Google Chrome

[Asset]

Anyone going to try this new browser yet?

[MelbourneGr]

I don't trust BETA versions. Will give it a go when it's been fully tested.

[Ondine]

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.

[SeanMacGabhann]

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

[Azul]

just tried the new chrome thing,

first page I tried to open: some dodgy sort of SAP forums web boring thing thing, it didn't work.

uninstall

[Asset]

reviews are not great that I have seen today

[ruffers]

I installed it yesterday - seems to work well, quick so far etc. Not so sure about it showing my most recent opened pages and bookmarks to anyone as they look over my shoulder though!

[Shu.Kurimu.Sensei]

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

[SeanMacGabhann]

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!

[Huguenot]

Yep, it's Google's Ts & Cs.

They claim the right to pass on all your data in it's entirety. Naughty Google. It's becoming an increasing struggle to consider they 'do no evil'.

[bon3yard]

Is that right? Back to Firefox for me then. Google are rapidly becoming a nasty little enterprise...guess thats unqualified success for you. :)

[Shu.Kurimu.Sensei]

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.

[SteveT]

Shu.Kurimu.Sensei good detective work.

[Shu.Kurimu.Sensei]

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).. :))

[giggirl]

Advice please - I need something that is going to run faster than Firefox. Anybody anything positive to say about Chrome / Opera / Safari? Speed is the key factor.

BTW - I'm frighteningly low-tech, so please don't be afraid to patronise me.

[mockney piers]

I've never found Firefox to be particularly slow, though it can get a bit memory hungry at time.

I was an opera user for some time and loved it, but firefox extensions, greasemonkey etc tend to swing it for me.

Give it a go.

[SeanMacGabhann]

Firefox seconded as being nippy compared to others

I'm starting to hear some worrying things about Chrome (security-wise) which is to be expected given it's beta status I guess

Chrome Security issues?

[Brendan]

You guys are such geeks.

...he says from the safety of his glass house

[giggirl]

Mockney - what's a Firefox greasemonkey/extension when it's at home please?

[mockney piers]

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/

[Michael Palaeologus]

Does anybody have a Babel Fish I could borrow?

[giggirl]

It's stuck in my ear and won't come out. If I can shake it loose you're welcome to it.