Chrome!

SSH · Wed 03/09/2008 11:47:48

Quote from: Ultra Magnus on Wed 03/09/2008 09:57:50
Also, the main selling points seem to be pretty gimmicky.

The main selling point to me is separate processes per tab. I hate when browser or site bugs brings my whole browser down.

DazJ · Wed 03/09/2008 11:51:11

Ugh, it's frustrating how all along the top of the window are all my porn site favourites. This is clearly no good!

Buckethead · Wed 03/09/2008 12:04:36

I'm kinda good with Opera at the moment. Firefox has let me down on some things. Perhaps if Opera does too I will check this out. Most of the programs google has made work well so I trust this one does too.

zabnat · Wed 03/09/2008 12:06:06

What I find funny is that the main selling points are the same as in IE8 (separate processes for tabs, better javascript engine, better security [secure window]). Coincidence? Even the EULA seems as bastard as Microsofts

Buckethead · Wed 03/09/2008 12:11:19

Quote from: zabnat on Wed 03/09/2008 12:06:06
What I find funny is that the main selling points are the same as in IE8 (separate processes for tabs, better javascript engine, better security [secure window]). Coincidence? Even the EULA seems as bastard as Microsofts

the big difference is that with google these point actually work the way you want to.

Kinoko · Wed 03/09/2008 12:47:12

I've been using it all day and I'm surprisingly happy with it. I normally don't test new things like this, but I'm really glad I did. All my browsing today has been zippier and neater than usual.

Surely, at some point, I will find the HORRIBLE FLAW that will make me hate it.

Akatosh · Wed 03/09/2008 12:52:12

It sure looks nice, but I'm staying with Firefox. It's a free browser that obviously tracks how often you visit which page, and it's made by a profit-oriented corporation that mainly subsides on showing people advertising. This may just be my paranoia acting up, but does anyone ELSE smell a rat here?

Ultra Magnus · Wed 03/09/2008 13:50:12

What I meant by "main selling points" is what they've got on the prog's front page, that are there to grab your attention and "sell" the product, which are pretty gimmicky.

Quote from: Akatosh on Wed 03/09/2008 12:52:12
It's a free browser that obviously tracks how often you visit which page, and it's made by a profit-oriented corporation that mainly subsides on showing people advertising. This may just be my paranoia acting up, but does anyone ELSE smell a rat here?

Heh. That reminds me of why I never used GMail.

And now that you've reminded me of that, I'm thinking maybe I'm going to uninstall Chrome, too.
At least until it's a bit older, and there's a general verdict on it. $:-\$

Edit: And uninstalling it is an experience, too.
It just popped up a little confirmation box, and when I clicked "yes" it opened IE (despite the fact that I was using FF at the time) to this page.
It didn't tell me it had successfully uninstalled or anything, so I had to check my list of programs to see if it had actually gone, but it still gave me a feeling that it left something behind.
Maybe I'm just being paranoid, but I'm currently doing an Ad-Aware scan just to check.

jetxl · Wed 03/09/2008 15:31:52

I never understood these browser discussions. Everybody I know screams firefox. As if a webpage content suddenly becomes "better" when using firefox or chrome^TM.
Whatever.

TerranRich · Wed 03/09/2008 16:37:59

Hah, IE is about as stable as a nuclear bomb. Sure, it works just fine... but it's a nuclear bomb.

Lionmonkey · Wed 03/09/2008 16:50:36

Not for me. Too much stuff, I don't find I'm in any need of and whicch I could do faster manually.
I personally, have got only a couple of requierements for an Internet browser and I don't see why I should switch from Opera. Although, even it seems to get too many new functions.

fred · Wed 03/09/2008 17:15:40

I like the built-in "Inspector" that opens when I right-click and select "Show details about this element." It looks like a really handy debugging tool for my own html.

InCreator · Wed 03/09/2008 18:34:25

Quote from: Kinoko on Wed 03/09/2008 01:57:19
However, wouldn't it be wonderful if it somehow managed to get rid of, say, Internet Explorer?

Haha, 10 points for post!

Makeout Patrol · Wed 03/09/2008 18:49:29

Hmmmm, looks like they don't have a version for OS X yet, which pretty much is a dealbreaker for me, as I only use Windows for AGS and Windows games.

InCreator · Wed 03/09/2008 19:19:22

The browser I change to someday, won't steal focus from address bar if page suddenly becomes fully loaded.
Like, when I start Firefox, google.com starts to load. I don't want google, I start typing address. Blam! Google is loaded. And half of my typing goes to nothing since focus is lost from address bar.

Minor thing? Fall for this 20 times per day.

Chrome can't do this.
I wait.

Candall · Wed 03/09/2008 19:34:50

Before any of you get too attached to Chrome, you might want to read this Gizmodo article which points out a disturbing clause in the EULA.

SSH · Wed 03/09/2008 19:44:48

Quote from: InCreator on Wed 03/09/2008 19:19:22
The browser I change to someday, won't steal focus from address bar if page suddenly becomes fully loaded.
Like, when I start Firefox, google.com starts to load. I don't want google, I start typing address. Blam! Google is loaded. And half of my typing goes to nothing since focus is lost from address bar.

Minor thing? Fall for this 20 times per day.

Chrome can't do this.
I wait.

Why don't you use a blank start page? $:-\$

Domino · Wed 03/09/2008 19:51:24

I have become too attached to FF to ever let it go. I just couldn't cheat on her after all these years. :'(

Babar · Wed 03/09/2008 19:55:05

Firefox is so damnably heavy...I'm running 6 tabs at the moment, and I've got 105Mb of memory usage.

Still, I'll wait a bit before trying out Chrome.

Da_Elf · Wed 03/09/2008 20:25:02

ill stick with opera