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I use firefox a lot. When I have to build a PC / workstation for grad-students or labs, I install linux, and the distro I use has Firefox by default and no chro
by readingnews 4y ago
I use firefox a lot. When I have to build a PC / workstation for grad-students or labs, I install linux, and the distro I use has Firefox by default and no chrome installed. The number one complaint / request I receive when I build a PC / workstation for the grad-students after they get it? Can you please install Chrome?
When I ask them... they have not even tried Firefox. Chrome is all they know, and therefore they do not want to even look at Firefox. As a longtime user of Firefox, I find it odd. I suppose if you put me on a new box, with Chrome as the only browser that came up, I guess I would ask you to install Firefox :)
- pwg 4y ago> The number one complaint / request I receive when I build a PC / workstation for the grad-students after they get it? Can you please install Chrome? Have you tried changing the desktop Firefox icon to be chrome's icon and naming it Chrome? This complaint sounds like the old meme from years back of not so internet savy folks who thought "the internet" was inside "the blue ball" (the old IE icon). I.e., these students only know "Chrome" and only look for the chrome icon. It would be interesting if they would complain if the icon matched their possible expectations.
- readingnews 4y agoAh, the old social behaviour experiment. I like it. I might change my image to reflect that.
- pwg 4y agoIf you give it a try, it would be interesting to learn the results.
- rrishi 4y agoReminds me of the meme that the only thing people search on Internet Explorer is "download Chrome". I hope some of them give FF a fair chance.