Posted on 09/02/2008 12:06:01 PM PDT by Ron Jeremy
Heartily recommend it.
I read the “comic book” on it yesterday. It’s an intriguing idea. Where do you get it?
I don’t trust Google.
I am trying it as of this moment, and it does seem to be fast, secure, and crash-resistant.
I will wait for it to be thoroughly scrutinized for “spy ware”-like function. I know there is some of that everywhere but I soooo do not trust Google.
I’d like to hear more info from the computer gurus here at the Freep first.
trying it here, but I’m missing a few things. Where’s adblock? firebug? flashblock?
I’d like to hear more info from the computer gurus here at the Freep first.
Sounds good, as long as they don’t track what you do.
;)
I like firefox a LOT but I’m always willing to look at the new models.
It also spams the windows task manager with 10 instances of chrome.exe (in my case with 8 tabs open).
Thread bookmarked for reading thoroughly after FR computer nerds weigh in.
Thanks for the post.
Yep. bttt
I’m hoping its not loaded with tracking stuff.
Its fast though. Blazing fast. Two to three times faster than firefox fast. Displays complex pages in a second or less. Some that take firefox 3 seconds to properly process.
I just d/l’ed and installed it after I got pinged to this thread.
First website I went to was Hotpads.com, a housing listing site with a google maps mashup.
Chrome instantly crashed trying to zoom in on a google map screen.
LOL.
oops.
Am I missing something?
A see absolutely no download link on that page.
350,000+ page faults in under 5 minutes, and it’s grinding my single core AMD San Diego 2200+ CPU to death.
If you are using a supported OS, you should see a download button at the top right. If not, you will see a Sign Up Now button to sign up for a notification when it is available.
Looks like Google Chrome links directly into the windows XP HOSTS file, so with a good hosts manager adblock is not necessary.
Flashblock would be nice. No option inside Chrome for anything similar.
Overview of Chrome:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10029974-2.html
I heard that the latest Internet Explorer allows you to block Google ad tracking. Google is offended, and out they come with this browser.
True?
Executive Summary:
It is a new browser that has been designed with a view towards modern web applications rather than just web browsing. It's biggest features seem to be around isolating web applications from each other and from any sensitive data you may have on your computer (i.e. security and robustness are priorities). It also features some technology to make Javascript run much faster than in other browsers. This will make some Web Applications, like for example GMail, noticeably snappier.
It's very much not a release quality product yet, so unless you have a reason to use it or just want to play around with it, you can safely sit back and wait to see how it develops.
Those are extensions specific to Firefox. Chrome is built on Webkit, which is the base Apple uses for Safari.
Bump for later.
The "For Windows Vista/XP" box is not clickable.
No clickable links other than "Learn more" and the usual support links at the bottom.
I found online reports that Google has scrubbed evidence of a download site for its upcoming Chrome browser from its cache
Odd.
The download link still works for me. Do you have aggressive internet security software running? (Norton Internet Security?)
The Chrome browser still feels like a very early beta.
Not really. I'm at work and if there was to be any blockage, they'd block the whole URL as they do with others.
It's gonna take a lot to get me off Firefox anyway. I just wanted to have a look at it (slow day). Guess I'll try it at home.
Screw Google in all its forms. They actively participate in invasive technologies. They take sides in political processes. They cater to Chicom. This corporatization of the internet has got to stop. They won’t be happy until they control 100% of what you can see and download on the internet.
I guarantee that this browser will be given faster rendering speed than its competitors to Google’s index and will be used to promote Google’s new push advertising including voice ads, ads instead of rings for their VOIP phone services, and convenient “listen to this ad while you download this update / file/ whatever .”
If there was a social networking / internet experience product that actually respected people’s privacy, didn’t sell their information every chance they got and didn’t report to the credit reporting agencies... it would make billions.
Read Later
Ummm... Google is in the advertising business (the search functions are just to get you to their page to view the ads, kinda like music on the radio is to keep you listening between commercial breaks), so it would NOT be in their best interest to include those programs.
Not true according to all published accounts. They’ve been working on this for over a year and it has a like feature called InCognito.
Good to hear. Any word on whether Google has installed any tracking crap in it?
I do NOT load Google apps.
JoMa
Maybe they pulled it for some reason. I installed it here, played around with it for a few minutes, and then switched back to Firefox.
You don't have to worry about all that, they were replaced with a key logger instead. ;-)
I haven’t seen any yet, and I’m not gonna’ d/l-install it till I do. That is my recommendation. :)
Google has integrity issues, imo.
Not sure why you are having problems. Can you try going to this page to accept the EULA and start the download?
If that doesn't work, here is a more direct link to the installer.
Since it's open source, I would imagine that these features will be added by someone. I wonder if there would be any interest in a browser designed for Free Republic. I would like to have a button that would take me to the FR comments page of an article I'm reading...
LOL, and they can make sure it's you with their satellite looking down from above with 9.75 inch resolution.
BTW, they demonstrated their browser by looking for Obama's book on Amazon.com.
bttt
Safari has a "content blocker" similar to adblock (just not as convenient). Safari, Opera, and IE have their versions of Firebug. I haven't seen Flashblock anywhere besides Firefox, but the multi-process thing makes it less of an issue.
Google exists primarily to deliver advertisements to your computer screen.
They can keep their browser for now.
* Ping *
Screw Google = Scroogle
i use this firefox extension for my search functions. Google without the junk.
I can’t make it download; nothing appears in the Download box on Firefox. Maybe the competition is sabotaging it. ;-)
I don't either.
That’s a feature that makes the entire browser crash resistant. Instead of all instances of Chrome crashing on an error, only that tab crashes.
That’s what they say anyway. I’m not using it yet. I’ll wait a while. Firefox is good enough for me now.
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