Introducing Chrome

[Dodger]

So Google has put out a new browser, mainly to compete with Microsoft Internet Explorer.

http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-09-01-n47.html

This was just a matter of time, since it seems like the next logical step in Google's plan to take over the internet, but how do you guys think it'll do?
Can it compete with Firefox, easily the most dominant browser out right now?



beta
http://www.google.com/chrome

I think it might take a while, but if they play it right, Chrome might be a challenge to Firefox. I'm not downloading the beta, because I'm really happy with mine right now, but knowing Google's potential, Chrome might be the next big thing.

[Mr Anorexia]

I'm going to download the beta to try it out.

[monkeyboyjr]

I'm currently using Chrome. It seems faster and the tabs above the menu allows for more page to be visible. There are a few bugs that need to be worked out, but just give it a few weeks. Can not wait for new skins though. This light blue gets old.

[Mr Anorexia]

It's alright, I don't think I'll be switching over though.

It does seem faster than my Firefox, but is that because I have a ton of Ad-ons installed into Firefox?

[I_Smell]

Google Chrome will use special tabs. Instead of traditional tabs like those seen in Firefox, Chrome puts the tab buttons on the upper side of the window, not below the address bar.
Holy fucking shit.

Chrome has a privacy mode; Google says you can create an “incognito” window “and nothing that occurs in that window is ever logged on your computer.” The latest version of Internet Explorer calls this InPrivate. Google’s use-case for when you might want to use the “incognito” feature is e.g. to keep a surprise gift a secret. As far as Microsoft’s InPrivate mode is concerned, people also speculated it was a “porn mode.”

Ahahahahaha. I like their logo.

[Mr. Crow]

I always assumed that Google and Firefox pretty much worked hand-in-hand.

[Audioslave]

I just downloaded it. I'm pleased. Its skin does not fit with my desktop, though. I hope they introduce skins/add-ons.

EDIT: I lied. This thing fuckin FLIES. My internet is broadband, but not that fast, but with Chrome I could view every porn site on the internet in THIRTY SECONDS.

[ToastmasterAlpha]

Hey look it's not out for Mac OS yet. What a surprise. :ahe:
Oh well, I'll check it out once I can.

[tunacake]

Sounds cool. I think I'll wait for the real version though.

[Dauntasa]

I just got Chrome, and it's working at super-speed compared to IE. But for some reason it won't go to Newgrounds.com. It just loads the text, waits for a little while, and then tells me it can't connect to the server. Works fine on IE though.

[Audioslave]

Sounds cool. I think I'll wait for the real version though.

There's absolutely nothing wrong with it, it's just a bit sparse at the moment.

[Tweek]

Oooh goody.
Definitely downloading.

[Mr. Crow]

I'm not too fond of minimalist nature. There are like, no buttons to do anything. There's not even a button to return to the homepage, which seems like the only way to access the bookmarks which are openly displayed on the top of the homepage, instead of being a drop-down "bookmarks" button like on every other browser.

At first, it looked cool, but the streamlined nature of Chrome makes it a pain in the ass to do anything.

[Audioslave]

Agreed, but I think that'll all come in the Alpha release.

You can always just add your homepage as a bookmark.

[Hawke]

To me Chrome is going slower than the rest of my internet browsers.

[Mr. Crow]

But you can't access your bookmarks except though the homepage. The only way to get to the homepage is to create a new tab.

The tabs on top don't make much sense. There's not as much space up there as below the URL bar, it removes an easy area for putting buttons (like, say, the bookmarks button), and who the heck thought it would be a good idea to put tabs so that if you have a lot open, they're right next to the minimize, maximize, and exit button?

I'm not fond of the "most visited" area of the homepage (which also says, "After using Google Chrome for a while, you will see your most visited sites whenever you open a new tab"). I'd like to let people use my computer without getting detailed information about my daily internet routine. It gives me an uneasy feeling that Google is recording what I do, not that I'm hiding anything.

What it has going for it is that it looks nice and is fast as fuck. However, there's a pretty general layout in terms of buttons and the URL bar that every browser has, for a reason. It's more practical and what people are used to using. Google, don't try to be interesting. Just make the same general design as everybody else. Put that on top of a powerful browser, and you'll have a winner.

[Audioslave]

But you can't access your bookmarks except though the homepage. The only way to get to the homepage is to create a new tab.

naw. You can make a bookmark toolbar like in FF

[tunacake]

There's absolutely nothing wrong with it, it's just a bit sparse at the moment.

I'm checking it out now. It's alright. I've been using Safari since it came with an iTunes update, and I think I prefer that.

One thing I noticed about Chrome is that the scroll bars are much too fast with a touchpad scroller thing.

[monkeyboyjr]

But you can't access your bookmarks except though the homepage. The only way to get to the homepage is to create a new tab.

