Chrome losing it’s Shine

There are a lot of things I LOVE about Google Chrome. It loads SO fast, it’s speed with Javascript is unparalleled. It’s clean simple interface for me is gorgeous (I hate seeing a browser with 8 different toolbars, all I can think of is malware gone awry.)

But I’m using it less and less.

It keeps leaving me hanging.

• I’ll visit a website, and cant’ see the video (Hello, Mozilla)
• I’ll make an online purchase and get locked up on the “Thank You” page (twice last night!)
• I’ll visit a webpage, and all the graphics are off kilter.

Chrome is not alone - I’ve been using Flock for a while, and I’ve been having issues there. I work with the Internet Marketing crowd, and I’m amazed with how much of their stuff works on nothing but Internet Explorer. Which is bad for me - on one of my PCs I don’t even HAVE IE.

I’m not abandoning Chrome yet, but it can’t be my standard browser for now. Heck, while writing my Wordpress blog, I have problems uploading multimedia with the internal editor. Having to drop out to Filezilla for each graphic is not idea.

For me, Chrome was the pretty girl from afar, but when you got up close, and got to know her, the old girlfriend looked a lot nicer all of a sudden. She was always there for you, dependable, knowing how you like to do things, and you can dress her up nicely (with themes). Chrome is sexy, but flaky, and in this case familiarity may not breed contempt, but it does breed a little disappointment.