[Tech] Google Chrome

[Nanor]

So Google are releasing their own browser built from scratch. You can check out this little comic they made to promote it: [strike]propoganda[/strike] information.

That said, however, I am still staring a 404.

Thoughts?

 

[Traxata]

It starts a new process for each tab, thats just windows explorer 8 :/

 

[SgtFury]

Man that is one looooonnng comic.

 

[elDiablo]

The download is back up.

I'm not sure I'm too fussed about this, in all honesty. I've got FF3 just the way I like it now (and am even thinking of setting up PortableFox so I don't have to live without it), and changing browsers just before it's Google seems a little fanboyish to me.

Don't get me wrong, I'll try it, and if I love it, I'll move. But I doubt it has all the functionality that I now get with my SUPER DUPER FF3 with add-ons install.

And yeah, the comic is LONG

 

[Nanor]

OK! I'm using it as we speak, and I got to say, it is pretty damn awesome.

The second I click the shortcut for Chrome it's opened whereas FF, although fast, Chrome is faster.

When you install Chrome it takes everything off Mozilla (Saved passwords, bookmarks, etc.) and puts them into Chrome so it's just like an incredibly faster version of FF.

The design of Chrome is so smooth and it just kinda slides into place. It's awesome!

However, pressing the middle mouse button doesn't open the scroller thing. Epic. Fail.


It's a VERY nice browser, though.

CTRL + SHIFT + N

You've gone incognito. Pages that you view in this window won't appear in your browser history or search history, and they won't leave other traces, like cookies, on your computer after you close the incognito window. Any files that you download or bookmarks that you create will be preserved, however.

Porn window, eh.

*Uninstalls Firefox*

 

[waterproofbob]

OK

Installed it and it's a browser. Looks nice and clean (don't like the blue but themes will come). At the end of the day it views web pages and even has a 16 yr old boy function the incognito button.

I have FF as I like it so I doubt I'll use chrome much, it does the job very nicely.

 

[Zooggy]

Ahey,

Porn window, eh.

*Uninstalls Firefox*

Boggles the mind...

...or, rather sadly, it doesn't boggle the mid at all, really...

Cheers,
J.

 

[BiG D]

You did read the EULA, right?

 

[Dragon]

You did read the EULA, right?

What the ****?

... then its easier to download spyware ... at least those programs install themselves without questioning you (Omg was that sentence correct ... sounds weird to me?)

 

[Traxata]

You did read the EULA, right?

Here is the privacy policy for Chrome: http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/privacy.html [google.com]
It does not mention the terms in this article, which clearly seem related to google services and not the browser.

 

[BiG D]

Why is the browser not a google service?

A privacy policy is nothing like an EULA.

 

[Traxata]

D, Its open source, so repackage the code yourself and then you have no need what-so ever to call it google chrome and, oh look, no eula

 

[BiG D]

Have you tried that? I've heard that those who have find themselves unable to compile it.

But yes, I wouldn't recommend using it unless you do that.

 

[Ki!ler-Mk1]

You did read the EULA, right?

I dont want to sound thick, but i dont really understand what that says, is it talking about regular users or just one group?

 

[Nanor]

 

[elDiablo]

Heh, nice.