The tabs on top don't make much sense. There's not as much space up there as below the URL bar, it removes an easy area for putting buttons (like, say, the bookmarks button), and who the heck thought it would be a good idea to put tabs so that if you have a lot open, they're right next to the minimize, maximize, and exit button?

I'm not fond of the "most visited" area of the homepage (which also says, "After using Google Chrome for a while, you will see your most visited sites whenever you open a new tab"). I'd like to let people use my computer without getting detailed information about my daily internet routine. It gives me an uneasy feeling that Google is recording what I do, not that I'm hiding anything.

What it has going for it is that it looks nice and is fast as fuck. However, there's a pretty general layout in terms of buttons and the URL bar that every browser has, for a reason. It's more practical and what people are used to using. Google, don't try to be interesting. Just make the same general design as everybody else. Put that on top of a powerful browser, and you'll have a winner.

Uhmm..I have a bookmarks button. Plus they have all the other buttons condensed down to two buttons. Went to options and put my homepage button up there and it's fine. Just import all your shit from FireFox/IE.

[Tempest]

Chrome is amazing. Not only does it use a whole lot less memory than Firefox, but it's sleeker and faster. I love it, and I think it's going to be my new browser. My ONLY complaint so far is that it doesn't support clicking the middle mouse wheel to get the 4-way scroller.

[MistyTehMoose]

I am definitely going to give it a go. Google are fucking awesome, I'm sure after alpha release it'll be hugely popular.

[MistyTehMoose]

Sorry for the double post, I have been playing around with it.

But you can't access your bookmarks except though the homepage. The only way to get to the homepage is to create a new tab.

If you click on the spanner to the right of the address bar there is an option there that says 'Always show bookmarks bar'. Just click that and it's all good.

I'm not fond of the "most visited" area of the homepage (which also says, "After using Google Chrome for a while, you will see your most visited sites whenever you open a new tab"). I'd like to let people use my computer without getting detailed information about my daily internet routine. It gives me an uneasy feeling that Google is recording what I do, not that I'm hiding anything.

You can use the private box option, or just clear the data.

I am enjoying it so far. I think most of you guys are forgetting that Chrome is still in Beta, so it is going to be missing a few things for now.

[jewishjosh]

I'm not too fond of minimalist nature. There are like, no buttons to do anything.
Everything Google does is minimalist and streamlined. Google Talk, Gmail's built-in chat, all those other things that aren't available for Mac, etc. Even the search engine interface has been paired down quite a bit.

I checked out this info on Chrome (http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en-GB/features.html?hl=en-GB#) and it doesn't really have any features to set it apart from Firefox. Dragging tabs out into new windows looks cool, and incognito mode would save me the hassle of selectively deleting my history late at night:jerk:, but that's all it really offers. I'd like to try it out to see for myself if it's any faster than Firefox or not, butHey look it's not out for Mac OS yet. What a surprise. :ahe:

Whatever, doesn't even look like a Mac app. Looks very Windows. Even if I could use it, it would have to be incredibly faster to convince me to make the switch.

[Frobes]

My friend said that it went faster than Firefox, as well as being a small download. I might give it a try, seeing as it sounds like its just like Firefox.

[Seriodor]

Eh it's not all that much faster than my firefox, so the only really interesting features, I think, are that the tabs are independent of each other and you can turn websites into application shortcuts.

[Kass]

It's a bit faster than firefox, but not by much. Once there are some skins out for it I'll be happy.

[Shmuh]

Am I the only one whose installer keeps fucking up? I've downloaded it about 5 times, and each time the installer has an error.

Fucking Vista.

[Matterialize]

Gonna download it. I had a look at the little comic thing (http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/) they made explaining it all, and I like the way it works.

edit: IT'S SO PRETTY. :aaa:

[Savaril]

I'm typing this on Google Chrome.

I honestly don't see what makes this better than firefox.

[JonC]

Man, I just fucking got Chrome like, 2 minutes ago and man it flies! I used IE because I don't like Firefox all that much, but I think I might actually use Chrome now. It's soooo fucking fast.

I'm in love already.

[Riddlebox]

I'll probably download it later for a looksee, but I doubt it will be much faster than Firefox. I assume it has a decent pop-up blocker?

[OoooF4LiFe]

I would imagine it works as well as the Google Toolbar popup blocker works.


Just a hunch.

[Audioslave]

I'm currently alternating between FF because of the conveniance of my add-ons, StumbleUpon and saved passwords/banking info, and using Chrome for porn and video watchin/gettin shit DONE. I also occasionally use Songbird if I'm in a music-listenin mood, but christ that program is massive and my half-gig RAM cannot handle it.

[JonC]

Looks like its time for you to get another stick pal.

I still am loving Chrome by the way.

[Kass]

I would imagine it works as well as the Google Toolbar popup blocker works.


