Google Chrome - I am in your browser, threading your processes.

[Spamz0r]

I love being able to execute javascript in the javascript console :P

try "alert('hello world');"


sooooooooo coool

[VippiN]

Originally Posted by Darkness'

Just type the search phrase into the address bar...

And about the Gmail thing and the rest of the functions?

[scumm]

Originally Posted by MagiAthena

The way Chrome is doing it is like IE7 in that the Tabs keep on getting smaller and smaller which makes them hard to navigate. Where as Firefox puts a arrow on each end and a drop down menu to navigate the Tabs and keeps them to a standard like size. I have found that I really only like Chrome, as long as I only have between 6-8 tabs open at one time within the one window.

Wow, I didn't realise this. When I use Firefox for long periods of time, I usually end up with around 20 tabs open, sometimes even 30. I just opened 20 tabs in Chrome and, my god, it's a very tight squeeze.

Hopefully Google'll fix this though.

[dreamcaster]

Been using it for a couple of hours now, seems to work very well & snappy to boot. Would be nice if I could import my bookmarks from opera, other than that minor complaint i'm very happy with the beta so far.

[gameboy1971]

wtf is that about? same for me. i even had the courtesy to write to them to say it happened.

Originally Posted by psychedelic

Haha yes, I have the same problem, mainly with Firefox (which crashes every time when you go to the site).

[Bullseye81]

Such a contrast using a browser without adblock. Didn't realise OCAU frontpage had become such a flashing mess

[Darkness']

Originally Posted by VippiN

And about the Gmail thing and the rest of the functions?

Heh, sorry dunno. Don't use google toolbar for anything other than searching. There is no native Gmail link/button in chrome?

[spludgey]

Originally Posted by Bullseye81

Such a contrast using a browser without adblock. Didn't realise OCAU frontpage had become such a flashing mess

That's why I only used it for about five minutes. But hopefully it won't be too long till someone fixes this.

[DiGiTaL MoNkEY]

Originally Posted by VippiN

Google Chrome is missing Google toolbar and you can't install it for Chrome.

Back to IE until they get Google Toolbar for Google Chrome.

Jeez, you'd think it pretty obvious.

hehe, personally i can't stand any toolbars from google nor yahoo.

[Spamz0r]

If this is what google can do (for a beta) for the browser market... I'd love to see what they can do for the OS market

[NSanity]

Been using it for most of the morning.

Its sooo damned blisteringly fast - i honestly don't care about ad's anymore (that and I browse with IE at work).

Needs a Java plugin - but everything I've tested it with (including in-house web apps) its lightyears faster than any other browser in-terms of getting a usable page up and running.

Stupid JS/Flash heavy pages like news.com.au, theage.com.au, afl.com.au - all snappy as well.

Minimal (read:not really noticable) frame layout errors across multiple forum sites (IPB, VBulletin, PHPBB) as well.

I guess the only real concerns is the typical Google EULA...

Originally Posted by Google Chrome EULA

]11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. 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.

11.2 You agree that this license includes a right for Google to make such Content available to other companies, organizations or individuals with whom Google has relationships for the provision of syndicated services, and to use such Content in connection with the provision of those services.

11.3 You understand that Google, in performing the required technical steps to provide the Services to our users, may (a) transmit or distribute your Content over various public networks and in various media; and (b) make such changes to your Content as are necessary to conform and adapt that Content to the technical requirements of connecting networks, devices, services or media. You agree that this license shall permit Google to take these actions.

11.4 You confirm and warrant to Google that you have all the rights, power and authority necessary to grant the above license.

That said...

This is already happening every time you type something into Google anyway.

I also dare say that they can't snap SSL connections (otherwise it defeats the purpose of SSL).

Finally they would be heavily wrapped around various countries privacy act finger, meaning they can't actually cough up stuff like your cc number etc...

[elvis]

Originally Posted by Elyzion

But safari uses the webkit framework. I'm not sure if the gayness of styling form elements is a problem of webkit or safari because i dont know if any other browsers use webkit since i only deal with IE/Opera/Firefox/Safari.

Oh right, I thought you were talking about the security issues and other higher-level crappiness of Safari.

In the very short amount of time I dealt with Safari, I didn't have any glaring problems with it (ditto for Konqueror on KDE/Linux, which uses similar guts). But then again, I wouldn't have called my use of it "complete testing" by any stretch of the imagination.

Webkit itself is getting a lot of attention from folks for offline html/xml rendering (things like help page rendering in applications, and other things). There's plenty of people outside of Google and Apple using it, which is always a good thing for the future of a core package (both for internal development as well as external awareness).

[stmok]

New browser? => Well, the more the merrier!

Its open source => OK.

Its under BSD license => That's very liberal. So MS, Apple, Mozilla, etc can take the code without giving back? Nice. Would be funny if IE9 or IE10 is based on Chrome.

No Adblock, NoScript capability => Damn.

Multi-platform (Windows now, Apple/Linux come later) => That's good! I like this!

The one thing that has annoyed me with Firefox under Linux, is when you have Adobe's Flash installed. It causes issues and high CPU usage. If Chrome doesn't have this problem AND if someone adds a NoScript and Ad Block capability, I'm sold...And maybe Download Helper.

Interesting about its security features...Uses sandboxing (similar to IE7's Protected mode) and principle of least privilege (for plug-ins like Flash, etc).

Maybe try it out later on XP in a virtual machine...

[Elyzion]

Originally Posted by elvis

Oh right, I thought you were talking about the security issues and other higher-level crappiness of Safari.

In the very short amount of time I dealt with Safari, I didn't have any glaring problems with it (ditto for Konqueror on KDE/Linux, which uses similar guts). But then again, I wouldn't have called my use of it "complete testing" by any stretch of the imagination.

Webkit itself is getting a lot of attention from folks for offline html/xml rendering (things like help page rendering in applications, and other things). There's plenty of people outside of Google and Apple using it, which is always a good thing for the future of a core package (both for internal development as well as external awareness).

I personally hate safari with a passion when it comes to web development.

So i just saw the task manager in Chrome, Awesome! It's definitly a feature Opera and Firefox and even IE need. IE did have a step forward with the window being its own process so if it crashed it didn't restart explorer and every other window like IE6 does. But Chrome have had a huge leap with a task manager.

[MR CHILLED]

Chrome ready for download.... http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/googl...121278690.html

Looking forward to giving it a go tonight!