gameboy1977 Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 google-chrome-sign Chrome is an awesome browser but it also has severe memory leak issues that can chew up resources on both your PC and your smartphone. KitGuru highlights some recent comments made by the Chrome for Android team during a Reddit AMA that show Google Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DConnell Member Posted May 21, 2015 Member Share Posted May 21, 2015 Darn. From the title I thought Google was going to stop having Chrome hitch a ride with 3/4 of the installer downloads in existence. That's the worst thing about Chrome - how vigilant one has to be to avoid accidentally installing it! Torolol, +devHead, Jack 0Neill and 10 others 13 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gameboy1977 Posted May 27, 2015 Author Share Posted May 27, 2015 I remember that I played SimCity Social on Facebook on Chrome, but it was so slower in about 2012 I visited my cousin's apartment. The Internet explorer is so faster than Firefox or chrome. I go to library, and I tested it and it was so faster there. I don't like Chrome at all, because of performance is slow. vcfan 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick H. Supervisor Posted May 27, 2015 Supervisor Share Posted May 27, 2015 Darn. From the title I thought Google was going to stop having Chrome hitch a ride with 3/4 of the installer downloads in existence.I've been out of the loop when it comes to installing things under Windows, but so far I haven't seen this? Is it really that common? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockingbird Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 I've been out of the loop when it comes to installing things under Windows, but so far I haven't seen this? Is it really that common? Google Toolbar and Google Chrome is bundled with Adobe Flash Player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick H. Supervisor Posted May 27, 2015 Supervisor Share Posted May 27, 2015 Google Toolbar and Google Chrome is bundled with Adobe Flash Player.Interesting. I've been back on Windows for 2 weeks, installed flash last week and I could have sworn the only thing I needed to uncheck was the installation of McAffee...Then again, I'm vigilant for the "opt-out" boxes, not necessarily what I'm opting out of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon H Supervisor Posted May 27, 2015 Supervisor Share Posted May 27, 2015 Google Toolbar and Google Chrome is bundled with Adobe Flash Player. Interesting. I've been back on Windows for 2 weeks, installed flash last week and I could have sworn the only thing I needed to uncheck was the installation of McAffee...Then again, I'm vigilant for the "opt-out" boxes, not necessarily what I'm opting out of. you are correct. chrome hasn't been bundled with flash for a good half a year at least now. only McAfee is now I actually haven't seen any installer that bundles chrome in awhile. the last i personally remember I think is Foxit Reader on topic. this is some good news if it actually turns out to be true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hagjohn Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 I believe it's bundled with IE but not Firefox (has McAfee)... or I'm thinking of Java. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJGM Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 So Google are going to fix the memory leak issues in Chrome. Now Mozilla should follow suit and fix the memory leaks in their codebase. The one other thing Google needs to addres about Chrome is the extreme lack of customisation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouettus Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 About time. My M8 crawls since lollipop update to chrome. before that, it was seamless and blazing fast. Now it lags a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xendrome Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Worst thing about it's Chrome browser right now is the horrible Bookmark system they just added at 43 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightEco Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 It's even worse when you actually install it. It pins itself to your taskbar, start menu, and desktop. Then asks 3 times to be your default browser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose_49 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 I thought it was the lack of "Save As" and "Open" dialogue.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timster Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 you are correct. chrome hasn't been bundled with flash for a good half a year at least now. only McAfee is now I actually haven't seen any installer that bundles chrome in awhile. the last i personally remember I think is Foxit Reader on topic. this is some good news if it actually turns out to be true it depends on the browser and OS being used to download Flash. eg. Internet Explorer in Windows 7, it will ask to bundle Google Chrome and Toolbar Firefox on Windows will ask to bundle McAfee Opera on Windows will ask to bundle Google Chrome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noir Angel Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 I've not had memory leaks from Chrome thus far on Android but it's fair to say it's not as good as it is on Windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+virtorio MVC Posted May 27, 2015 MVC Share Posted May 27, 2015 I thought it was the lack of "Save As" and "Open" dialogue.... It has Save As and Open dialog boxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raa Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 how vigilant one has to be to avoid accidentally installing it! But you want to install it. <jedi hand wave> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted May 28, 2015 Veteran Share Posted May 28, 2015 So Google are going to fix the memory leak issues in Chrome. Now Mozilla should follow suit and fix the memory leaks in their codebase. The one other thing Google needs to addres about Chrome is the extreme lack of customisation. Mozilla fixed the majority of the memory issues years ago, but like Chrome they're not leaks, it's either inefficient use of memory, or things just requiring a lot of RAM. A memory leak means the app allocates memory but loses track of it, so can't ever release it back to the OS, allocating lots of memory and using it is the exact opposite of a leak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T3X4S Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 I hate chrome - it constantly points me to porn sites ! My fiance wonders why certain websites pop up, and why previous search results always say something like " midgets, sheep, and vaseline" - but I just tell her - that chrome is really buggy and that is a major complaint a lot of users have ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryoken Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 No, in Chrome there are leaks. I've tested. I run a lot of tabs generally.. But even if I close ALL but one, tab, a blank empty tab, the "main" Chrome process will still sit there sucking up over a gig of RAM. It starts small, then gets bigger and bigger as the days go on. Thankfully I'm on the Dev build, so I need to reboot it weekly to install the update.. times when I've forgot, or delayed installing the update, I've hit the memory error crash, when Chrome reaches the max memory and blows up God I hope they fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+kpo6969 Subscriber¹ Posted May 28, 2015 Subscriber¹ Share Posted May 28, 2015 I've been out of the loop when it comes to installing things under Windows, but so far I haven't seen this? Is it really that common? Google Toolbar and Google Chrome is bundled with Adobe Flash Player. Also SuperAntiSpyware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose_49 Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 It has Save As and Open dialog boxes. Is it possible to enable them when downloading? I hate chrome download manager because it does not ask you where you want to save your files or if you just want to "open" them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timster Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 I hate chrome - it constantly points me to porn sites ! My fiance wonders why certain websites pop up, and why previous search results always say something like " midgets, sheep, and vaseline" - but I just tell her - that chrome is really buggy and that is a major complaint a lot of users have ... I have no doubts that those are genuine search results T3X4S 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James035 Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 I enjoy using Chrome as much as it loves using up all my RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firey Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Whats with all the chrome hate? It wipes the floor with IE and Firefox... The last IE I used as my go-to browser was ie6.. otherwise IE is used to download chrome on new installs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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