Just a hunch.

The way the browser itself works is the popup blocker. So it's quite different from the google toolbar popup blocker, considering it's not an added on thing.

The way it works, supposedly, is that the website is isolated within its window and popups are basically impossible.

I'm really horrible at explaining things, this is what that comic thing Matterialize posted says:
http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/images/23.jpg

[scrapz]

I like it. It's fast, sleek, minimalist. It fills up my screen with the actual web page, and not with bars and buttons (looks awesome on a 22" wide screen).

I don't spend that much time looking at the actual browser, so I don't care for skins or buttons anyway. But it's the same as me not liking themes or complicated desktops. I'm boring like that.

The whole separate process for each tab thing is what sold me.

Also, it seems the spellcheck doesn't work right.

Also, all the shortcut keys are carried over from Firefox - which is good, because I make heavy use of them. Even less reason for buttons.

[Derelict]

My god, this shit is fucking fast. Everything loads instantly. I'm definitely switching from Firefox to this. I wonder what they'll add to the full program...

[Gudizere]

Loving it, the minimalist look is perfect for me and it can only get better when they move out of beta. Easily my new browser.

[10Fps]

Fantastically fast, bonus features are good too. There are all sorts of hidden features like redirecting all your browsing trough a proxy which im sure will lead to practical jokes soon. But also things like "Malicious software that tracks your keystrokes in exchange for free smileys" warning on the incognito page make me laugh.

Edit: It didn't get my rss feeds and the middle mouse button doesn't work when pressed, but there my only complaints. Also the spell check doesn't work too well ether.

I wont be swapping until there is a stumble upon add-on for it :P

[Audioslave]

Ok, it's starting to get a bit glitchy.

It keeps telling me that Explosm is unresponsive, and my scrollbar is acting possessed. I'm so afraid.

[Spastic]

It's still beta though, don't let glitches and bugs ruin your opinion of it. I will be getting this again when the full release candidate comes out, as it is pretty bareboned right now.

[Christoffason]

Agreed, but I think that'll all come in the Alpha release.

You can always just add your homepage as a bookmark.

Beta comes after Alpha in a test process, so I don't think you'd want to be downloading the Alpha, you'll be looking for the master version.
(I don't think any Alpha version would be available anyway but just incase someone found it and thought it was a good idea - DONT!)

[Shadowpriest]

I guess nobody really read the EULA.

Sorry to break the news to those of you that didn't know but, this is the main reason I don't plan on getting it.

"11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights that you already hold in Content that you submit, post or display on or through the Services. By submitting, posting or displaying the content, you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free and non-exclusive licence to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content that you submit, post or display on or through the Services. This licence is for the sole purpose of enabling Google to display, distribute and promote the Services and may be revoked for certain Services as defined in the Additional Terms of those Services."

[abbey]

I'm using it right now, and while I like the pretty orange box around the text field I'm typing in, my Firefox is just as fast. I'm not seeing any major benefits to Chrome for now, so I think I'll stick to Mozilla.

[CharlieH]

It's certainly not hogging as much RAM as firefox, thats for sure.

[Lissa]

One bonus to Chrome is that it opens up 5x faster than Firefox for me, but that's probably due to the add ons. But still, it opens up instantly for me. Also the orange box is :heya:.

[SODA]

I won't be switching any time soon because it has no ad-block equivalent, yet...

[Derelict]

The beta is a bit frightening at times. It likes to scroll itself at random times and I'm starting to think it's haunted with the crushed dreams of the people working at Google.

[Chriz]

I'm loving Chrome for its Sandboxie technology, simple and straight to the point. Firefox was the same concept whenever it was first released, then we went crazy with all the add-ons bloating our browsing capabilities in the name of 'safety'

Google Chrome does have a MAC version, and a Linux version to whomever was wondering earlier.

[ilovebrownies]

Google Chrome does have a MAC version, and a Linux version.

Those haven't been released yet though. And none of the addons for Firefox are mandatory, so bloating your browser is entirely optional.

[lostos]

I still prefer firefox; chrome browser apart from being minimalistic, simple and lighter has nothing new compared to firefox, on the contrary, firefox has more options and can expand its functionality with add-ons. And there is Sandboxie and CCleaner for full (unless remotely monitored -e.g. by your ISP) privacy and security.

[OoooF4LiFe]

Yeah. Firefox is complete and already has add-ons, while chrome is a beta project and doesn't have any options. Clearly Firefox is superior.










http://forums.explosm.net/image2.php?u=23785&dateline=1206875741

[Rob]

I liked Firefox back when it was the simple, non-intensive version of IE. Now with 3.0 it's actually running about as slow as IE. Perfect time to switch.

Chrome is fast as hell, I love it.

[SODA]

I liked Firefox back when it was the simple, non-intensive version of IE. Now with 3.0 it's actually running about as slow as IE. Perfect time to switch.

