Google Chrome (web browser)

[MCD]

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/fresh-take-on-browser.html
http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/google_chrome_preview.asp

more beta products, looks cool i guess.

[MrAngryFace]

I'll give it a spin, but in regards to their comic - I can't remember the last time I had ie7 crash on me. Its been like fuckin AGES.

[duckman2000]

Another browser? What the fuck is this, 1998? 

[ShogunOfFear]

Good luck with that google you're a little late.

[Bloodwake]

Will download and try like I downloaded and tried Opera, Firefox, Safari, etc.

FIREFOX FTW.

[lordmaji]

Will download and try like I downloaded and tried Opera, Firefox, Safari, etc.

FIREFOX FTW.

yep. So far nothing has beat FF for me. Opera was eh, never tried Safari. I loved Netscape before it got bloated and annoying. I'll attempt googles for a min, BUT MAYBE they are added what you browse into their DB so they KNOW what you are doing! 

Another good thing about FF is that you can have a shit ton features (Addons) or a basic install. FF3 is a lot faster then previous versions.

[Powerslave]

googlefags

[Van Cruncheon]

chrome: late to the ie8 party

i love how all of their touted features are in ie8 beta 2 only more baked

someone's scared of redmond!

[Reb]

Throw gmail and google docs in there somewhere and I'm sold.

[Joe Molotov]

I like this page:

[Candyflip]

Moving tabs seems completely pointless

[Bloodwake]

My verdict will come tonight once it's available.

[GilloD]

This sounds like Google prepping to become the Online Operating System of choice. They're like 15 years ahead of the game. I'd like to give it a whirl.

[patrickula]

It's out.  I'm using it to post this

edit: Can't find an option to set a master password like in FF 

edit2: built in inspector

[GilloD]

http://www.google.com/chrome/thankyou.html?statcb=

 

The .exe is only 475kb

Update: It DLs the browser. Nothing new there, but a nice way to manage server load. Oh, I need to close Firefox. The error messages and cute and friendly, but the design is still intimidating.

Update 2: So far this thing is BUSTED. It won't load any webpages and it's crashing empty tabs. The look is nice, but it feels incredibly "cold".

Update 3: Ahahahaha. The whole thing crashed. Wasn't this supposed to NEVER EVER happen?

Update 4: Yeah, it doesn't load shit. It just gives me error messages and then crashes. Nice.

[patrickula]

Weird, I've been using it for the last half hour and haven't had any problems.  Using Vista 32.

[GilloD]

Okay, just had to reboot.

I dunno. It feels weird. I'll use it for a few days, but it just feels light weight, for good and for ill. I like that each tab is a separate instance. but I just haven't had that many problems with FF3 to consider than an upgrade. Maybe I'll see the advantage as I start to use multimedia heavy apps.

Already, it's way better with rendering than IE. It's virtually identical to Firefox in terms of the way it handles CSS. All of this just makes it feel like a FF plugin and not a full browser.

And it's lightning fast.

[GilloD]

It's freakishly fast. I'm used to having that like 1-2 second delay where you get to process the layout. Chrome just goes VOOM and there it is.

[GilloD]

Okay. I'm warming up. This really is Google OS.

It's clear they've been building their apps to work in Chrome.

[patrickula]

I don't have any complaints so far aside from the lack of a master password option... and adblocking 
It's definitely fast.

[GilloD]

I don't have any complaints so far aside from the lack of a master password option... and adblocking 
It's definitely fast.

This is weird, but I had to stop looking at it. It made me feel weird. Maybe it was brighter? I'm not sure, but it just didn't feel "comfortable".

[Vizzys]

its fast and looks nice

[lordmaji]

hrmm it runs fast. it seems pretty basic so far, but this is my first post and first website I've used w/ this.

[patrickula]

I don't have any complaints so far aside from the lack of a master password option... and adblocking 
It's definitely fast.

This is weird, but I had to stop looking at it. It made me feel weird. Maybe it was brighter? I'm not sure, but it just didn't feel "comfortable".

Google bots coming through the screen and crawling your brain probably.

[TVC15]

I'll give it a try, but I personally need my FireFox plugins.

[Kestastrophe]

How do I make the viewing area larger? It's tiny on a widescreen monitor

[Candyflip]

Not sure what you mean exactly. I'm on 1440x900 resolution and I have no size difference between Firefox and this.

Is there seriously no way to disable browser history without using their "incognito" feature?

Right now it feels like a stripped-down version of Firefox with a slightly cleaner UI. There's also a really annoying scroll bug. Although it does seem slightly faster than either FF or IE.

[Kestastrophe]

Not sure what you mean exactly. I'm on 1440x900 resolution and I have no size difference between Firefox and this.

Same res here. I have to zoom in with FF (cntrl++) in order for text to be at a readable resolution, but I don't see anywhere I can change it on Chrome

[Candyflip]

Ohh now I see. Ctrl+Mousewheel still changes font size for me in Chrome, but if that doesn't work you could try fiddling with it manually in Options>Minor Tweaks>Fonts

[Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich]

Love it. Kinda hard to use without any extensions or anything (ABP plx) out yet, but I like the simplicity and speed.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Am I crazy, or can you really only access your bookmarks from the new tab page? That's pretty distinguished mentally-challenged.

Edit: Nevermind. Figured it out.

