and it really does seem to be true. The pages load more quickly from what I can tell, which would of course, make surfing that much quicker.
• I’m enjoying the bookmark bar. It’s like favorites, but you can keep your most-used links right in front of you which is incredibly helpful.
• Along with this feature, the ease of use is tremendous. To add a bookmark, click the star. When a link would normally open in a new window, Chrome opens it in a new tab.
• Everything just seems very well thought out. I’ve heard some had problems when it first came out, but it seems everything is running smoothly now.
• One last thing, the top bar is more condensed so there’s more room for the page. Since the navigation is laid out well, it presents things nicely (if that makes sense).

I’m not trying to convince anyone really. I had just never thought about switching and found that I really liked this option. Like I said, I’ve never really used firefox but know people who have so I’m not comparing the two (or three). I’m not here to prove Chrome is the best. I am enjoying using it so far (and when I downloaded it, I had no intention of making it my default).


If you do want an argument on which one is better, you can check out the Snagsta Blog for their take.

What do you think? Have you tried Chrome or use it already? What’s your favorite browser or do you fall in the “I-could-care-less-and-never-thought-about-it” category?

I'd love to hear from you as this is obviously a very important conversation.