Chrome is fast as hell, I love it.

Not really sure where you get that considering FireFox 3 was the fastest thing until chrome came out. FireFox 3 was faster than 2. Chrome is a whole lotta hype for something that doesn't even support add-ons yet, I'm not saying it isn't the future, but it isn't there yet.

[Rob]

Firefox 2 was fast and pretty stable. Firefox 3 hangs whenever I start it. Maybe it's just me.

[SODA]

Firefox 2 was fast and pretty stable. Firefox 3 hangs whenever I start it. Maybe it's just me.

It could depend on a number of things, like number of add-on, which, if any, they are, or even hard drive fragmentation. I have never had any problems but I only run adblock plus, ietab and fire bug. Also if you are using the latest build, but I think you probably are.

[Rob]

This was on XP, on a freshly reformatted computer with no add-ons yet. Firefox is just dodgy in general. Lots of weird memory leaks.

[SODA]

This was on XP, on a freshly reformatted computer with no add-ons yet. Firefox is just dodgy in general. Lots of weird memory leaks.

Well since Chrome is open source, hopefully firefox will use some of their code to improve it for the next version. I think that is was google wants anyway. They way chrome deals with memory leaks is really cool, essentially each tab is a new process and any leaks on that page are gone when you close the tab, not when you close the browser.

[CaptJeeves]

I downloaded it as soon as I saw it on the Google homepage. I have been using it for the past day and it does seem pretty quick. For example, MySpace loads faster than it does on IE for me. Also, as many have mentioned there are a few glitches. It seems to just stop working occasionally for me. It usually just goes really slow then freezes and I have to restart the browser. And I also have been having a problem with trying to go on Hotmail. If anyone else has Hotmail they I'm wondering if they got the same message as I did when they first signed on? It said like you should upgrade your browser for much better performances and as it says it runs slowly. Again it is a BETA so when they get the majority of the glitches when it finally releases it will be a nice browser. I will probably use it frequently.

[tunacake]

Nobody else noticed the hyper speed scrolling I take it.

[Audioslave]

I guess nobody really read the EULA.

Sorry to break the news to those of you that didn't know but, this is the main reason I don't plan on getting it.

"11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights that you already hold in Content that you submit, post or display on or through the Services. By submitting, posting or displaying the content, you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free and non-exclusive licence to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content that you submit, post or display on or through the Services. This licence is for the sole purpose of enabling Google to display, distribute and promote the Services and may be revoked for certain Services as defined in the Additional Terms of those Services."

Uh...I could be wrong, but that could just be for the search feature. I suspect you'll find a similar disclaimer on Google search.

EDIT: No, actually, you were right. But it's been addressed. Not only will it be changed, but the changes will be retroactive (so any content they use that conflicts with the terms they release soon will be against their own regulations.)

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080903-google-on-chrome-eula-controversy-our-bad-well-change-it.html

[Tempest]

My Chrome has not shown any nasty ghost glitches yet, it still works perfect, and I just noticed something fucking amazing.

Chrome changes it so that EVERY text field on EVERY website is expandable in the lower right corner. Fuck yeah.

[OoooF4LiFe]

Yeah, I just realized that too.

My only gripe is the middle mouse-button 4-way scroll isn't there. But it'll happen eventually, I'm not too worried. I can only hope that they also make up a mouse-gestures that rivals IE's. Then as far as I'm concerned that can just make this the final product.


And control-click on bookmarks opens them in new tabs, for those of you that are use to IE's little "open in new window" button.

[scrapz]

You know, watching the developer commentary, they're priding themselves on Chrome being as fast and lightweight as possible.

It's entirely possible they're not going to put support in for addons, it just adds bloat. Especially things like ad blockers, because... you know... Google gets a decent percentage out of ads, so they wouldn't want to prevent that (ie: their own product blocking their own ads)

[Desert]

I like the fact that when you 'ctrl+f' stuff, it shows the words by a line on the scroll bar. It's hard to explain; just try it.

[Matterialize]

I like the fact that when you 'ctrl+f' stuff, it shows the words by a line on the scroll bar. It's hard to explain; just try it.

Chrome changes it so that EVERY text field on EVERY website is expandable in the lower right corner. Fuck yeah.

Holy shit, that's awesome. They're not even important features and it's awesome.
Although it isn't EVERY text field. I can't expand the Title box when making a new post, for example. And I think the same goes for passwords n shite. But you don't need to expand those anyway, so it's cool.


e: This thing limits animated .gif framerate like IE does.


e2: Whoa, look what happened to the vBulletin edit box. (http://img258.imageshack.us/my.php?image=votenowgk3.jpg) It says "vote now" where it should say "save". :ahe:

e3: Tried editing again, I can't reproduce that. Says "save" again like it should.

