This was released today. It's Google's new, open source browser. I haven't tried it out, because my dad flips out when I download software without telling him, but it seems cool.
i've been using it for a while and i like it. it's had some odd rendering problems with the forums a couple times but i'm not sure why. (ads rendered over the banner, forum content not displaying, etc)
my favorite feature in it is the ability to detach and re-attach tabs between browser instances, because of how everything is it's own process.
That's such a horrible question to ask. Without even getting into general preferences (I've been using FF3 since it was in beta and have used Firefox for well over two years), how do you mean 'better'? Performance, speed, power, what?
That said, I've liked playing with Chrome, but I've already put a few too many of my eggs into Google's clutch.
It's very impressive, particularly the apps shortcut part. Many of its features are probably of great use to the average user, though not so much for me. It's nice in its filesize, too.
My only two real complaints are the overall look-feel, specifically, how it uses more space than necessary in the chrome (oddly, something they said they wanted to reduce), and the inability to default to "incognito," or traceless browsing.
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My anecdotal evidence disagrees with yours! EXPLAIN THAT!
That's such a horrible question to ask. Without even getting into general preferences (I've been using FF3 since it was in beta and have used Firefox for well over two years), how do you mean 'better'? Performance, speed, power, what?
That said, I've liked playing with Chrome, but I've already put a few too many of my eggs into Google's clutch.
Interesting, this is similar to how I feel about it.
Things that have happened over recent years have caused me to be less enthusiastic towards Google than I was in previous years. I was pretty unimpressed when they agreed to go along with China's internet censorship, then even moreso when they bought out Youtube and started heavily censoring allowed content, and I was absolutely appalled over their involvement in covering up China's duplicity in the Olympics.
A search engine should be the ultimate testament to the freedom and access of information, but I'm starting to become more and more convinced that Google has a highly political agenda, and not a friendly one.
On topic, this web browser honestly didn't look that impressive to me. It's not that aesthetically pleasing, and is too new to have the necessary funcationality to compete. Maybe in time.
Some folks I know were advertising this thing like they had stock in Google. But after I looked at it, I really didn't see me replacing Konqueror with it anytime soon. And even the advertiser still admitted that it still wasn't equal of FireFox or Opera, only that one day in a far off future, it might one day be able to do just that.
It certainly is fast as hell and looks really convenient, but the ads stuff is beyond annoying. A few quirks have appeared regarding the security of information along it, but until I have more information I'd rather not comment.
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A few quirks have appeared regarding the security of information along it, but until I have more information I'd rather not comment.
Something like this?
Quote from Chrome"s EULA »
"By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any content which you submit, post or display on or through, the services. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling Google to display, distribute and promote the services and may be revoked for certain services as defined in the additional terms of those services."
Oh, also, if you install it and uninstall it, make sure to uninstall the Google Updater it installs in the background that you have to manually get rid of.
I downloaded Google Chrome the day it launched, expecting the same type of cutting edge technology defined by the Google web page, only to be utterly let down.
Google Chrome is horribly slow! It's slower than Mozilla, Internet Explorer, and Safari. I tried to get to YouTube and it took a million years load. I tried to go to MTGSalvation and, again, it took another 30 seconds or so. Finally, frustrated with its speed, I pressed Google and guess what? It still lagged! Google Chrome fails in all aspects of efficiency. It's capatibility with other websites, and even its own services, is subpar.
Then there's the interface. It's insanely simplistic. Simple is good? Right? WRONG! Google's interface is aetsthetically displeasing. The buttons look 2-D, like they were designed by a child, and the XP default "minimize" and "close" icons on the upper right hand corner look better than it. There's only a primitive hint of lighting and shading and it doesn't appear to be designed by a professional at all.
Furthermore, Google somehow has the absurdest impression that we want our entire browser window buttons warped. The number of buttons on the top, such as "home" and "refresh", are at a minimal so we won't be doing much searching. Then again, there aren't many functions either. Also, the top bar, with options such as "file" and "tools", has been compressed into two buttons inconveniently located on the upper right hand corner. Call me a skeptic but there's no way all our current browser functions could or should be fitted into two buttons.
Google Chrome has caused me to completely question Google's capability of designing a Mobile OS. It's such a fluster that I've started to reappreciate Microsoft and will be using Live.com a lot more.
Google Chrome is horribly slow! It's slower than Mozilla, Internet Explorer, and Safari. I tried to get to YouTube and it took a million years load. I tried to go to MTGSalvation and, again, it took another 30 seconds or so. Finally, frustrated with its speed, I pressed Google and guess what? It still lagged! Google Chrome fails in all aspects of efficiency.
This is precisely the opposite of my experience with the browser. It's significantly faster at loading things like YouTube and MapQuest than Internet Explorer, and faster than Firefox due to having fewer features.
