Google Chrome just launched (Google's browser)

[BustedS13]

Google Chrome - Download a new browser (http://www.google.com/chrome?open)

downloading it now. google has yet to disappoint for me. THIS IS BETA, THOUGH, SO DON'T EXPECT IT TO BE A MIRACLE APP JUST YET.

and i can already tell you i won't be switching from firefox anytime soon, as, obviously, nobody has made an AdBlock Plus extension for Chrome.

edit: using it now. lots of page real estate, and this thing is blazing fast. it's ugly as fuck, though.

[kouki_s14]

i was just reading about it and just about to post, you bastard beat me to it lol

[DreamN]

using it and so far I like it.

[LongGrain]

nothing for macs yet.

we'll see

[atom]

It's kinda like what opera used to be, fast as hell but uglayyyyy. Hope they don't bloat it up like opera............

[kouki_s14]

ok first annoying thing so far
when it is full screen, my taskbar does not come back on top

[SimpleSexy180]

thats a cool pokeball.

[BustedS13]

nothing for macs yet.

we'll see

it's hard to find left-handed scissors, too, but the scissor industry just keeps moving along :)

ok first annoying thing so far
when it is full screen, my taskbar does not come back on top

right click task bar, "keep on top of other applications" or whatever. it works fine for me... you on xp or vista?

[kouki_s14]

right click task bar, "keep on top of other applications" or whatever. it works fine for me... you on xp or vista?

Already had that on, I'm on Vista. Works fine without the autohide option on, but when it's on and hides it won't come back.

[luftrofl]

Using it now. I like it more than Firefox and Opera.

[LongGrain]

it's hard to find left-handed scissors, too, but the scissor industry just keeps moving along :)



right click task bar, "keep on top of other applications" or whatever. it works fine for me... you on xp or vista?

well its in the works, you can even suscribe and they give you updates on how the progress is going.

i LOVED opera for my old PC, but it didnt run so hot on my mac so i stuck with safari, i'll try this one when it comes out, from google it cant be bad.

never been a mozilla fan though

[1ZlowZ]

Now I cant browse my porn sites because it'll be on the most visited website thing... :(

[Om1kron]

Google Chrome - Download a new browser (http://www.google.com/chrome?open)

downloading it now. google has yet to disappoint for me. THIS IS BETA, THOUGH, SO DON'T EXPECT IT TO BE A MIRACLE APP JUST YET.

and i can already tell you i won't be switching from firefox anytime soon, as, obviously, nobody has made an AdBlock Plus extension for Chrome.

edit: using it now. lots of page real estate, and this thing is blazing fast. it's ugly as fuck, though.

There is no main option to go into your bookmarks and organize them, import wisely.

the click wheel scroll option doesn't work, neither do directional scroll functions, neither do back and forward mouse buttons work (my biggest gripe)

other than that it seems cool. It highlights misspelled text, but it doesn't list correction options when you right click it just like in firefox.

[Matej]

Google is monopolizing my life!

[SimpleS14]

Trying it now and it is noticeably fast. I will wait and see if it will flourish into a strong competitor to Firefox.

[silviaguy240]

yea, a bit faster but a bit to plane, seems like one of those extra windows that pops up when you click on a picture.

[murda-c]

doesn't work on my xp.

maybe it's cuz i'm using service pack 1.

[shade]

Damn it, beat me to it. I deleted my thread about it. Awesome stuff though.

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

[lflkajfj12123]

posting from it now

shit is blazing fast

and that pokeball is killer

[s14>integra]

Wow, it is pretty fast. It might just be me but i like the skin.

[BustedS13]

doesn't work on my xp.

maybe it's cuz i'm using service pack 1.

that'd do it :) i need to reformat here soon, not because anything's fucking up, but it just... FEELS like i should.. i can't really describe it, but once every year or so, it's just time.

yea, a bit faster but a bit to plane, seems like one of those extra windows that pops up when you click on a picture.

i like how simple it looks, but the problem is that it really is that simple. it needs extensions, a home button, click scrolling as mentioned in this thread, and a few other things. plus, like i said in post one, it's just ugly looking.

posting from it now

shit is blazing fast

and that pokeball is killer

Trying it now and it is noticeably fast. I will wait and see if it will flourish into a strong competitor to Firefox.

so everybody is definitely noticing how fast this thing is, right?

all in all, i like it. but i won't be switching until they refine it substantially. and google makes their money on advertising... not so sure we'll be seeing an adblock for it anytime soon >.<

you know what'd be a great space saver? dump the scroll bars on the top and side. who needs them.

[1ZlowZ]

Believe it or not theres people with ancient mouses with no scrolling ball thingy.

[urmyhero4now]

i work at google and do security for the developing team on chrome here as well as many other developing teams. Im sure they would love to hear your guys honest input on the program. Im going to forward this info. keep it coming.

[SimpleS14]

Believe it or not theres people with ancient mouses with no scrolling ball thingy.

Perhaps it should have an "auto-hide" feature...if that is possible.

[S14DB]

WTF no Linux or Mac? They use Linux internally but don't release shit for it. All the good shit is all windows. Makes you wonder about their open source commitment.

