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I finally gave Chrome the heave-ho when a recent update forced you to browse under a personal profile. There was a bug in the implementation that would crash th

I finally gave Chrome the heave-ho when a recent update forced you to browse under a personal profile. There was a bug in the implementation that would crash the browser if you deleted the profile it created for you (I just wanted to use it normally like I always did!) I ended up inadvertently deleting all my saved bookmarks from the Chrome cloud or whatever. Fed up, I switched to Firefox and have been remarkably happy. Right now, I have one tab open in Chrome (was debugging a web page) and, including "Chrome Helpers", is using 86 threads and 11% of CPU. Firefox on the other hand has 33 tabs active and, including "Firefox Plugin Content", is using 104 threads and 8.5% of CPU.

Navarr 12y ago
You had always had a profile.. Chrome just made it more visible so that you knew about Guest mode and stuff.. Of course deleting your user profile deleted all of that profile's data
- juliangregorian 12y ago
  Your condescension is on point, but your reading comprehension could use some work: what I deleted was not my browser profile (which turns out to be undeleteable, and crashy), but my bookmarks that have been stored in my Google account in the cloud for years. Previously the browser-level profile (if indeed it existed) was invisible to me so it never bothered me. Also unclear why a "guest mode" needs to be different than the incognito mode which was already understood by everyone.
  - praxulus 12y ago
    https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/6130773?hl=en https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/6130773?hl=en * Guest mode: A user in Guest mode does not leave any browsing history or cookies on the computer. In addition, they can't see or modify the computer owner's Chrome profile. * Incognito mode: You don't leave browsing history and cookies on your computer, but you can still see your existing history, bookmarks, passwords, Autofill data, and other Chrome settings.

Navarr 12y ago

You had always had a profile.. Chrome just made it more visible so that you knew about Guest mode and stuff.. Of course deleting your user profile deleted all of that profile's data

juliangregorian 12y ago
Your condescension is on point, but your reading comprehension could use some work: what I deleted was not my browser profile (which turns out to be undeleteable, and crashy), but my bookmarks that have been stored in my Google account in the cloud for years. Previously the browser-level profile (if indeed it existed) was invisible to me so it never bothered me. Also unclear why a "guest mode" needs to be different than the incognito mode which was already understood by everyone.
- praxulus 12y ago
  https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/6130773?hl=en https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/6130773?hl=en * Guest mode: A user in Guest mode does not leave any browsing history or cookies on the computer. In addition, they can't see or modify the computer owner's Chrome profile. * Incognito mode: You don't leave browsing history and cookies on your computer, but you can still see your existing history, bookmarks, passwords, Autofill data, and other Chrome settings.