Then there's the interface. It's insanely simplistic. Simple is good? Right? WRONG! Google's interface is aetsthetically displeasing. The buttons look 2-D, like they were designed by a child, and the XP default "minimize" and "close" icons on the upper right hand corner look better than it. There's only a primitive hint of lighting and shading and it doesn't appear to be designed by a professional at all.
Furthermore, Google somehow has the absurdest impression that we want our entire browser window buttons warped. The number of buttons on the top, such as "home" and "refresh", are at a minimal so we won't be doing much searching. Then again, there aren't many functions either. Also, the top bar, with options such as "file" and "tools", has been compressed into two buttons inconveniently located on the upper right hand corner. Call me a skeptic but there's no way all our current browser functions could or should be fitted into two buttons.
It follows the styles we've seen in Gmail and Google Talk. As for the buttons, it's simply targeting a different audience than you. Most all of the features the average user needs can be found in those two buttons and on a right-click menu. The keyboard commands are generally intact for the savvy, and anyone who's in the know enough to want those buttons just uses the shortcuts anyway.
And moving things around makes all the sense in the world in their tab-based design.
You need to forget things like standard browser layout going into this, as they started from scratch. Not that you'll necessarily like it, just that it being so different isn't a bad thing of itself.
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My anecdotal evidence disagrees with yours! EXPLAIN THAT!
Google Chrome is horribly slow! It's slower than Mozilla, Internet Explorer, and Safari. I tried to get to YouTube and it took a million years load. I tried to go to MTGSalvation and, again, it took another 30 seconds or so. Finally, frustrated with its speed, I pressed Google and guess what? It still lagged! Google Chrome fails in all aspects of efficiency. It's capatibility with other websites, and even its own services, is subpar.
(etc...)
For one, the browser is quite a bit faster than most other browsers and most importantly, it's MUCH more stable. As for the rest of your post, you seem to miss the point that's made Google successful, simplicity. It might be visually intolerable, but it's the most basic yet useful browser ever published.
I urge you to remember it's a beta. I haven't taken a look at lively since it came out due to the beta being such a waste of time, but a browser is much more useful and easy to evaluate. Don't be so quick to dismiss it.
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SentimentGX seems to work for the competition... Google Chrome is SIGNIFICANTLY faster than other browsers, and its simple interface furfills its purpose precisely. You obviously didn't take the time to go through the Google Chrome explanation cartoon - its lame but it makes sense. See it here
It's supposed to be a simple fast browser which is exactly what it is. Don't expect it to be FF3 because it is not. It is Google Chrome.
That's such a horrible question to ask. Without even getting into general preferences (I've been using FF3 since it was in beta and have used Firefox for well over two years), how do you mean 'better'? Performance, speed, power, what?
That said, I've liked playing with Chrome, but I've already put a few too many of my eggs into Google's clutch.
You're the kind of person who makes everything more difficult than it has to be, huh?
Anyways, the question is still pretty much a straight up and down one...is Chrome better than Firefox? (For those browser snobs out there I'm asking would you rather use Firefox 3 or Google Chrome? A good analogy here would be would you rather drive a Mercedes or a BMW?...you know, for reference.)
I wouldn't want all my internet activity being voluntarily monitored by the largest online information and trend gathering company in existence. Call me paranoid, no thanks.
You're the kind of person who makes everything more difficult than it has to be, huh?
Anyways, the question is still pretty much a straight up and down one...is Chrome better than Firefox? (For those browser snobs out there I'm asking would you rather use Firefox 3 or Google Chrome? A good analogy here would be would you rather drive a Mercedes or a BMW?...you know, for reference.)
No, it's more would you rather drive a Mercedes or a Prius, as the two were designed fordifferent purposes within Internet browsing. A friend of mine calls Chrome "WebApps City," as that's pretty much what it's built to do, and nobody who's into privacy would choose it over something like Links or Firefox with extensions like Stealther.
To the average user who "just wants the Internet," it's wholly personal, and I'd expect few to switch because there's no particular reason to switch, so people would rather keep what they're used to. People only switch from IE because of how awful that browser is - and even then it's still the most widely-used browser out there.
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My anecdotal evidence disagrees with yours! EXPLAIN THAT!
As a note, the EULA has been revised (it is a stock Google EULA, though I still think they're dumb for copy-pasta), and Google watching everywhere you go to can be removed by removing Autosuggest.
I still won't use Chrome, for a variety of reasons. One of my friends also posted something I feel is pretty relevant: Hmm. I think there's Firefox extensions for just about every Chrome feature except for the blazing speed.
Well, I WAS going to try it once it got out of Beta stage until I read the "allow us to legally own everything that's rightfully yours" clause. Im sorry, but the photos I take are mine and mine only, kthnx.
Maybe if they decide to play nice i'll try it once it's outta beta. Till then. FF3 it is.
You can download it here: http://www.google.com/chrome
Also, this is a good read.
my favorite feature in it is the ability to detach and re-attach tabs between browser instances, because of how everything is it's own process.
depends on what you're doing. there's no ad-blocking yet, no grease monkey, no mass download interfaces, ...
if you just want a browser though, something that's fast and convenient, it's good.
it will get better. hopefully so do other browsers.
