Google Chrome: Google's New Web Browser Available!!

[stinkynuts]

Wow, I just downloaded it and love it! Pages load very quickly, and I love the clean, minimalistic look and functionality that follows Google's philosophy. I've already changed it to my default browser!

http://www.google.com/chrome

 

[Nickelodeon]

I'm not in love with it yet, but would appreciate other TERB members' views. Should we move this to the tech area of the Board?

 

[danmand]

When I look at terb forums with Chrome, and try to click on
forum tools, I don't get the usual drop down menu.

 

[aviator57]

Wow, I just downloaded it and love it! Pages load very quickly, and I love the clean, minimalistic look and functionality that follows Google's philosophy. I've already changed it to my default browser!

http://www.google.com/chrome

It;s extremly fast! Anyway it must be improvd! I'm talking about plugins!

 

[jaykraus242]

I just downloaded it. Seems pretty good. Gotta love those googlers.

 

[jughead]

Thinking about it, Does it block pop ups?

 

[stinkynuts]

Thinking about it, Does it block pop ups?

Yep. It's also very easy to import your bookmarks and saved passwords from other browsers. Very clean and efficient.

 

[stinkynuts]

This is a clip explaining its features, from the developers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGmO7Oximw8

Stability and blazing speed!

 

[gabeti]

Thinking about it, Does it block pop ups?

Yes, it does! It rocks.

 

[RayFinkel]

It's faster than Firefox.

10 Features of Google Chrome
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=Xlh8gSF_hhE&feature=user

 

[stinkynuts]

Unlike other browsers, each tab is a separate session. In other words, if the website in one tab crashes, you don't need to restart the whole browser, you can just close that tab and continue. I found this to be one of the most annoying occurrences while surfing.

 

[Berlin]

Tempting... but see asn's post above, or J's thread in the tech section. Not small concern in my opinion.

FF gets the job done so far , I'll wait for more input from others .

 

[Amadeus44]

Google Chrome has a hell of history for a new browser...
Got all my Firefox history imported...
Nice thing but not lots of add-ins. I like Mouse Gestures, RSS feeds (do not even display properly), etc.
Very quick. Like the Anonymizer browser that is not going to show in history.
Hate the preview of sites you visited, fortunately when you clear the history (one day at a time, must be a better way to do this: where history is saved exactly?)
If web site loaded anonymous mode, then your wife is not going to find those pictures of nice ladies in thumbnail next time you open Chrome to show her that great web site you just found, then quickly close Chrome because you inadvertently open a porn site in a normal window yesterday...
This browser have great potential though.

 

[WoodPeckr]

It's faster than Firefox.

Opera is faster than FF, more secure and less intrusive than Chrome.
I'll pass on Chrome for now because anything you do on their browser belongs to them.

Plus I agree with asn, in post #11.

 

[Amadeus44]

Got Chrome crashed on me within 5 minutes.
Multiple windows open, Terb open on anonymous window, trying to load a video VEOH-like, another regular Window showing the prowess of new Google Chrome in Youtube, looks it was trying so fast to load that both videos eventually bring my machine to death. Not ready for prime, but I maintain this is a good start.
I should give another try to Opera one of these days.
I found Safari installed on my computer after installing one of those iPod Apple store utility (don't remember when I agree to have Safari installed but it was installed anyways...)
I found Safari also very quick to launch and easy to navigate. As Chrome, not very versatile in extra tools...

 

[smiley1437]

The Chrome browser is open source, which means the code is available for anyone to read through and look for back doors if they wanted to.

If Google was using Chrome to record your browsing habits and send that info back to their databases, it would be discovered and reported pretty quickly.

The thing is, if you currently use Google to search they ALREADY know pretty much everything they need to about you; they don't need any back-channels in their new browser to get that info and the negative publicity probably wouldn't be worth it to them, considering how much they espouse their 'Don't Be Evil' motto.

Bottom line? If you are that paranoid about Google, you should definitely uninstall Google Toolbar and also stop using Google to search.

 

[Amadeus44]

I am not paranoid about Google but about a browser iconizing things that any person can see each time I open a new tab (showing the web pages I visited recently in PICTURES 2 inches by 2 inches to be absolutely sure everybody recognize the content at 5 meters radius... Now, making sure opening Chrome in incognito mode prevents that, so it is just a matter of habit.
The default mode for install is not to send data to Google about browsing habits. But option is offered to share this info to make browser better. I value that but I will pass.

 

[emacs]

I'll pass on Chrome for now because anything you do on their browser belongs to them

not really http://www.pcworld.com/businesscent...hrome_license_agreement_after_objections.html

 

[mmouse]

Check out the performance of Chrome compared to other browsers:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10030888-92.html

This will really make a difference on rich (i.e. javascript intensive) sites, and Chrome may well be the only browser capable of handling future sites when developers take full advantage of it.

 

[stinkynuts]

Google in your life:

http://ifyouseesomething.net/2008/09/03/google-releases-new-chrome-browser/