It's not so much a matter of clearing disk space (although I do like to clean house every now and then). It also tends to make a very noticeable difference in performance and startup speed. Try downloading a portable version of Firefox or Chrome and compare it with your main installation. I think you'll be surprised.…

Well, I'm with you. I thought Blade Runner had some good ideas and some good atmosphere, but on the whole it left me wondering what all the fuss was about.

Vote: Rainmeter

I have up to a dozen "projects" at any given time - some serious, others more trivial. The big one right now is co-writing a novel with a friend of mine.

Simplicity. I love to kick the tires on other browsers - I always download Firefox, Opera, IE and even Safari when there's an update, just to see what's new. But when it comes to getting work done, loading a quick bookmark or Google search, or trying to manage dozens of tabs in the midst of research or web testing, I…

Which is?

I'm using Chrome at the moment, but I wouldn't say I'm committed. I do find it smoother, faster, and refreshingly simple. The seamless update and sync behavior is outstanding, and I've really come around on the idea of Chrome's "apps" - I think it makes a strong framework for the future of webapps, as a combination of…

Cool!

Yeah, he got me to buy a new laptop two days before he posted his comment. ;)

For such a simple tool, I'm sure that the memory usage is negligible.

Not bad for Microsoft.

My Windows 7 Professional 64-bit laptop shipped on Monday. :)

For what it's worth, I'm using Chrome and Firefox on Windows XP, and the difference in speed and responsiveness is palpable. (FF4 also has some serious interface bugs on XP, even in the release candidate.) I suppose it might be less of an issue on modern systems.

I couldn't agree more. Browsers have become one of the best, most powerful, polished and professional categories of software, and I think that owes a lot to the strong and healthy competition that we've seen over the last half-decade. I'm currently a Chrome user, but was on Firefox for many years, and I may yet switch…

Been waiting a long time for email notifications in documents. Very good news. :)

I think you have the right idea. I'm using the current beta version of Chrome (10.0.648.133) with background pages enabled. When I close all my browser windows, there's still a "chrome.exe" process visible in the Task Manager. This process has also been added to my startups, which means that - unless I disable…

Looks like the Mac default. (I've long believed that Chrome on OS X is the best any browser has looked.)

Hm, doesn't work for me. :(

You can see most of them in "about:about".

You know, if they add a simple "?q=" operator to the search URL, we probably could...