That's such a horrible question to ask. Without even getting into general preferences (I've been using FF3 since it was in beta and have used Firefox for well over two years), how do you mean 'better'? Performance, speed, power, what?
That said, I've liked playing with Chrome, but I've already put a few too many of my eggs into Google's clutch.
My only two real complaints are the overall look-feel, specifically, how it uses more space than necessary in the chrome (oddly, something they said they wanted to reduce), and the inability to default to "incognito," or traceless browsing.
Certainly wont make me quit Opera 9.5.
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Interesting, this is similar to how I feel about it.
Things that have happened over recent years have caused me to be less enthusiastic towards Google than I was in previous years. I was pretty unimpressed when they agreed to go along with China's internet censorship, then even moreso when they bought out Youtube and started heavily censoring allowed content, and I was absolutely appalled over their involvement in covering up China's duplicity in the Olympics.
A search engine should be the ultimate testament to the freedom and access of information, but I'm starting to become more and more convinced that Google has a highly political agenda, and not a friendly one.
On topic, this web browser honestly didn't look that impressive to me. It's not that aesthetically pleasing, and is too new to have the necessary funcationality to compete. Maybe in time.
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Something like this?
Oh, also, if you install it and uninstall it, make sure to uninstall the Google Updater it installs in the background that you have to manually get rid of.
A little article about this: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/03/google_chrome_eula_sucks/
Google Chrome is horribly slow! It's slower than Mozilla, Internet Explorer, and Safari. I tried to get to YouTube and it took a million years load. I tried to go to MTGSalvation and, again, it took another 30 seconds or so. Finally, frustrated with its speed, I pressed Google and guess what? It still lagged! Google Chrome fails in all aspects of efficiency. It's capatibility with other websites, and even its own services, is subpar.
Then there's the interface. It's insanely simplistic. Simple is good? Right? WRONG! Google's interface is aetsthetically displeasing. The buttons look 2-D, like they were designed by a child, and the XP default "minimize" and "close" icons on the upper right hand corner look better than it. There's only a primitive hint of lighting and shading and it doesn't appear to be designed by a professional at all.
Furthermore, Google somehow has the absurdest impression that we want our entire browser window buttons warped. The number of buttons on the top, such as "home" and "refresh", are at a minimal so we won't be doing much searching. Then again, there aren't many functions either. Also, the top bar, with options such as "file" and "tools", has been compressed into two buttons inconveniently located on the upper right hand corner. Call me a skeptic but there's no way all our current browser functions could or should be fitted into two buttons.
Google Chrome has caused me to completely question Google's capability of designing a Mobile OS. It's such a fluster that I've started to reappreciate Microsoft and will be using Live.com a lot more.
It follows the styles we've seen in Gmail and Google Talk. As for the buttons, it's simply targeting a different audience than you. Most all of the features the average user needs can be found in those two buttons and on a right-click menu. The keyboard commands are generally intact for the savvy, and anyone who's in the know enough to want those buttons just uses the shortcuts anyway.
And moving things around makes all the sense in the world in their tab-based design.
You need to forget things like standard browser layout going into this, as they started from scratch. Not that you'll necessarily like it, just that it being so different isn't a bad thing of itself.
For one, the browser is quite a bit faster than most other browsers and most importantly, it's MUCH more stable. As for the rest of your post, you seem to miss the point that's made Google successful, simplicity. It might be visually intolerable, but it's the most basic yet useful browser ever published.
I urge you to remember it's a beta. I haven't taken a look at lively since it came out due to the beta being such a waste of time, but a browser is much more useful and easy to evaluate. Don't be so quick to dismiss it.
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It's supposed to be a simple fast browser which is exactly what it is. Don't expect it to be FF3 because it is not. It is Google Chrome.
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You're the kind of person who makes everything more difficult than it has to be, huh?
Anyways, the question is still pretty much a straight up and down one...is Chrome better than Firefox? (For those browser snobs out there I'm asking would you rather use Firefox 3 or Google Chrome? A good analogy here would be would you rather drive a Mercedes or a BMW?...you know, for reference.)
i rly dont Like Firefox, is too, i dunno, i simply dont like it, and yeah IE is not better <_<
i'm using Opera, and i dont have any problems with it n.n
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To the average user who "just wants the Internet," it's wholly personal, and I'd expect few to switch because there's no particular reason to switch, so people would rather keep what they're used to. People only switch from IE because of how awful that browser is - and even then it's still the most widely-used browser out there.
I still won't use Chrome, for a variety of reasons. One of my friends also posted something I feel is pretty relevant: Hmm. I think there's Firefox extensions for just about every Chrome feature except for the blazing speed.
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Maybe if they decide to play nice i'll try it once it's outta beta. Till then. FF3 it is.
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