Briareos H on 3/9/2008 at 07:24
yeah.... right.
Schattentänzer on 3/9/2008 at 13:40
Well, clicked around a bit and am underwhelmed.
Doing everything in separate processes is an interesting concept on paper, but is rather hrrm in practice, especially on a single core system. Pages render fast, but the capsuled plugins are slowing display a bit. I tried it with Newgrounds, and scrolling the front page makes Chrome stutter. Also, while avoiding fragmentation in long sessions, having a shitload of processes hogs just as much memory as FF would.
The UI is ok, I like simple stuff. The do-it-all address bar is nice, though I prefer Opera's keyword search (which I can customize) and I had never use for search suggestions a la FF. Same for having my most visited pages on a new tab, I disabled that in Opera, too.
No interface for Add-Ons I could see. No content blocker. Poor configuration options. Can't customize UI. Online installer. Which puts Chrome in the Documents and Settings folder without prompting for an alternative. Over 60 MB. Puts update agent in registry autostart, so it runs always even when I'm not running Chrome. Ick.
Stitch on 3/9/2008 at 15:01
Erm, uh, well so far I'm really digging it. It outperforms Firefox on the two systems I've used it on and the increased security is pretty awesome in theory (you don't tend to notice security until it fails you, a lesson I learned last week with Firefox). The design is clean and elegant, and the fact that it keeps tabs confined works well.
I won't be uninstalling Firefox anytime soon, but so far Chrome has me hooked.
Thief13x on 3/9/2008 at 15:23
Quote Posted by demagogue
well, shit, our computers may as well do our google searches for us then and give them our private info directly.
Why even bother with the middle guy?
Well, actually you pretty much just hit the nail on the head...according to my MIS prof who claims you will tell an application to search for you and 'return' when it finds exactly what you're looking for, or when it becomes available (flights, hotels, at specific prices, etc)
gunsmoke on 3/9/2008 at 17:32
I like it well enough, and I will be using it from here on out on this laptop.
David on 3/9/2008 at 20:22
Oi, Google, how can you base your browser on WebKit (the rendering engine behind Apple's Safari browser) and not have a Mac version at launch?
Quote Posted by Thief13x
according to my Software Engineering professor, this is Google's subtle way to begin entering the operating systems market
just fyi
If so then we can expect a Google version of Linux. Oh goody,
another Linux distro.
jay pettitt on 3/9/2008 at 20:46
umm, (
http://code.google.com/android/) Android.
Chrome is neat. I've come across a couple of hiccups, but not many. It's fast and light and the google awesome bar is actually awesome - awesome! But I keep coming up against things that make me go gah! There isn't a Home button for example and Alt+Home is tricky if, for some perfectly innocent reason, you've only got one hand free. And the text entry boxes forget what you write if you refresh the page and a bunch of other niggles many of which would be fixable if it wasn't so rigidly untweakable. Oh and still no ad-bloc then.
Also I'm just a little uncomfortable about Google building my browser, processing my searches and delivering adverts - it's a bit too Orwellian.
gunsmoke on 3/9/2008 at 22:36
So don't use it. Simple. It's still a very early BETA, it'll improve in time.
demagogue on 3/9/2008 at 22:41
That'll work right up until you can only use Google on Chrome.
I wouldn't put it past them; I can't use Hotmail on Firefox.
Judith on 3/9/2008 at 22:42
Quote:
Google Megacorp inc.
Have you read the EULA, guys? :wot: According to paragraph 11.1-11.4 Google reserves the right to all content you post on the internet while using Chrome and the right to alter it in any way they want. At least in Polish EULA such interpretation is valid.
