Google to launch a browser

Simon · Sep 02, 2008, 22:03:12

Well, it's been and gone. Didn't import Bookmarks properly, but I liked the Bookmarks bar, and the generally uncluttered interface. It may well develop into something better, but for now, I'm sticking with what I've got.

sobranie · Sep 02, 2008, 22:06:16

It's fast! That's about it I think!

Sebby · Sep 02, 2008, 22:31:35

Google and Tesco should join forces, then they really would control the world!

I certainly won't be using Google's browser; can you imagine the kind of information they'll be collecting?!

Simon · Sep 02, 2008, 22:43:24

Not even curious, Seb?

kinmel · Sep 02, 2008, 23:21:27

Quote from: Sebby on Sep 02, 2008, 22:31:35
Google and Tesco should join forces, then they really would control the world!

I certainly won't be using Google's browser; can you imagine the kind of information they'll be collecting?!

I uninstalled Chrome and then reinstalled it and it remembered all my passwords, most visited sites, cookies et al, so it likes to gather stuff and then never delete it.

I know it's a Beta, but It needs a fair bit of work, the tweakability is dreadful and the Tab function is best described as primitive.

Google had put a lot of tutorials on YouTube and those have been taken down now, even though their support site only offer of guidance is links to the missing clips. Go figure !

It can stay on this one PC and I will occasionally give it a run, but I don't think it will rule the world anytime soon

D-Dan · Sep 02, 2008, 23:58:17

I'm posting this from a chrome browser window - so better be careful what I say since it's likely to land on George Bush's desk, and then he'll declare war on me.

Anyhoo, I hate the interface. But as others have said, it's bloody quick. My first niggle came on the second site I went to, which is fully java, and just didn't want to play.

Maybe when they start skinning, and implement java properly - oh - and respect my privacy - I'll try again.

For now, the fox is still king.

Steve

Edit:

I know it's beta - but that's no excuse for Windows to have to close it forcibly on exit.

Sebby · Sep 03, 2008, 01:17:22

Quote from: Simon on Sep 02, 2008, 22:43:24
Not even curious, Seb?

I was, so I installed it. Like others say, it seems fast, but that's where the positive aspects end as far as I can see!

Inactive · Sep 03, 2008, 01:28:28

Quote from: Sebby on Sep 03, 2008, 01:17:22
I was, so I installed it. Like others say, it seems fast, but that's where the positive aspects end as far as I can see!

You couldn't resist the temptation could you Seb?

Sebby · Sep 03, 2008, 01:33:18

drummer · Sep 03, 2008, 01:56:16

When people report that Chrome is fast, can they confirm whether they mean graphics load quicker or the whole page finishes loading earlier?

Just had a flashback to the early days of Opera Vs IE when one loaded graphics interlaced and the other used progressive loading of images.

Think I'll sit this one out, bored and indifferent, albeit with a slightly sniffy attitude Oscar Wilde would be proud of.

'Tis interesting though zzzzzzzz

Gary · Sep 03, 2008, 06:33:02

Quote from: drummer on Sep 03, 2008, 01:56:16
When people report that Chrome is fast, can they confirm whether they mean graphics load quicker or the whole page finishes loading earlier?

Just had a flashback to the early days of Opera Vs IE when one loaded graphics interlaced and the other used progressive loading of images.

Think I'll sit this one out, bored and indifferent, albeit with a slightly sniffy attitude Oscar Wilde would be proud of.

'Tis interesting though zzzzzzzz

To be honest Drummer, this browser could make toast and Blue Mountain coffee, whistle Dixie then parade around my domicile reciting Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, and still this abomination that advocates privacy, yet is created by the overloads of data gathering themselves would nere touch my harddrive

Inactive · Sep 03, 2008, 08:08:29

I take it, you will not be using it then Gary..

Nor me..

Gary · Sep 03, 2008, 08:34:55

Quote from: Inactive on Sep 03, 2008, 08:08:29
I take it, you will not be using it then Gary..

Nor me..

What gave you that idea, In

kinmel · Sep 03, 2008, 09:08:36

Quote from: drummer on Sep 03, 2008, 01:56:16
When people report that Chrome is fast, can they confirm whether they mean graphics load quicker or the whole page finishes loading earlier?

Just had a flashback to the early days of Opera Vs IE when one loaded graphics interlaced and the other used progressive loading of images.

Think I'll sit this one out, bored and indifferent, albeit with a slightly sniffy attitude Oscar Wilde would be proud of.

'Tis interesting though zzzzzzzz

It starts instantly, it swaps to incognito mode instantly and pages load very quickly - for example El Reg is fully loaded in a new tab before you can start to time it.

Fortunately Chrome is open source, so perhaps Mozilla will be able to improve FF's speed.

Chrome won't replace IE8, FF3, or Opera without a lot of changes though.

Gary · Sep 03, 2008, 09:13:58

Quote from: kinmel on Sep 03, 2008, 09:08:36
It starts instantly, it swaps to incognito mode instantly and pages load very quickly - for example El Reg is fully loaded in a new tab before you can start to time it.

Fortunately Chrome is open source, so perhaps Mozilla will be able to improve FF's speed.

Chrome won't replace IE8, FF3, or Opera without a lot of changes though.

I like the idea of inbuilt sandoxing of tabs, thats a really good security feature, so hopefully Mozilla can look at putting these into Firefox sometime and the newer javascript engine Chrome uses, but I just will not let google get onto my system as a browser, I really do not even trust Chrome's privacy mode

we are talking about Google here