Google Chrome 17+

After using this browser for almost 15 years, it’s a very reliable browser. It can literally be downloaded on any OS, I have it on an old iPad that can’t even download the App Store yet chrome runs perfectly fine. Although I do feel like chrome should implement a feature where if a site has way too many ads they automatically get blocked or ads get reduced because that’s a very common problem that I face. I also feel like chrome is decently customizable although there are still some options that could be implemented. Another massive problem that chrome has is that it’s very resource dependent, even though it can run fine on any device, the device must be able to give most of its resources to chrome, so if it had a limiter or was less resource intensive then I feel like it would be the PERFECT browser.

I was updating and clicked chrome to use it and the update closed that window and all tabs. I had 2 windows though and the other window still is open with all it's tabs. So I lost a window and there isn't even a reopen closed window option like usual. Disappointed. I had trusted chrome to keep my tabs and this glitch was barely human error. I figured it at worst just wouldn't open until finishing the update install, not delete a window and close all the related tabs. 😥 What's more, I closed the app to see if it would come back and this closed the other window. When I opened the app I just had an empty window with a single blank tab. STUPID! And another thing is the recently closed tabs was working up until the 2nd time I closed the app. Now I don't even have that for ipad. Just my open tabs on the phone. Meanwhile the phone app doesn't show my tabs on other devices. That button is useless. Says my grouped tabs will appear here. Nothing has appeared there in the last month since an update removed functionality there. Might be time to switch browsers now. If you want people to use your browser you need to keep their tabs. Or else there's nothing keeping them from switching!

I’ve been using the mobile version of Chrome ever since it came out. I loved it! It was always super quick, it was familiar and easy to use, and you can use your plugins with it.

It wasn’t until recently when things went downhill. There are so many bugs with it now, and some that have been there for literally half a year that have been left unaddressed. From a massive company like Google, you’d think they try to fix these issues, right? Well, if I rotate my phone, the window just will not work for me. It will shrink the size and just be incredibly frustrating to use. This bug has been with me since SEPTEMBER of 2020. Four months this issue has been here, and the Chrome forum/FAQ is reporting the same issue. It has not been fixed, and I feel like they haven’t even attempted to fix it. I had to move back to Safari because it’s just not full of bugs and issues.

I really like Chrome for a lot of reasons, but when bugs and other issues have been left unfixed for this long, it’s just not worth my time anymore. Once these bugs are fixed, this will be back on top, but in the meantime, I’d recommend to not waste your time and energy using this browser.