[kouki_s14]

i like how simple it looks, but the problem is that it really is that simple. it needs extensions, a home button, click scrolling as mentioned in this thread, and a few other things. plus, like i said in post one, it's just ugly looking.



There is a home button

Click on the wrench-options-basics, then check the "show home button on toolbar"

[chibo]

No linux, no care.

I'll be sticking with Opera.

[Mr. Camshaft]

Now I cant browse my porn sites because it'll be on the most visited website thing... :(

There's an Incognito mode that doesn't save history. :wackit:

[origin_s135]

i'm using this right now. i can't believe how fast browsing is on this. it's better than mozilla at the moment. i'll be using this for awhile if it doesn't fuck up.

[Gnnr]

Bleh, their toolbar sux. Firefox works great for me. If it ain't broke don't fix it.

[chibo]

i'm using this right now. i can't believe how fast browsing is on this. it's better than mozilla at the moment. i'll be using this for awhile if it doesn't fuck up.

You can get firefox/opera running as quickly with a few tweaks.

[xkamikazestormx]

wow this thing is fast. ill be using this for a while until i get bored of it

[SochBAT]

Tried it right now, not too much of a fan. My Firefox runs a bit faster, and scrolling is flawless compared to Chrome's choppy scrolling.

No Linux support = FAILTOWN.

But Opera on Linux is the tits!

Part of me wants to go back to Hardy Heron and ditch Ibex

[S14Josh]

Been using it all day, I really like it.

[chibo]

Tried it right now, not too much of a fan. My Firefox runs a bit faster, and scrolling is flawless compared to Chrome's choppy scrolling.

No Linux support = FAILTOWN.

But Opera on Linux is the tits!

Part of me wants to go back to Hardy Heron and ditch Ibex
Is it just me or does Zilvia suddenly look like shit in linux? Fonts look like ass now.

[axiomatik]

There's an Incognito mode that doesn't save history. :wackit:

I was reading this article about Chrome:

Hands-on with Chrome: Google's browser shines (mostly) (http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080902-hands-on-with-chrome-googles-browser-shines-mostly.html)

I like their idea for indicating that you are in Incognito mode:
http://media.arstechnica.com/news.media/ceiling_browse.png

[S14DB]

Is it just me or does Zilvia suddenly look like shit in linux? Fonts look like ass now.

Update your font packs.

[Andrew @ 240sxMotoring]

You'll never get me off Netscape Navigator 4.08!!

[LeftNutOfGowd]

I just downloaded it and used it for about a hour I'm still 50/50 on it you cant mess with the original FIREFOX

[SochBAT]

Is it just me or does Zilvia suddenly look like shit in linux? Fonts look like ass now.

Yea, i was there too. Already updated, looks just as it was.

Do you guys ever mess with Compiz?

[zeroskater1028]

Ive had it for about a day I think. Its cool and pretty fast compared to my IE but needs a bettertoolbar. Good thing its just the beta. Going to keep messing around with it. Just found out about the incogneto mode lol

[origin_s135]

You can get firefox/opera running as quickly with a few tweaks.

yeah i have the tweak. the only thing about the chrome on my cpu is that it dowloads realllllly slow when i get stuff of off rapidshare, but when i'm on mozilla it's all gravy. so now i'm using mozilla mainly. but i go to sites really fast on the chrome, faster than mozilla with the tweaks. the chrome needs more work, it's missing a lot of things to make it a better/competitive browser compared to others that has been in the game a long time; it has potential.

[!Zar!]

I'm cool with it.

Definitely installing it on my other computers.

Too bad this shit doesn't save when you close tabs like firefox.

Or as far as I know so far.

[DreamN]

^ I think it has that option. because when I was using it even though I closed the browser it still remembered a lot of the sites I visited when in thumbnail view.

[!Zar!]

Mmm.

I'll look into it.

Another thing that sucks about this is that I have my start menu at the top of my screen and it's on auto hide.

Shit won't let me access my start menu with my mouse without minimizing or what not.

[Shokinem]

its fast as hell using it in school

[Gnnr]

You can get firefox/opera running as quickly with a few tweaks.

Tweaks? Link?

[Avante]

did you know you can drag and drop tabs like a window?

lets say you wanted to open a link in a tab, but you accidentally opened it as a new window, just click and drag to the main window and it will be integrated into it!

thats pretty neat.

also, each tab is independent, meaning that if one tab fails, and freezes, its only that tab, not the whole browser.

..i have high hopes.

[origin_s135]

Tweaks? Link?

google it.
mozilla firefox tweaks - Google Search (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=w0e&q=mozilla+firefox+tweaks&btnG=Search)

[Jordn]

I'm cool with it.

Definitely installing it on my other computers.

Too bad this shit doesn't save when you close tabs like firefox.

Or as far as I know so far.

Same, with my bar on autohide at the bottom. That and Fotki's java plug-in doesn't work with it means its going in the bin until full release.

[JRas]

I tried it out didn't like it

it reminds me of the new internet explorer, which is already lame

I must say I'm disappointed from Google

I will continue to use Firefox 3

[xkamikazestormx]

dam i didnt know about the firefox tweak. ive been using that shit slow this whole time.

i like the google one too but now i like FF better. ill keep using FF probably until google comes out with an official one