google chrome

imelting · September 2008

just started using it earlier today

seems pretty neat, give it a try guys

http://www.google.com/chrome

Morro · September 2008

I'm trying it out, seems alright. Decent inline spell checker, very quick, seems stable. Not the most feature-rich thing out there, but it's open-source, so it'll probably get tons of plugins within a few weeks.

Simon604 · September 2008

At first I thought it was weird that Google was releasing a browser after having provided most of Firefox's funding for the last few years (they just extended the the contract for another 3 years). But I guess Google isn't trying to compete with Firefox and Internet Explorer, but push for some innovation in the browser area.

"We owe a great debt to many open source projects, and we're committed to continuing on their path. We've used components from Apple's WebKit and Mozilla's Firefox, among others -- and in that spirit, we are making all of our code open source as well. We hope to collaborate with the entire community to help drive the web forward." http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/fresh-take-on-browser.html%29

Guess they weren't trying to release another "mainstream" web browser. It's open source so it's definitely going to get customized and developed further by the development community so I can't wait to see what Chrome looks like further down the road.

Kevin M. · September 2008

The question that should be asked is "What will Google gain from releasing Chrome?"

Google themselves spell it out if anyone bothered to read the web comic all the way through. Google exists solely (until Andriod ships anyway) on the net. It's in their best interest the technology is pushed further and that the browser is made more and more important to people's day to day activities on a computer. If most of your main trasks could be carried out in the browser, all the Windows vs OSX vs Linux arguments would be down to just games and really intesive processes like video editiing and graphic manipulation (which Adobe is trying to bring to the web right now)

It's all a way for Google to make their Gears technology a centre peice in the next generation of OS/Web technology.

CollegeDude · September 2008

I think the main difference in Chrome will be in the way it handles website content making each element into a separate process. I don't think the UI is that revolutionary, but the internal logic, the manner by which it handles instructions from a given website and then renders it on screen seems logically sound. In theory, Chrome could be faster and more stable than IE or FF, or any other browser on the market simply by how it allocates memory into different processors.

I love Firefox, but I can't help to think that we are limited by the capabilities of the browsers we use. A new approach in browser design may open up the the usability of the internet even more. Chrome may be it, just like Mosaic turned the text internet into the web, and just like the technology of Firefox helped to allow better Web 2.0 code implementation, Chrome, if different enough may just drive innovation in the right direction. And as long as it is open source, it will not hurt innovation.

I doubt it will make me stop using Firefox, but I welcome any new approach to the technology. Besides without competition we would all still be using AOL and calling it the internet.

randomuser · September 2008

Can't, not on a Windows platform

icerider · September 2008

Google has a bunch of web applications, so it makes since that they create their own browser and try to sell it by possibly having their applications integrate with the browser. Right now, Firefox is quite a bit faster than Chrome for me. Firefox also has a huge number of add-ons that'll make it really hard for me to switch over. I do like the fact that the tabs in Chrome are separate from each other.

It'll be interesting to see where Chrome is in a couple of years.

CollegeDude · September 2008

I like it better so far. Less cluttered, meaning it allows for maximum viewing of web pages. Yea...it's just better because google does everything better :D

Kevin M. · September 2008

I kinda like it too, it does everything it's supposed to do pretty easily, kinda like my iPhone ;)

But it kinda bothers me that Google is going to have even more information about my web use habits now. And with google Android coming out soon...

Morro · September 2008

They've stated that Chrome sends zero information to them, and challenged the community to go through the code to prove it to themselves.

The exception being crash info, and that's optional.

What's Google Android?

Kevin M. · September 2008

Yea but the "omnibox" (the place where you type in a domain) is a two way mirror with google. I dunno if you know this but it doubles as a google search bar and it also gives suggestions as you type, so therefore google knows what you are typing - as you type it.

Android is an open source operating system for cell phones. You will hear more about it over the next year as more and more phones are released with Android pre-loaded instead of the cellular carrier's in house operating systems.

imelting · September 2008

as much as i like chrome, i moved back to firefox, still some things i like on that that isnt available on chrome

will def give chrome another look when it moves to final release

^and android is a google cell phone platform, i believe its open source

Morro · September 2008

Kevin M.;36548 said:
Yea but the "omnibox" (the place where you type in a domain) is a two way mirror with google. I dunno if you know this but it doubles as a google search bar and it also gives suggestions as you type, so therefore google knows what you are typing - as you type it.

You can turn that off. Right-click on the omnibar, go to Edit Search Engines and uncheck the box at the bottom. After that, all suggestions will be from your history, not the 'net.

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