Guys, 4chan took care of him
That is...really awesome. He looks so happy.
Double post as I am considering switching to Google Chrome. I currently have Firefox. Opinions?
Do it.
Chrome starts up faster than Firefox on my system. I've had Firefox take upwards of 20 seconds to start on a Core 2 Quad (with addons disabled), where Chrome starts up in a couple of seconds.
Firefox's tab separation isn't that great. If one tab crashes in the right way, the whole browser will go down. While they implemented plugin separation (so that, in theory, Flash taking a shit won't bring the entire browser down), it's still not great since all plugins work in the same sandbox. Essentially, one dying Flash plugin can impact all plugins in the sandbox. Similarly, if the rendering engine takes a dive, the entire browser will still go down faster than the titanic. As much as people rag on Internet Explorer, it has infinitely superior better tab separation.
If you're worried about losing out on AdBlock Plus, there is an AdBlock extension for Chrome which uses the same filter list. I've had it installed since I switched and it's worked fantastically.
I also found this site that has a list of what services you can turn on or off for some speed improvements. If anyone can maybe check the credibility of it that would be nice.
That's actually an incredibly descriptive site. Unlike many "ZOMG IM A TWEEKAR" sites, clicking on the service name actually gives you detailed information on the service.
I certainly wouldn't go with the barebones configuration (though I really doubt that was intended for general use), but from what I'm seeing of the tweaked configuration, it looks like the guy really did his homework on this. There is a possibility that some of the choices could potentially affect applications (hence the inclusion of a safe configuration set) but I doubt it would affect most of the programs that people run; plus, that's a bridge that you could always cross when you get there.