[I_Smell]

Firefox updated recently and it's really screwed up. Sites don't sign me in automatically anymore and the drop-down menu from the Address Bar is crazy. If I type in L, it gives me a list of sites with the letter L in the middle, instead of sites that start with L. Who thought that was a good idea?

The beta is a bit frightening at times. It likes to scroll itself at random times and I'm starting to think it's haunted with the crushed dreams of the people working at Google.

Why would anyone at Google have crushed dreams?

[Shmuh]

GODDAMMIT WHY WON'T IT FUCKING INSTALL.

[Beefynick]

I had the same problem with installing it. It just did not want to install. Eventually after retrying constantly it installed.

I do not really like it. I think it has potential, but right now there are just too many bugs. It was unable to import any of my bookmarks or anything of that nature. For me I found that pages actually loaded slower than on firefox.

I would try it again once it was an alpha release, but the beta is not doing it for me.

[Mr Anorexia]

This runs way faster than Firefox, and it doesn't crash constantly like Firefox. I think I might stick with it.

[Tweek]

Firefox updated recently and it's really screwed up. Sites don't sign me in automatically anymore and the drop-down menu from the Address Bar is crazy. If I type in L, it gives me a list of sites with the letter L in the middle, instead of sites that start with L. Who thought that was a good idea?



Why would anyone at Google have crushed dreams?
It gets better once you start going to more sites and it recognises what you really want.
In a way it is more convenient - if I wanted this thread, for example, all I'd have to type in is 'chrome' and it would show on the list.

I think I might give Chrome another chance after reading this thread. At least with the final version, anyway.

[SODA]

e2: Whoa, look what happened to the vBulletin edit box. (http://img258.imageshack.us/my.php?image=votenowgk3.jpg) It says "vote now" where it should say "save". :ahe:



Subliminal coding :O

If they really do refuse to allow add-on's and/or an adblocker this browser wont gain any marketshare.

[Matterialize]

I do not really like it. Too many bugs.
...
it's a beta version
it is a BETA
the beta
just a beta version
the beta is not doing it for me.

Argh.

[Hawke]

I'm starting to get used to it, only because my firefox fucked up and isn't working. I really love the fact that it has those 'recently browsed' sites right when you open the site, so I don't have to type in a website I'll go to write away or search for it on the scroll down...speaking of that, where the fuck is the scroll down!?Am I just retarded, or does the little arrow you click to see all the websites you recently went to down in the address bar really not there? That's gay.

[Derelict]

Firefox updated recently and it's really screwed up. Sites don't sign me in automatically anymore and the drop-down menu from the Address Bar is crazy. If I type in L, it gives me a list of sites with the letter L in the middle, instead of sites that start with L. Who thought that was a good idea?



Why would anyone at Google have crushed dreams?

I bet they all get paid shit wages and that the CEO is some tyrannical monster who uses child labor.

[Beefynick]

...


Argh.



I would try it again once it was an alpha release, but the beta is not doing it for me.


I realize that it is a beta. That is why I said I would try it again when it is an alpha release, it is just too buggy for me as a beta release.

[SODA]

I realize that it is a beta. That is why I said I would try it again when it is an alpha release, it is just too buggy for me as a beta release.

Alpha comes before beta...

[Beefynick]

Yeah, but they are almost guaranteed to update it again with bug fixes before it is a release candidate. Once that happens I would be more than happy to try it again.

[CaptJeeves]

After reading what Tempest said about the expandable texts fields I went on a mission to every site I could think of to test it out. Oddly enough when I go to Google, you can't expand that one or YouTube. It's still a cool little feature.

Thanks for sharing it!

[Tempest]

Oh my god what have I done!

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/tempestdevil/textfield.png

[scrapz]

That option would only work for multiline text fields, so it makes sense that it wouldn't work for things like search bars, password fields, etc.

The difference being, pressing enter on a multiline text field adds in a newline. Doing so on a singleline field submits it.

[CaptJeeves]

Ahh, I didn't even think about that. That's a good reason why it wouldn't be featured with every text field. All in all, it's a nifty feature.

[Lissa]

I bet they all get paid shit wages and that the CEO is some tyrannical monster who uses child labor.

I went to the Google office nearby and fuck is it cool. When you go into the actual office, there's cool squishy chairs and a big wall mounted TV with a model of the earth (probably Google earth) spinning. There's a computer to print your guest name tag and about 6 smaller monitors on the other side of the wall that updates the most recent searches people have searched in Google which is amazing.

There's also room for just chilling with a 360, Wii, PS3, Guitar Hero, Rockband big TV and couch and the decorating is all IKEA-esque and looks nice. They believe in "both play and work for efficiency" or something like that.

