Google's Chrome Browser

[chran]

And it didn't work? That's strange. Maybe that's the "beta"-part...

Meh. Works for me now, after restarting the computer!

sigh

But, I'm seriously loving the "Create application shortcuts ..." with Gmail! It opens in what looks like an application windown without location bar and stuff!

"Bring the Internet to your Desktop", indeed!

 

[Matthew Best]

It definitely seems faster to open web pages than Firefox or Internet Explorer to me.

 

[Matthew Best]

However, for some reason my scroll wheel doesn't seem to work in Chrome.

 

[Darat]

Can you say more? What does a "smooth" feel mean?

No flickering when updating the auto-complete stuff, moving between tags is quick with no delay, that type of stuff.

 

[Darat]

Hmm - the shortcut keys in the vBulletin boxes don't work e.g. CTRL+B for bolding text.

 

[Worm]

However, for some reason my scroll wheel doesn't seem to work in Chrome.

My Touchpad scrolling doesn't work either - seems to be a common problem.

 

[Darat]

Do like the "Close tabs opened by this tab" option - it's very useful.

 

[jsiv]

And it didn't work? That's strange. Maybe that's the "beta"-part..

Kuk i computeren!

 

[Marquis de Carabas]

My considered opinion after playing around with it all morning: meh.

Considering this is essentially the opening volley of the all-out Google assault on Microsoft, I expected more.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

AFAIK FireFox is ad free. Think Google's Chrome will be?

 

[chran]

AFAIK FireFox is ad free. Think Google's Chrome will be?

What?

Do you mean something like Adblock? Yeah, I missed that too, until I remembered I had Privoxy installed

Works like a charm.

 

[Soapy Sam]

I...don't think this actually is a browser. I think it's something rather different.
I'm unsure what though.
Open one web page and it's slower than FF3.
Open GoogleEarth, GMail and the single web page and it's much, much faster.
This damned well IS an online OS, or the beginnings of one.

 

[Soapy Sam]

It does double posts.

I rather like the uncluttered look, but as I don't run dozens of java applets simultaneously, I think I'll be staying with FF.

 

[Darat]

I'm finding it much faster than FF3 in all browsing.

 

[Darat]

What?

Do you mean something like Adblock? Yeah, I missed that too, until I remembered I had Privoxy installed

Works like a charm.

I think some folk are concerned that like gmail the Chrome browser will start to add adverts when you are browsing.

 

[chran]

That's stu... unsupported by evidence

 

[Darat]

Memory use is on the high side. Loaded up three websites in separate tabs in Opera, FF, Chrome, Safari & IE:

 

[I Ratant]

From a site that Google Chrome won't go to...
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Edited by Darat: 

Breach of Rule 4 removed - I think this is the site the article was taken from (and Google Chrome will go to it.... http://tapthehive.com/discuss/This_Post_Not_Made_In_Chrome_Google_s_EULA_Sucks

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I won't use Chrome until this is fixed.

 

[alfaniner]

...I am not going to surf without my mouse gestures.

???Care to clarify?

OK, another Chrome discovery: it has an "Incognito" option - click on that and you open up a new window that tells you
Heyyyy... nice!

NOW I understand why MS suddenly is coming out with something very similar, after so long.

Still, I almost never use a new, mass-market product like this until it's been out several months and most of the main security holes and bugs have been found by hapless users.

 

[jsiv]

As this topic has ended up on slashdot, some others have recommended rebuilding the Chromium source and associated packages which are mostly under the BSD license. I have not looked into how easy it is to build Chromium under Windows. Of the Linux guys I've talked to about it, they either said it wouldn't compile, or that it compiled but immediately crashed. There is nothing which leads me to believe that the present day 3-term BSD license requires anyone to use Chrome's license, so this notion that we can recompile to avoid the EULA may actually have some merit."
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I won't use Chrome until this is fixed.

It compiles just fine as long as you download a tested branch. Why anyone would bother making a "free" fork at this point I don't know though. Maybe if it ever reaches a more mature state.