[Candyflip]

K, this really is a lot faster than any other browser. I'm not sure why though

[Tucah]

No Mac version yet :'(

[fistfulofmetal]

Tried it for a few minutes. Didn't run as smooth as FF3 and I don't really like the tabs on top.
pass

[CajoleJuice]

Yeah, right off the bat I didn't notice any speed increase, but it's definitely become quicker after a few minutes. I'm going to use this for a week or so and see how I feel. I only have a couple of extensions in FF3, and I think I could live without them. Adblock is nice, but I haven't noticed any annoying stuff yet. And I never even had the chance to really get into using Ubiquity.

[CajoleJuice]

lol maybe it's not that fast

i was just browsing and i thought i was using chrome when i was actually using FF

oh well

[pilonv1]

apparently it's a memory hog and each tab spawns a new process. or so im told

[CajoleJuice]

I just download a porn torrent with chrome, and it never started seeding.

Then I downloaded it with FF3 and it's seeding fast as hell.

FF3 wins.

[Candyflip]

apparently it's a memory hog and each tab spawns a new process. or so im told

Yeah I just came back here to post that. The memory hog thing at least. With 30 tabs open it's using  ~20% more memory than Firefox. I think the separate process thing is a result of their "sandboxing" as they call it

[JustinP]

i like how minimalist it is.  but i'll probably stick with opera. 

[Bloodwake]

So yeah, this is freakishly fast.

No Adblock, no sale, however.

[laesperanzapaz]

chrome: late to the ie8 party

i love how all of their touted features are in ie8 beta 2 only more baked

someone's scared of redmond!

yeah i never thought id' say this but.....IE is shaping up rather nicely.

...god i still cant believe i said that

[MCD]

IE8 still needs spell checker and a download manager.

[laesperanzapaz]

i dont usually DL beta browsers, but i can still complain from  a few stuff:  why put tabs at the very top?  they're a very busy target for my mouse pointer, and putting it farteher away from teh center of the screen is no-no.   and the minimalist design can be done by FF, you can enable/disable menu bars, etc by option.

And taking out the status bar? SMH

and my google bar, among many other plug ins such as tab mix plus, is why opera can never be better than FF imo

Still, a google browser =  me excited

[Candyflip]

And taking out the status bar? SMH

and my google bar, among many other plug ins such as tab mix plus, is why opera can never be better than FF imo

The status bar is still there, it's just hidden where there is inactivity. Hover over a link and look in the bottom left.

And toolbars are so 1998

[Eric P]

chrome is a beast for our internal web based applications

we utilize a lot of drop down java boxes for a horrific front end that was built in 2002 and then saddled with a ton of different changes.

chrome took forever to load the pages into memory once and now it's near instantanious

it's damn amazing as far as that goes

however w/o adblock, i won't use this for any casual surfing.  i like being able to block out images that annoy me.  usually avatars on gaf.

[lordmaji]

So yeah, this is freakishly fast.

No Adblock, no sale, however.

Agreed. FF addon is what makes FF so great. If they can make FF even faster, that would be the ultimate browser.

[chronovore]

And taking out the status bar? SMH

and my google bar, among many other plug ins such as tab mix plus, is why opera can never be better than FF imo

The status bar is still there, it's just hidden where there is inactivity. Hover over a link and look in the bottom left.

And toolbars are so 1998

So far that's my favorite UI feature.

The thing seems to hang and ponder frequently; not sure where their "everything is a separate, non-interfering process" stuff is taking place. The Negative Zone?

[Candyflip]

http://tapthehive.com/discuss/This_Post_Not_Made_In_Chrome_Google_s_EULA_Sucks

The Google Empire has made it's move

Update: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080903-google-on-chrome-eula-controversy-our-bad-well-change-it.html

Google says it was a mistake

[bud]

so where's the mac version? :'(

I just download a porn torrent with chrome, and it never started seeding.

Then I downloaded it with FF3 and it's seeding fast as hell.

FF3 wins.

you downloaded porn

you lose

[CajoleJuice]

you have a mac

[TVC15]

So yeah, this is freakishly fast.

No Adblock, no sale, however.

For me, it's no extensions, no sale, which is why IE8 is also off my radar.  Why has nobody ripped off Firefox's best feature?

http://tapthehive.com/discuss/This_Post_Not_Made_In_Chrome_Google_s_EULA_Sucks

The Google Empire has made it's move

Woah, holy shit.  Bububu GOOGLES NOT EVIL

[MCD]

http://www.ie7pro.com/

this is the closest ff extensions you can get for your ie7/8.

and lol at google.

[Candyflip]

As far as AdBlock goes, I don't see a company that administers ads implementing a feature in their browser that allows you to block them. Then again, I don't know shit about coding, and I guess since it's open source there might be hope, but I doubt we'll see anything significant for a while.

But yeah, that EULA thing has pretty much scared me off for now.

[ferrarimanf355]

Will download and try like I downloaded and tried Opera, Firefox, Safari, etc.

FIREFOX FTW.

I have problems with streaming video. YouTube in particular.  :'(

[TakingBackSunday]

I just found two plug-ins and installations that enable me to use three-finger scroll and a smoother scroll function on my Mac for Firefox.

<3

[Candyflip]

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080903-google-on-chrome-eula-controversy-our-bad-well-change-it.html

Google is now saying that line in the EULA was a "mistake"

[recursivelyenumerable]

So based on reports I've heard I downloaded it expecting nothing special, but, uh, this feels significantly faster and smoother than any browser I've tried before.  Haven't tried opening a bizillion tabs and windows yet, though.

[Fresh Prince]

I opened my hotmail account and was told I should update to Explorer, Firefox or Safari 

[MrAngryFace]

Not entirely horrible, its missing some stuff but it IS fast even if it hogs some resources. I generally web browse and listen to mp3s, and thats it, and most PCs can handle that.