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Curtis2011 · 05-24-2011, 04:50 AM

Seriously!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It is almost painful how much it crashes. Despite it being developed by Google to be the supposed "best" or "most efficient" browser.

For me, it crashes anytime I am using something Flash-intensive. It crashes a lot if I try to play Flash games online. It also crashes on my website-login page at Bluehost.

It even crashes on Youtube a hell of a lot, causing me to have to refresh the page and re-download the video.

You would think that Google Chrome would at least work well with Youtube, seeing as how they are both owned and run by the same damn company.

Anyone else have these frustrations? I use Chrome because it loads pages faster than any other browser, but if I'm doing anything programming/Flash-intensive, it's worse than Firefox or even IE9 by far.

/venting thread!

aussieNickuss · 05-24-2011, 05:01 AM

I would be looking at your operating system rather than Chrome. Perhaps there's some incompatibilities that's causing Chrome to crash. I use Chrome on YouTube all the time, flash games and I even login to Bluehost every now and then without it ever crashing.

Savage · 05-24-2011, 05:25 AM

I use Chrome on my MacBook, and it virtually never crashes.

beast · 05-24-2011, 05:33 AM

Almost never crashes for me, either.

VinceG · 05-24-2011, 05:35 AM

I use it on Ubuntu Linux, never crashes, except with the odd poorly written Flash app. If you're using Windows, your install is likely broked.

cacheborn · 05-24-2011, 05:59 AM

I use chrome and Chromium on Ubuntu, and Chrome on Windows. crashes very rarely.

MiBeloved · 05-24-2011, 06:38 AM

has to do with your operating system
must be incompatible with it
must be an older OP

Andrew Gubb · 05-24-2011, 07:27 AM

It's only ever crashed once for me.

burningbright · 05-24-2011, 09:54 AM

Almost never crashes on me either, at least no more that Firefox.

It is worth a reinstall of Chrome as well as Adobe flash.

truewinner · 05-24-2011, 09:55 AM

That is because it is overrated. Firefox is better.

SatvikBeri · 05-24-2011, 01:15 PM

It almost never crashes for me, including on flash heavy pages. On the other hand firefox crashes all the time.

Savage · 05-24-2011, 01:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by truewinner

Firefox is better.

Only if you're very patient.

cacheborn · 05-24-2011, 04:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Savage

Only if you're very patient.

Firefox 4 is much better with a sleek look. FF 5 beta is just out, with 2 more versions planned this year. Guess they are following the Chrome go fast philosophy.

Curtis2011 · 05-24-2011, 07:13 PM

Hmm well damn, it appears my Chrome is the special sucky edition one.

I will consider reinstalling it.

I use Vista 32-bit btw. Probably going to upgrade to Windows 7 soon.

juancito · 05-24-2011, 09:43 PM

I use Chrome on my Windows 7 computer. It crashes all the time, too. But so does IE. It seems like any browser on that computer crashes a lot. On my mac my browsers rarely crash, but it's an older mac, so video play-back is a bit slow and choppy. Time for an upgrade?

MysteryX · 05-24-2011, 09:50 PM

Apparently Google started having incompatibilities with Flash and lots of people report it crashes a lot. It's been a while and I haven't seen a solution yet.

Lots of people have reported problems lately.
Crashes - Google Chrome Help

For me, after a Windows Update, it stopped working. Whenever I started Google Chrome, it made the computer crash and I was forced to do a hard-reboot. I uninstalled Google Chrome and installed Firefox... until I hear it is fixed. Accidentally opening Google Chrome was such a big problem that I'm forced to keep it uninstalled.

I'm using Windows 7 64 bits. The rest of the computer works very well... except Kaspersky which also started causing high CPU usage problems.

LostMyMap · 05-24-2011, 09:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Curtis2011

Hmm well damn, it appears my Chrome is the special sucky edition one.

I will consider reinstalling it.

I use Vista 32-bit btw. Probably going to upgrade to Windows 7 soon.

Def recommend Win 7, if you have the hardware to handle it.

MX beat me to it, but I agree that it sounds like a Flash related issue. Some recent Flash releases have been real POS.

FF4 is plenty fast for me, stable and mature. I really don't see a long term need for Chrome.

Ceoarob · 06-02-2011, 12:53 PM

na bro.

just ur computer.

been using it since the day it came out.

no problems.

other than no "close tabs to the left"

but there's an extension for that

Vasco · 06-02-2011, 04:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ceoarob

na bro.

just ur computer.

been using it since the day it came out.

no problems.

