03-09-2015, 11:55 AM
(03-09-2015, 10:52 AM)Drake Wrote: Chrome has been unstable for me as well it allows all kinds of third party apps to install on their own. So I have given up on that.
Can you elaborate? I've used Chrome almost since Google introduced it. Occasionally they've put out a release that's been a bit flakey but then, unlike Internet Exploder and sometimes even Firefox, they fix it quite quickly.
I've never, ever had a third party app install itself in Chrome without my consent. However I've seen many freeware apps that use underhanded techniques to get that "consent" in order to install unrelated bloatware. Java updates are notorious for doing this. uTorrent is currently in hot water with users as well. And then there are non-official sites that wrap bloatware (if not malware) around legitimate freeware, e.g. CNET's download.com. Is it possible you're a victim of any of this?
I'm open to new, better software including browsers. But ISTM Vivaldi has a long way to go before they can offer an attractive alternative to power users of established browsers. For example it currently lacks support for smartphone platforms, synching across homo and hetrogenous computers, a suite of extensions for basic stuff like password management, maintaining privacy, blocking ads, etc.