Chrome Internet Browser

[Romek]

Has anyone got it yet?
Is it any good? What do you think of it?

I'm just downloading it now, but I'd love to hear other people's opinions.

Google Chrome

 

[Pineapple]

It wot run the crapplet for me D=

 

[Prometheus]

Chrome is in Beta. I talked to someone who used it and it its nice but I'm going to use FF3 until we get a stable.

 

[Romek]

It wot run the crapplet for me D=

I'm using Chrome now.

It seems to be slower than Firefox for me, but I really like the general feel and look of it.

Still, I'd need to get used to it. Firefox is all customized and stuff for me

Chrome is in Beta. I talked to someone who used it and it its nice but I'm going to use FF3 until we get a stable.

I think I'll stick to Firefox too. I'm just more used to it.

Edit:
Does anyone else think that the Logo looks like a Pokeball and Samus' Morph Ball?

Spoiler

 

[sqrage]

It wot run the crapplet for me D=

Post 13-14.

Also, as I've said, it's awesome and the fastest browser I've ever used. No more Firefox here. Once adblock gets made I can uninstall FX3.

 

[Romek]

Post 13-14.

Also, as I've said, it's awesome and the fastest browser I've ever used. No more Firefox here. Once adblock gets made I can uninstall FX3.

Really? To me, FireFox is faster than Chrome. And Firefox has more 'features'.

 

[MeRcChRiS]

Really? To me, FireFox is faster than Chrome. And Firefox has more 'features'.

Thats because its still in beta.

 

[rover2341]

So far i am enjoying it.
Firefox took internet explore and streamlined the look and feel of it.
But i feel Chrome is even more.

As too is it more stable and faster, where it really counts.
Cant say i haven't used it much yet. but i read up on it. and it has a lot of cool features that Firefox doesn't.

It has features built from its core, a lot like mirco soft runs windows.
Meaning each tab is sorta its own browser. and it does a good job at containing sites, that might crash the browser or try to throw 50 pop ups on you.

But time is the test i guess.

But i was slow to move to firefox, and then loved it. i think i am gona give this a chance a bit sooner.

 

[Darthfett]

It seems that they both take a bit to start up, maybe Firefox being a little bit faster, but Chrome seems to be loading the pages faster to me.

I'm going to be using Chrome until I find some things I don't like about it. I want to support google.

BTW, you can't middle click and move the mouse around to scroll in Chrome. That's the only problem I've found with it so far.

 

[Vestras]

I really like it, though...
How do I install plugins? <-- I need it because it can't go in chat or view youtube videos. Pretty stupid.

 

[AceHart]

For the Java(tm) / Chat problem, see post #5.
Download, install, restart browser.

Good luck.

 

[Flare]

You can't view YouTube videos? I can watch them just fine
And if you want to enter chat, just open it in Firefox, or get mIRC (or some other IRC client)

Interface is a bit too minimal for my liking, but it's still pretty cool, and the Downloads bar is much nicer than a separate window

 

[AceHart]

Personal experience:

Pros
- It's fast. Really fast.
- JavaScript is amazingly fast too
- no superfluous chrome in this Chrome
- tab handling is just about perfect
- very difficult to crash the entire browser
- crashing a process doesn't do anything to the others
- nearly all sites work as expected
- uses less memory overall, especially after running for several hours

Cons:
- doesn't support http authentication. At all, no just the mentioned "with SSL"
- all imaginable plugins are already there(*), turned on by default and there's no (obvious) way to turn them OFF!
- uses Windows'(tm) Internet Settings...
- installs a boot process for update checks
- requires the latest beta(sic) for Java(tm) stuff and crapplets... Java(tm) is already a major pain with "stable" releases
- documentation? Settings and options? Are there any (besides the really basic ones that is)?

Other stuff:
- Sad Tabs(tm)? Hilarious
- the URL bar actually works, unlike FF3's latest Awful Bar(tm) which is just plain crap
- it has a problem with the spelling of "plugin"...

Official "features" list:
http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/request.py?contact_type=known_issues_2


On a related note, stuff like partial URL highlights or spell-checking or even the "site mini view" aren't new.


(*) chances are it's actually using those installed for other browsers.

 

[setari]

I DL'd chrome yesterday, it was quick to load my yahoo page, but not to good on all my other pages... so i went back to firefox for now. I do like the look and feel of it though, it's really nice.

Edit: Hah, it doesnt have the right plugin installed for Java or anything of the sort almost. =(.

 

[Wargasm]

I agree with AceHart here.
on my 64 bit vista it is lightning fast.

excellent for home use.

At work i keep sticking with opera

 

[The Helper]

Google unveils Chrome source code and Linux port

Google has officially released its new Chrome web browser. In conjunction with the release, Google has also launched Chromium, an open-source software project that enables third-party developers to study, modify, extend, and redistribute the underlying source code of the Chrome browser.

Google has made the Chrome source available under a permissive BSD license so that it can be incorporated into both open and proprietary software programs. Detailed build instructions are available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. The Linux port is still in early stages of development and is not yet fully functional.

Read more about it here.

 

[AceHart]

> very difficult to crash the entire browser

One day later... turns out it's not exactly that difficult.
Type something like "gone:%" in the Omnibar...

So, always check where the link points to before clicking it.
Something you should be doing anyway.

 

[1337Elite]

I've been running Safari, Firefox, Opera and Chrome for a while now. My personal experience tells me that: Opera is faster than FF, although the image loading process is different between these two. Chrome is faster than both Firefox and Opera. Safari is somewhere in-between.

The thing I really like in Chrome is the "empty tab" page. I think it's great, apart from the theme of it.. You can't change it either, as far as I know.:thdown:

And oh, that "simple download manager" they've got. It's useless. The first thing I did was to disable it.

I really love Opera for some reason, so that's my new browser of choice, although I switch between Chrome, FF and Opera on random. Firefox is still my default web browser, though.

 

[Husky]

Using it to post this message. Nothing stands out about it as great at this point in time, but I'm guessing once some mods are developed for it it could become a great browser. The only things that stand out right now are; there are no menu's at the top and there's a lot more "screen real estate" (in comparison to Firefox that is, it's similar to Opera in that aspect).

EDIT: I might stick with it for a couple of days, see how it goes.

 

[emjlr3]

i like how light it is

btw, wtf are my favorites?