Same here. Been running it on two PCs, never an issue.

pixszi · 06-02-2011, 06:53 PM

it crashes on me. i clean the cache and the flash player storage settings. both my computers are old as the hills. clearing flash player storage settings really helps.

bluestar · 06-03-2011, 12:41 AM

I don't think Chrome does very well with Vista 32 bit. I have the same operating system, and I was getting all sorts of hitch-ups happening and had to uninstall it. Vista's a bit idiosyncratic, if that's the nicest way to put it!

moonrambler · 08-05-2011, 12:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Savage

Only if you're very patient.

I found this thread as I was searching for advice on browsers. I downloaded the latest version of Firefox to my laptop after having used 3.* for the past number of years, and it was a total hog. It was basically unusable on my system, which is old (2002) and slow anyways.

Their website offers downloads of the old browser, so I tried doing that, but it shows as corrupt.

So I downloaded Chrome. Not so sure I'm comfortable with the set-up, though, as it's quite a bit different from Netscape/Explorer/FF, which all were very similar. It's fast though. Lots faster than the FF 3.* was and than the brand new version.

ETA: The old version of FF got hung up a lot ('not responding') and the new version would take forever when clicking on different tabs or worse, closing a tab or a window. With Chrome, I haven't had any problems like that so far.

SireneB · 08-05-2011, 04:17 AM

FWIW, Chrome started crashing on me a lot. I thought it might be malware, but scans from Malwarebytes, etc didn't find anything. Then used ccleaner to clear out temp files, etc, then uninstalled and reinstalled Chrome. Fine now.

Artelus · 08-05-2011, 11:30 AM

Chrome has never crashed on my laptop before.

On my desktop, it just started recently crashing a lot, after I got a blue screen for the first time. Every time I switch tabs, the tab switched to would crash, and I would have to refresh it.

It could be a problem with your software. Try reinstalling chrome, flash, and java.

Oh, and the newest version of Firefox is faster than Chrome. a lot faster, actually. but I still prefer chrome more. Firefox beta may load pages faster, but the UI seems to be lagging behind.

moonrambler · 08-05-2011, 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Artelus

Oh, and the newest version of Firefox is faster than Chrome. a lot faster, actually. but I still prefer chrome more. Firefox beta may load pages faster, but the UI seems to be lagging behind.

The newest version of Firefox was so slow for me all day yesterday that I can't even use it. I'm having no problems at all with Chrome.

GAK · 08-06-2011, 02:58 AM

Windows 7, fairly new PC, and LOTS OF CRASHES with CHROME!

I will do the uninstall and re-install and see if that helps.

(Nothing to do with Chrome) But I started using a 24 IN. HDTV/MONITOR for my PC and I can't configure Firefox to make all screens big enough to use.

Also, Firefox, IE, and Safari ALL CRASH with my flash intensive Online Games.

OK, I know, but I'm addicted to MONOPOLY from Pogo.

05-24-2011, 04:50 AM	#1 (permalink)
Curtis2011 Family Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 2,950	Why does Google Chrome crash so dang much! Seriously!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is almost painful how much it crashes. Despite it being developed by Google to be the supposed "best" or "most efficient" browser. For me, it crashes anytime I am using something Flash-intensive. It crashes a lot if I try to play Flash games online. It also crashes on my website-login page at Bluehost. It even crashes on Youtube a hell of a lot, causing me to have to refresh the page and re-download the video. You would think that Google Chrome would at least work well with Youtube, seeing as how they are both owned and run by the same damn company. Anyone else have these frustrations? I use Chrome because it loads pages faster than any other browser, but if I'm doing anything programming/Flash-intensive, it's worse than Firefox or even IE9 by far. /venting thread!

05-24-2011, 05:25 AM	#3 (permalink)
Savage Master Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 5,988	I use Chrome on my MacBook, and it virtually never crashes. __________________ Steve Pavlina www.StevePavlina.com Join me on: Twitter \| Google+

08-06-2011, 02:58 AM	#26 (permalink)
GAK Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Colorado Posts: 4	Crashes for me as well.... Windows 7, fairly new PC, and LOTS OF CRASHES with CHROME! I will do the uninstall and re-install and see if that helps. (Nothing to do with Chrome) But I started using a 24 IN. HDTV/MONITOR for my PC and I can't configure Firefox to make all screens big enough to use. Also, Firefox, IE, and Safari ALL CRASH with my flash intensive Online Games. OK, I know, but I'm addicted to MONOPOLY from Pogo.

