All the browsers are similar in the way they are used. They all have tabbed browsing, they all have a pop up blocker, they all have favourites/bookmarks, just to name 3 things. My husband is the most intolerant person in the world when it comes to change and he got used to Chrome in 2 days. The quickest way to download Google Chrome is to open up the Google search page and up the top right corner is a link to download Chrome. One of the big advantages to using Chrome or Firefox is, you never have to see another ad, EVER.
If you have or create a google account, if you stay logged in on Google Chrome, all your bookmarks are saved in cyberspace. What that means is, you can log into your account on anyone's computer and your bookmarks will be available to use, providing they have Chrome. I'm not sure if you can do the same with Firefox as I've never looked, but you probably can. I know you can transfer your bookmarks from IE over to the new browsers.
I use both browsers, but personally prefer Chrome. The only reason I prefer Chrome is I always have a LOT of tabs open. If I have more than a few tabs open in Firefox, it blows the memory and CPU out and I have to keep restarting the browser. I use both browsers so I can have both of my eBay accounts open at the same time. For the forums, I have been using IE because that's a different account again. That's all I use IE for. I don't like it because it's unstable and there's too many ads! There are also a lot of security issues with IE.
Other people prefer Firefox because it suits their needs better. They are both excellent browsers and are very similar to use. I would actually recommend installing both browsers because some sites work better on Chrome, others work better on Firefox. I find eBay is much of a muchness on both. If I had to pick which was better for eBay, I wouldn't be able to.
When I refresh my selling page on Chrome, the page loads, jumps up a frame, jumps down, jumps back up again. Firefox just loads and stays put. When I create a listing, Chrome (for me) is better because after I have submitted and I hit the back button, I only have to go back 2 pages. On Firefox I might have to go back 12 pages depending on how long I took to create the listing, because it seems to refresh itself in the backgrouns (not sure if that makes sense LOL).
I find google maps is better on Firefox as it seems to blow out the CPU on Chrome for some reason. Facebook is better on Chrome. Youtube is better on Firefox.
When you've installed them, come back and let us know and we'll tell you how to install the adblockers to get rid of ads. No more flashy banners, no more slide ins, no more of those annoying ads in ebay listings, no nothing!
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