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Re: Google Chrome
Posted: 03 Sep 2008, 15:31
by reivanen
This is the first beta, but already im loving it more than any other browser out there.
Its fast, fast, fast! And its UI is nice and clear
Just waiting for that final release

Re: Google Chrome
Posted: 03 Sep 2008, 17:46
by ZellSF
Only things it REALLY lacks if full page zoom and autoscroll, but those are both Webkit issues and will probably be fixed when (if) Google updates to a later Webkit version.
How you'll ever get your bookmarks to synchronize is a thing to consider too.
As for the EULA, etc, it's an open source program. If it was doing something bad, you would know it. I wouldn't worry too much, I think Google just wants a popular browser that isn't famous for blocking ads.
This isn't a disaster like the Windows version of Safari was at least.
Re: Google Chrome
Posted: 03 Sep 2008, 19:25
by zizu
It├óÔé¼Ôäós a nice browser with some interesting concepts although I cannot see myself using it until someone ports all the useful Firefox plug-ins to it.
Re: Google Chrome
Posted: 03 Sep 2008, 22:36
by clericvash
I am using it right now, i love it to be honest.
Re: Google Chrome
Posted: 03 Sep 2008, 23:04
by REVENGE
The two things I'd like to see most in a final product are a full-featured download manager and an AdBlock-like system for blocking ads and *scripts. Which I'm sure will either get added by default, or be made as plug-ins.
Read an article by TheInquirer yesterday, analyzing who has the most to lose in light of Chrome. They claim it's Firefox, and to me that makes sense, since IE's marketshare is decreasing predictably these days, but the balance of browsers has a real potential to shift away from the current trend and towards the favor of Chrome. WebKit is also becoming the most-used rendering engine throughout the embedded industry, so Mozilla is starting to lose ground both app and platform wise.
Oh, and it's also cool how I can resize the text area for this posting window...is this due to Chrome or did we get a phpBB update?
Re: Google Chrome
Posted: 03 Sep 2008, 23:56
by Forboding Angel
lol textarea resizer for firefox has been around for ages...
Re: Google Chrome
Posted: 04 Sep 2008, 01:22
by REVENGE
Forboding Angel wrote:lol textarea resizer for firefox has been around for ages...

I never saw it/used it for Spring forums...
Re: Google Chrome
Posted: 04 Sep 2008, 06:51
by Ifein
Re: Google Chrome
Posted: 04 Sep 2008, 06:54
by Gnomre
Re: Google Chrome
Posted: 04 Sep 2008, 14:33
by Teutooni
Users could simply download the source code, compile it themselves, and use it without having to agree to Google's EULA.
Re: Google Chrome
Posted: 04 Sep 2008, 15:33
by clericvash
It's being changed anyway, it was a mixup as they use the same for other products, it doesn't apply to chrome.
Re: Google Chrome
Posted: 05 Sep 2008, 04:10
by CarRepairer
I love the tabs, they are perfect. I can't drop firefox though, I love my 75 addons. Hopefully someone will make an addon that mimics chrome.
Re: Google Chrome
Posted: 05 Sep 2008, 08:16
by rattle
Chrome has a flaw, it ignores Tile Windows Horizontally/Vertically
Re: Google Chrome
Posted: 05 Sep 2008, 12:32
by jcnossen
Or the other flaw:
Put "test:%" in your url box:)
Re: Google Chrome
Posted: 05 Sep 2008, 16:00
by Crayfish
Or about:internets
Re: Google Chrome
Posted: 05 Sep 2008, 16:08
by AF
I can see the intertubes!
Re: Google Chrome
Posted: 05 Sep 2008, 16:49
by Forboding Angel
Re: Google Chrome
Posted: 06 Sep 2008, 03:53
by REVENGE
jcnossen wrote:Or the other flaw:
Put "test:%" in your url box:)
Actually, you can't have :% at all.

Re: Google Chrome
Posted: 06 Sep 2008, 22:37
by Relative
Its a pretty damn good browser, but its not quite there yet. I absolutely love the multi-threading and the task manager - Its about time someone recognized that the browser is the new OS, and that a web page crashing should not cause the entire browser to crash. Also its seriously fast, and its resource usage is impressive. However, its missing a couple of big features:
1. No built-in RSS (big killer for me, I use livebookmarks almost every few minutes - and I don't want to use a separate app or web portal to access them)
2. Relativity poor bookmark manager
3. No plugins/add-ons
If chrome could do these I would seriously consider making it my browser of choice.
Re: Google Chrome
Posted: 06 Sep 2008, 22:59
by BaNa
Im posting this on chrome now. Do like. If only delicious bookmarks would work with my built in categories...