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Google Chrome released - first impressions
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article published on 2 September, 2008
The eagerly awaited Google Chrome web browser has been released, and is now available for download. The browser includes a lot of promising features - features that have clearly been thought through rather thoroughly.
One of the most prominent new features is the new "new tab" page. Normally when you open a new tab you are presented with either your home page or an empty page. By default ... [ read the full article ]
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2. September 2008 @ 18:10 |
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using it just now- so far nice, quick and a clean interface
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Postoast
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2. September 2008 @ 18:21 |
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Not bad for starters. If it ever gets as customizable as FF or Opera then this will be a killer ap.
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2. September 2008 @ 18:38 |
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Haven't used it yet (will wait for a final release) but it looks very promising. If it has as much support from third-party plugins as Firefox it will be a decent competitor indeed.
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rayman72
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2. September 2008 @ 18:45 |
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So far so good. I agree if it gets customizable like FF and Opera it's going to be great.
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2. September 2008 @ 18:50 |
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I've just installed it and am giving it a test-run. As of right now, I am enjoying it. I keep noticing little features, which is kind of cool. I highly dislike how I can't click my mouse-scroll-wheel down and drag the page up/down; I can live with it, though.
I must say, I feel like I'm cheating on FireFox.
I'm too lazy to ponder a witty signature at the moment. ;)
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2. September 2008 @ 19:54 |
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Each tab runs in its own process, so one malfunctioning page, at worst, crashes the tab it is running in - not the whole browser.
That is a nice feature, my only worry would be that this would turn into some sort of memory leak and hog anything left of your systems memory.
However, I am sure they thought ahead while making this and made sure it wouldn't happen.
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2. September 2008 @ 20:12 |
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I just installed it and love how sleek the application is. Looks like another awesome product from Google.
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2. September 2008 @ 20:23 |
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The fine print
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"By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any content which you submit, post or display on or through, the services. This license 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."
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2. September 2008 @ 21:38 |
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The fine print
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"By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any content which you submit, post or display on or through, the services. This license 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."
Of course. I didn't even have to read that to know it. Yahoo and Google both believe they own everything you type into their "free" services. Now Google will track everything you do and everything you download. Google will make your computer a part of its search engine.
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2. September 2008 @ 21:46 |
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Ok I am going to be labled a fanboy for this but I do not care. Currently my Desktop is loaded with IE8 Beta 2, FF3, and Chrome. I have been trying to compare the three feature for feature and so far I am not "Wowed" by Chrome. I did not like FF2 and I must say FF3 is better but still not Wowed. I will admit the IE7 was very slow but I have been using IE8 beta 2 since its release and it is considerably faster and on par with FF3 and Chrome when it comes to speed. Most pages load fine in all 3 but there are still some that just work better in IE. The other browsers sometimes just don't have the support for certain pages. I know many will say that is the fault of the web page programmer/designer but these are the same people that will blame program and driver problems on Windows so I will play the game and blame it on the browser. I know some will ask for examples of these pages and I will attempt to compile a list. There aren't many so far but these are pages I visit frequently so compatibility is important to me even if it turns out that other browsers load the page a few microseconds faster.
I have done these tests using the browsers installed with no add-ins other than the typical plugins like flash and java etc...
I find that IE8 has and will have many of the features that Chrome is bragging about. Things like the private browsing mode (google calls it icognito mode), crash recovery, and recent websites and searches displayed when a new tab is open.
So maybe its the customizable features that will be the sell point but only time will tell. Its still early and I need to do a little more research before I make my final impression but my first impression is that I am not impressed.
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2. September 2008 @ 23:40 |
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Originally posted by LOCOENG:
The fine print
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"By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any content which you submit, post or display on or through, the services. This license 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."
That's why you avoid it like the plague, the same as google mail and yahoo mail.
here is another great story: UK punters scowl at webmail ad targeting
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Two in five Brits are worried that free webmail comes at the expense of privacy because firms are scanning their messages in order to serve up targeted ads.
The reg has the best coverage yet of googls leap into targeted advertising using open source that was developed to avoid these types of....
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/02/..._comic_funnies/
Google's comic capers: what they really meant to say
Google publicised its new browser Chrome with a 38-page comic book. It's a gift to satirists, and already, our inboxes are buzzing with slightly less saintly interpretations.
