[xubuntu-users] Chromium updates (16.04 LTS) - you tube clips

[Daniel Wastak]

I too was having problems with Chrome as well. It seemd to be using too many
resources. I also tried Firefox and then remembered Opera was also
available.

I work with Cryptocurrencies and was aware of a problem with Chrome apps
were infected with a bitmining virus.  At the time of my research I found
Opera
was the only browser that had code built in to prevent this sort of thing
from
happening.

So I made the decision to change to Opera and I have found I like it very
much and have not any problems to speak of.

Now I didn't get rid of Chrome because there are apps I amy need to run from
time to time. So when i need them I just launch Chrome perform the task
and then close chrome.

Not sure if this helps, but I think you should think about giving Opera a
try.

Dan Wastak


On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 7:21 PM, James Freer <jessejazza3.uk at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 10/01/2018, Peter Flynn <peter at silmaril.ie> wrote:
> > On 10/01/18 18:52, James Freer wrote:
> >> Since the last update about a week ago. I have found that You Tube clips
> >> do not seem to play. Yesterday and today there were updates that I
> >> installed and yet still the clips do not play.
> >>
> >> Forefox seems ok and plays fine since its last update. I used to use
> >> Firefox but have used Chromium for several years now as it offers
> >> greater speed and saves passwords for upgrades.
> >>
> >> I'm now thinking that Forefox is the better browser but wondering if
> >> anyone else has had the same trouble recently.
> >
> > I use Chromium for day-to-day browsing, but Firefox if I want to use
> > YouTube (or many other video-based sites). My understanding is the
> > Chromium's support for video formats is simply abysmal, whereas
> > Firefox's simply works. I don't know if this is deliberate policy; I'm
> > just reporting the net result.
> >
> > ///Peter
>
> I suppose I have used Chromium for about 7 years now. I liked the way
> one could rename bookmarks which to the best of my knowledge one can't
> do on Firefox. Chromium seems to be going through a bad stage. I like
> using just one browser and so I think I will be changing back to
> Firefox. Maybe Chromium's shortcomings are why Ubuntu have not adopted
> it as the default browser... I remember there was discussion about it
> some while back.
>
> Thanks for the replies
> james
>
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