Near that room is probably their presentation/meeting room/kitchen which has a few large tables with bowls of snacks and candy in them in the center of each table and free Google pens. If I remember right there's also a fridge and whatnot. There is a podium with 2 overhead flat screen TVs for displaying the presenters slideshow or whatever. I also saw a toy lightsaber in there.

Attached is the spa and massage place, and also their actual work and computer area. Every other desk station has a 30" monitor and shit, and the others have small whiteboards instead of computers on them I think. There's also a little section where they have all the latest devices from other companies that developers can just take to study and stuff.

There's also a gallery of all the different 'Googles' (Like how on Halloween or how the 'Google' on google.com gets all spooky and shit) which is sweet. As far as I know Google pays very well and they get thousands of applicants every day, though very few get in. Working at Google would be fucking boss.

[jewishjosh]

It's entirely possible they're not going to put support in for addons, it just adds bloat.

I may be wrong, but I recall reading somewhere that they were going to make it open-source, so I'd be very surprised if they didn't allow addons.

[OoooF4LiFe]

Considering they take good things and make them great, I would be shocked if they didn't allow add-ons.

Actually, I'd be surprised if they didn't make a few themselves.

[scrapz]

I may be wrong, but I recall reading somewhere that they were going to make it open-source, so I'd be very surprised if they didn't allow addons.

Having it open source doesn't mean they'll explicitly allow addons, it just means that someone, somewhere, will do it themselves.

My main reason for thinking they won't do addons, is because they're designing a browser for the new generation of web content. While your standard webpage will work in Chrome, it's not their main focus. I'm pretty sure they're trying to steer clear of the Just Another Browser tag.

[OoooF4LiFe]

That would be quite a bit of work for just a shell, especially since the most of the work is already done.

Plus it's got their name on it. Why allow add-ons at all, when you can just make them right. Half of the user-made ones will be shit.

[Chriz]

GODDAMMIT WHY WON'T IT FUCKING INSTALL.

I had the same problem, and a few others I read, due to many problems, but I think its all down to the actual installer. If you install it piece by piece manually, it worked for me. It should be located in,

C:\Documents and Settings\Profile\Local Settings\Application Data\Google

Try the main installer under the update folder, that is how I got past the installer package without the ChromeGears going "WBAHHAHAH" on me.

[JonC]

I did noticed it acted a bit weird with flash-related things. But thats a minimal thing with it, havent had any other problems.

[Mirrorman]

Wow, using it right now and it is actually faster and overall nicer.

[gagins]

I'm using chrome right now. It's pretty sweet. Fast and pretty to look at, only complaint is I'm not used to my tabs being on the very top.

[BKS]

Posting this on Chrome. A friend told me about this earlier today and I was a bit skeptical, but now that I'm using it, it's most certainly interesting. It will take time.

[opn4bzns]

I like it. It's very polished for a beta, and the minimalist design and use of Aero look great. I do miss AdBlock, but I'm not holding my breath for a Chrome version, given that Google own half the ads on the internet.

[qqquigley]

I can't wait for it to come out for mac. Then I'll download it immediatly and try it out for myself. Looks great though. I've never seen a web browser (and I've tried plenty!), that doesn't actually crash the entire freaking thing, when one tab goes out of line. Also, looks cool how each new tab shows your most visited sites and stuff like that. Super cool.

Yeah, Firefox is great, but so many of the add-ons are just trying to compete with each other. It's so hard to find like the best add-ons. I hope they find a better way to find the best skins/add-ons/themes.
Admit it. A few decades from now, Google will OWN the INTERNET.

[BKS]

I dislike the fast scrolling, and the lack of a bookmarks toolbar. Aside from that, it's great.

[Benjaman]

I dislike the fast scrolling, and the lack of a bookmarks toolbar. Aside from that, it's great.

There is a bookmarks toolbar. :confused:

[Ercoledi]

It does what I tell it to do, and looks fairly good. There's no real reason for me to switch over from Firefox, except for Incognito Mode.

Here's something that annoyed me about it, though. (http://gizmodo.com/5046344/google-chrome-fatal-flaw-discovered-will-destroy-lives-dignities)

[takesoffhat]

You can pause your history really easily, so your porn doesn't show up on your homepage thing. It runs way slower for games though, but if they fixed that I'd definitely use it instead of firefox, the design is really easy to use.

[mohaas05]

Google already kinda supports firefox, so i'd assume these two projects would meet somewhere possibly.

[scrapz]

There is a bookmarks toolbar. :confused:

Yeah, I can seem to toggle it using Ctrl-B

[Derelict]

I don't even type webaddresses into the address bar anymore, I just use my bookmarks toolbar because I only visit five or six sites. Chrome is working wonderfully so far.

[SODA]

Firefox 3 is awesome for browsing porn, you just type "po" in the address bar and all the porn sites I visit drop down for easy clicking.

[opn4bzns]

Firefox 3 is awesome for browsing porn, you just type "po" in the address bar and all the porn sites I visit drop down for easy clicking.