Here's a selection. Naturally, the altruistic nature of the operation gets a bit of a bashing:
And this one revives the memory of an ancient diplomatic incident between the Empire of Goo and El Reg:
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3. September 2008 @ 00:24 |
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ha ha i love that cartoon. good find. i use yahoo mail for my account emails at various sites... but not for personal stuff.
why did you change your name to 13thhour?
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3. September 2008 @ 02:18 |
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that is so funny. the sad thing is it is so true!
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3. September 2008 @ 08:46 |
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Funny cartoon. Google pretty much dominates every aspect of the net and is quickly approaching every aspect of your computer (office software, email, now even the browser) but everyone happily signs up and loves it.
MS decides to include a web browser with their OS (because nobody wants to browse the web right) and people are doing backflips about how MS wants to rule the world with an iron fist.
I don't like that every tab is its own process. Right now I have like 6 tabs open in my browser. Unless Chrome is way more efficient than how IE and FF handle tabs, it will destroy my system.
It will be interesting to see if google mail, office, life, etc start to have issues on other browsers but "Runs best on Chrome".
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3. September 2008 @ 09:03 |
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The fine print
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"By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any content which you submit, post or display on or through, the services. This license 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."
'Nuff said.
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noncomjd
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3. September 2008 @ 11:32 |
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Wanna bet the release date of FF4 just got pushed up?
Competition is good, this will push the technology of the browser and make them all better. Firefox while good, can still learn some things from Chrome.
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3. September 2008 @ 11:57 |
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Google Chrome? "NEIN DANKE!"
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/03/google_chrome_eula_sucks/
Add to that the general distrust of a business which wants to "offer you a more engaging, relevant computing experience targeted to your interests and tastes" and hey presto.. instant spyware installed by you.
I've just given somebody who should know better a real good slap on another site for suggesting I may be a little paranoid when it comes to people keeping and using my browsing profile to "target" services and products at me by ip or logged details.. How do they know it's me if they aren't monitoring everything I'm doing.. and how do they know it's me when I'm using this browser if it isn't invading my privacy and sending identifying data somewhere?
screw that!
What the f can firefox learn from chrome?? How to spy on you and make money by selling that data?
Don't think we will see any popup or adblock plugins for this "browser" in the near future... if ever.
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13thHouR
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3. September 2008 @ 12:12 |
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@ varnull
you could use the HOSTS file until an ad-blocker is developed.
Here is a site that teaches you how:
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
but i fully agree with your post, this spyware crap browser is best avoided. why use it when we have firefox, developed to avoid the corporate data mining and privacy issues with other browsers.
more on the data mining malware offered by google can be found here: http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/09/chrome-eliminat.html
you should think that google will do the same as what microsoft did with their windows live eula and Rupert Murdoch's myspace eula crap.
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3. September 2008 @ 12:15 |
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All things considered, i'm more than happy with FireFox.
I have no intention of having Chrome on any of my pcs.
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3. September 2008 @ 13:30 |
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peerguardian 2 for all your adblocking and ugly corporation blocking needs
it really is great i use it everyday
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lxfactor
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3. September 2008 @ 16:37 |
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its a beta.. they are trying to perfect it so they need some info to make sure it gets process correctly. nothing more =D
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3. September 2008 @ 16:45 |
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Just checked it out. Unless you have a comic-book mentality, this is a gimmicky product from a company that has already lost its appeal with too many gimmicks for those of us who enjoy comic books but need something with more maturity.
It's no surprise that some people will like Google, since most people still use Internet Explorer.
Firefox is outstanding and technically more useful than any of the other browsers, not to mention the incredible level of customizable features one can add to it.
So I'll have to leave my comic books behind and will stick to the true innovator of useful features, Mozilla's Firefox.
If you want to join the millions who have switched to Firefox and begin to enjoy the ability to truly personalize your browser with cool (and useful) custom features, check it out.
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/?from=getfirefox
For me, I find it's fun to go back and look at my comic books from time to time, but I like my big kids books better.
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3. September 2008 @ 17:16 |
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Tried Chrome, decided to stay with FireFox, Linux that is. Even if chrome igrated to Mandriva, then I'll stay with FF. my 2¢ worth.
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3. September 2008 @ 17:25 |
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Who sees a google operating system in the near future :).
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badkrma
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3. September 2008 @ 17:26 |
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Curious what they will be doing with all that private surfing and input of private information. I know they are "regulated", and I know that all of the browsers share some info in one form or another, but for the features they boast they must have to make a personal file on you somewhere... awhile back wasn't google charged or something for keeping tabs on browsing habits?..
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