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05-24-2011, 05:01 AM	#2 (permalink)
aussieNickuss Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Posts: 287	I would be looking at your operating system rather than Chrome. Perhaps there's some incompatibilities that's causing Chrome to crash. I use Chrome on YouTube all the time, flash games and I even login to Bluehost every now and then without it ever crashing.

05-24-2011, 05:33 AM	#4 (permalink)
beast Retired Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 2,501	Almost never crashes for me, either.

05-24-2011, 05:35 AM	#5 (permalink)
VinceG Family Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 3,703	I use it on Ubuntu Linux, never crashes, except with the odd poorly written Flash app. If you're using Windows, your install is likely broked.

05-24-2011, 05:59 AM	#6 (permalink)
cacheborn Family Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 6,439	I use chrome and Chromium on Ubuntu, and Chrome on Windows. crashes very rarely.

05-24-2011, 06:38 AM	#7 (permalink)
MiBeloved Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 863	has to do with your operating system must be incompatible with it must be an older OP

05-24-2011, 07:27 AM	#8 (permalink)
Andrew Gubb Family Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Nationality: British Soul: Otherworldly Current Location: Barcelona, Spain Posts: 5,960	It's only ever crashed once for me.

05-24-2011, 09:54 AM	#9 (permalink)
burningbright Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 42	Almost never crashes on me either, at least no more that Firefox. It is worth a reinstall of Chrome as well as Adobe flash.

05-24-2011, 09:55 AM	#10 (permalink)
truewinner Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 47	That is because it is overrated. Firefox is better.

05-24-2011, 01:15 PM	#11 (permalink)
SatvikBeri Family Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Manhattan, NY Posts: 1,370	It almost never crashes for me, including on flash heavy pages. On the other hand firefox crashes all the time.

05-24-2011, 07:13 PM	#14 (permalink)
Curtis2011 Family Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 2,950	Hmm well damn, it appears my Chrome is the special sucky edition one. I will consider reinstalling it. I use Vista 32-bit btw. Probably going to upgrade to Windows 7 soon.

05-24-2011, 09:43 PM	#15 (permalink)
juancito Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: In a house Posts: 81	I use Chrome on my Windows 7 computer. It crashes all the time, too. But so does IE. It seems like any browser on that computer crashes a lot. On my mac my browsers rarely crash, but it's an older mac, so video play-back is a bit slow and choppy. Time for an upgrade?

05-24-2011, 09:50 PM	#16 (permalink)
MysteryX Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Around the World Posts: 310	Apparently Google started having incompatibilities with Flash and lots of people report it crashes a lot. It's been a while and I haven't seen a solution yet. Lots of people have reported problems lately. Crashes - Google Chrome Help For me, after a Windows Update, it stopped working. Whenever I started Google Chrome, it made the computer crash and I was forced to do a hard-reboot. I uninstalled Google Chrome and installed Firefox... until I hear it is fixed. Accidentally opening Google Chrome was such a big problem that I'm forced to keep it uninstalled. I'm using Windows 7 64 bits. The rest of the computer works very well... except Kaspersky which also started causing high CPU usage problems.

06-02-2011, 12:53 PM	#18 (permalink)
Ceoarob Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 663	na bro. just ur computer. been using it since the day it came out. no problems. other than no "close tabs to the left" but there's an extension for that

06-02-2011, 06:53 PM	#20 (permalink)
pixszi Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Florida Posts: 32	it crashes on me. i clean the cache and the flash player storage settings. both my computers are old as the hills. clearing flash player storage settings really helps.

06-03-2011, 12:41 AM	#21 (permalink)
bluestar Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 775	I don't think Chrome does very well with Vista 32 bit. I have the same operating system, and I was getting all sorts of hitch-ups happening and had to uninstall it. Vista's a bit idiosyncratic, if that's the nicest way to put it!

08-05-2011, 04:17 AM	#23 (permalink)
SireneB Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 351	FWIW, Chrome started crashing on me a lot. I thought it might be malware, but scans from Malwarebytes, etc didn't find anything. Then used ccleaner to clear out temp files, etc, then uninstalled and reinstalled Chrome. Fine now.

08-05-2011, 11:30 AM	#24 (permalink)
Artelus Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 212	Chrome has never crashed on my laptop before. On my desktop, it just started recently crashing a lot, after I got a blue screen for the first time. Every time I switch tabs, the tab switched to would crash, and I would have to refresh it. It could be a problem with your software. Try reinstalling chrome, flash, and java. Oh, and the newest version of Firefox is faster than Chrome. a lot faster, actually. but I still prefer chrome more. Firefox beta may load pages faster, but the UI seems to be lagging behind.

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