This isn't so great for people who share computers but don't wish to share their horse porn, however.

[Kevosk]

Oh my god!! Porn loads so fast!! This shit is SO badass, it is unbelievable. I mean, I was using IE 7 beforehand and that probably has something to do with it, but daaaaaamn. I love the simple interface.

[Tempest]

The only other feature I've been able to find that I don't like is that gifs are very slow, as in Internet Explorer 6. Other than that, it has worked absolutely perfect for me.

[scrapz]

Try typing some of these into the address bar

about:network
about:memory
about:plugins
about:version
about:stats
about:histograms
about:dns
about:cache
about:internets
about:crash

[TheHighwaySong]

I just downloaded it on my school-issued laptop. It's ridiculously faster than Firefox, at least from what I've seen. The only cons I've seen so far is that the scrollbar will get stuck sometimes, and youtube videos seem to pause 2 seconds into a video, but I'm sure this will all be fixed.

[10Fps]

Try typing some of these into the address bar
about:internets


I laughed out loud.

Damn I would swap to this on this computer if I could carry on stumbling, as firefox seems to have slowed up at the moment.

[Ikin]

I'm using it right now. It's pretty fast, but not especially faster than Firefox. I find the limit on gif annoying. Also, I can't get sound to work. :indiff:

EDIT: Never mind about the sound.

[TheHighwaySong]

Does anyone else have problems with youtube? I haven't seen anyone else mention it.

[Hawke]

Yeah, every once and a while on this browser the youtube video will load like a quarter of the way, play for like 3 seconds but with no sound, and then just stop.

[whangadude]

Downloaded it a couple days ago and I'm loving it. Had been using IE7 but I'm not gonna go back. So so so fast. Clearly incognito mode was made with porn in mind. Cant wait for the full version though, cos there are a few minor faults but i'm sure that'll be sorted out.

[Mirrorman]

Yeah, every once and a while on this browser the youtube video will load like a quarter of the way, play for like 3 seconds but with no sound, and then just stop.

I had this problem with firefox yesterday too, I wouldn't say it's a chrome problem.

[TheHighwaySong]

Nah it is, cause for a while I'd load the same videos on Firefox and they'd play just fine when they wouldn't play on Chrome. Sometimes the videos will work though.

[Mirrorman]

Nah it is, cause for a while I'd load the same videos on Firefox and they'd play just fine when they wouldn't play on Chrome. Sometimes the videos will work though.

I just said I had the same problem yesterday with fireforx, so it can happen with firefox too, therefore it is not a chrome only problem.

[ductapeinnovations]

I have a Mac, but I was able to use Chrome on a PC once. The computer it was on had a virus for years, but Chrome launches instantly and is really fast. Firefox & IE on the same computer take at least tree or four minutes to launch.

P.S. If you are on a Mac and want to try Chrome use Code Weavers Cross Over Chromium (http://www.codeweavers.com/services/ports/chromium/)

It is not very good to use for a main browser, but shows you some of Chrome's cool features.

[TheHighwaySong]

Typing the first three letters of a site, or even just one letter, and having it bring up your most likely choice is really cool. I find my self typing "F" then Enter into the address bar to come on here.

[paraskeet]

Wow. Chrome is now officially my new browser. The only that needs some getting used to is my tabs being above the address bar. But I think once they get add-ons, I'll enjoy it more.

Oh and HOLY SHIT CHROME IS FAST.

[TheAwesome]

It loads 10x faster than IE 8 and 3x faster than Firefox 3.

Also, Google doesn't want Chrome to take over the Internet... Mozilla Firefox is owned by Google Incorporated... If they really wanted Google Chrome to be the next big hit, they'd take down Firefox.

[Tempest]

Google does not own Firefox. It is owned by the Mozilla Corporation, which is in turn owned by the Mozilla Foundation, a non-profit company. :indiff: Mozilla has an exclusive deal with Google, in which Google is the official search engine for their browser, but that is all.

[asda653]

I've been getting the youtube problem too, but not just with youtube.

[Pencil]

The Explosm frontpage messes up when I open it in Chrome. It's the only page it seems to have trouble with, though. I like the design, a lot of webpage and minimal interface. It's quite fast too. Not bad, not bad.

Oh, and youtube is screwing up, too. So it's a bit buggy, but not too bad for a beta.

[Raxo]

I love this browser it's nice and fast and great when I only need to use it for short periods of time.

The only problem I have is that Facebook comes out looking like a mess sometimes but it's nothing too serious.

They need to add a stumble bar to this.

[CharlieH]

The hell is a stumble bar?

Also, how many people are still using this as there primary browser?

I got fed up of it about the same time as my brother borrowed my laptop and finds xHamster Free Porn Videos on my last browsed pages, with no way of getting rid of it. :mad:

Also, from someone who spends as much time on Youtube as I do, the constant crashes were infuriating.

