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Yes - I got fed up of firefox' current rash of problems so I downloaded chrome yesterday. Interesting browser - quite different to firefox and IE. It might get annoying after a while with its page of frequently visited sites - but then again I haven't played around with the settings at all yet. Definitely worth a punt.
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I'm not experiencing any Forefox problems and am (ooh surprise!) a heavy user. I will give Chrome a go when I'm at home (work is blocking it I think) but I also use Safari (I like they way it renders pages in a 'softer' fashion) and mini-Opera so I'm no loyalist
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http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/1146.html


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


It looks very promising, but for someone like me who has, and uses several thousand bookmarks, the bookmark

management is, as yet, useless, so back to Firefox, but in a year or so, Chrome could well be amazing.


For me, for now, Google has this to say:


http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/7848/55334208ze6.png

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memo at work


" new Web browser from Google has not been approved for use at the firm.


Do not download Google Chrome or install it on your computer. It is considered unauthorized software that could compromise secure data.


If you have installed the Google Chrome program on a company computer, de-install it immediately."


That's me told!

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The User Licence and terms were changed after several complaints, if you look into the story, Google claims that it used the licence for another of its products (whether this holds any water with you is a matter for you, and the conspiracy theorists to make your own mind up on).


Related article:


http://www.abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5727509&page=1


The Register will probably have something on this soon, if they haven't already.

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Ta Steve, would have posted more - in the sea of articles about Chrome, there are a few worth reading, but held back on posting more as there seems little interest here about it.


I suppose there may be more interest when iTunes 8 is launched next week (along with its super sexy, bought in visualiser).. :))

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greasemonkey is a javascript framework that allows you to manipulate pages once they are loaded and do ajax type calls to things like the flickr or google APIs.


Basically it allows amateurs out there to write scripts which you load into your firefox browser to enhance the user experience on sites. There are loads of very useful ones for flickr that I use.


Extensions are essentially add-ons you can download, again mostly written by the user community, meaning you're not dependent on, say microsoft or Opera to develop new functionality.

I've a few such as context translation, mouse gestures, dictionaries, and useful developer tools such as firebug.


Here's where you find them if you're curious

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/

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