[Pencil]

After thorough testing (using it for a week), my conclusion is that it's a very unstable browser. It's fast and pretty, though.

[Dodger]

I'm still using it as my main one, but sometimes I do have to bring up Firefox.

Either to play some videos that Chrome won't play, or to download shit (I hate Chrome's downloading thing), or If I typing a lot because Chrome doesn't have an Undo button.

I don't think I'll switch completely back to Firefox though, because it takes so much memory to run and I like to have a lot of shit running at once.

[TheHighwaySong]

Same for me, I only bring it up when Chrome is being gay about videos or when I need something from IsoHunt. It won't let me set it up as my default browser in my house laptop though. Any reason why that could be? C+Ping links from AIM gets annoying.

[Mustache]

I tried for a few days. But I seem to be the only person that didn't notice it was "faster." What am I missing here? It seemed to be no more faster than Firefox, so I switched back.

[deicide]

It looks good but I'm on gentoo and am still waiting for it to become available.

[evicted]

I only used chrome once, but it didn't seem much different than IE. Then I downloaded safari on my PC and load times magically disappeared, and all of my internet problems were solved

[Casalen]

Thanks for telling us. This thread was definitely waiting for you.

[VerminScum]

Safari is pretty cool though.

[LaughBoo]

FF is still the way to go though.

[BKS]

Bumping for technical questions. Anyone know why it won't play audio?

[opn4bzns]

It does. Opening an mp3 with it does this for me:
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/3933/captureyn.png

[Veagan]

For who ever said something about changing the classic blue theme of Google chrome:
You can go into options(under the little wrench in top left corner)
Then go to "Personal Stuff"
Once there you can go to the bottom and choose "Get Themes"

OR: https://tools.google.com/chrome/intl/en/themes/index.html

[Savaril]

Recently, I've been experiencing a lot of problems with Firefox (random freezing, incredibly slow, etc) so I've switched over to Chrome for now. I don't like it. It's working much more smoothly than Firefox, but I absolutely hate the interface with a passion. I tried switching themes but they're literally just the same theme re-skinned. The "new tab" page scares me and the only real advantage it has over Firefox is speed and the amount of memory it uses up.

[opn4bzns]

Firefox looks like shit by default too, though.

[Metalhead636]

I love the Chrome interface, I can't stand the others.

[BmphP]

Um the google chrome interface is the best one.

[JohnDoe]

Recently, I've been experiencing a lot of problems with Firefox (random freezing, incredibly slow, etc) so I've switched over to Chrome for now. I don't like it. It's working much more smoothly than Firefox, but I absolutely hate the interface with a passion. I tried switching themes but they're literally just the same theme re-skinned. The "new tab" page scares me and the only real advantage it has over Firefox is speed and the amount of memory it uses up.

I used to feel the same way about the interface when I first switched over to it. But now I love it. Firefox feels so bulky compared to chrome now.

[Veagan]

I used to feel the same way about the interface when I first switched over to it. But now I love it. Firefox feels so bulky compared to chrome now.

Chrome just makes thing feel smooth, and Firefox is indeed bulky now.
Plus, Google chrome starts up in 2 seconds for me, while Firefox takes 10 flat.

[opn4bzns]

That's probably because you use it more often and so it's cached at a greater priority by your os, but Chrome is a bit faster to start.

[John Travolta]

FF 4 LYFE

[Tweek]

Chrome is lightweight and cool but it started having problems (I don't remember what exactly) and I was too impatient to wait for Google to fix it so I switched back to old reliable firefox.

[captainkewl69]

Chrome is to slow for my computer thats why i use safari, sure i have a windows XP but thats okay.

[opn4bzns]

Chrome and Safari use the same rendering engine so there shouldn't be much difference.

[IronWire]

I love Chrome. Dragging and dropping windows is awesome, not very useful but it looks badass. It has a very smooth look to it, in my opinion looks more modern then the other interfaces.

I've also tried Safari but it wasn't really up my alley.

[Hats of!]

I've used Chrome quite a while now. It's really nice. Once you've gotten used to it, it feels fairly natural.

[Metalhead636]

The main attraction to me for Chrome is the Google search in the URL box. Moving three inches to the right is too tiresome for me.

[Fruitality]

I tried switching back to firefox a few days ago, but I'm addicted to the search/address bar and the 'most used sites' homepage in chrome. I know firefox has similar things in add-ons, but they're just not the same.

[LandMarkMoon]

I tried switching back to firefox a few days ago, but I'm addicted to the search/address bar and the 'most used sites' homepage in chrome. I know firefox has similar things in add-ons, but they're just not the same.

It sucks when my main page has porn recommended as one of my popular sites, but then again that's what incognito mode is there for.