Google Chrome - Does the world need another web browser!

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It will import Mozilla settings if you want it to... even if you didn't specify it on installation, just go to the wrench on the right side of the toolbar and click on the "import" option.

The stop button... yeah... they should put it on the left... an "X" button appears on the right side of the address bar while it's loading a page.

There are some net resources that don't load right... but otherwise, it's doing quite well.
 
I heard about Chrome yesterday, have yet to try it out but it seems very interesting.

About the "stop" function, hitting Esc should work.
 
bergauk
I just gotta watch what I browse as it might show up when I create a new tab.
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I believe that is what incognito mode is for.

ripping_silk
and where is the homepage button ???????
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You can add it somewhere in the options. I forget where though. Then it appears as one of the buttons to the left of the address bar.

Perfect Balance
I want a "stop" button for it. Is there a way to get on in the settings?
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There is an X to the right of the address bar. That does it.
 
niky
It will import Mozilla settings if you want it to... even if you didn't specify it on installation, just go to the wrench on the right side of the toolbar and click on the "import" option.
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na, that didn't work either.... only shows microsoft imploder as an option.
 
I've installed it yesterday at home, but I couldn't find where to activate incognito. Any help?
 
FatAssBR
I've installed it yesterday at home, but I couldn't find where to activate incognito. Any help?
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Go to the right hand side of the browser and click on the first icon and then a drop down menu appears... select open new incognito window. 👍
 
I'm scared now.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Google in the next Microsoft.

So when can it be cool to start hating on Google?

To answer the thread title: No, the world does not need another web browser.
 
ferrari_chris
I'm scared now.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Google in the next Microsoft.

So when can it be cool to start hating on Google?

To answer the thread title: No, the world does not need another web browser.
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It's cool to start hating google when you're forced to get google and nothing else.

That's what started the anti-monopoly investigations at the government against microsoft... their aggressive marketing and bundling of products was forcing consumers to buy nothing but microsoft... The way Google's going about it is through open-source work... inviting industry partners and entrepreneurs to develop stuff for their OS (Android), browser (Chrome) and Java engine (V8). They're not forcing anything on the end consumer... not yet...

Although I hate the trend started by Google Ad Sense... and the even more intrusive and memory-intensive copycats that followed that dastardly, evil form of intrusive advertising. (But hey, what am I complaining about... AdSense makes us money! :lol: )
 
Yeah, I agree, so far we are not forced to use anything from Google but once there starts being computers that will run only on some future Google OS... then we can start hating them (unless its really really good! :sly:).

Robin
 
ferrari_chris
To answer the thread title: No, the world does not need another web browser.
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Actually yes it does. Google proved that with Chrome. They have some great ideas in there. I however won't be using it until things get a bit more polished.
 
Its nice but has some issues. Like typing :% into the address line.

I'll stick with Firefox and my plugins for now, but Chrome is speedy, I'll give it that.
 
FatAssBR
^Why not? The more the better.
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As a web developer, it's time consuming enough creating testing websites in numerous browsers and versions to make sure everything looks correct. And many browsers have little nuiances that need to be catered for and even after that there are no gauarantees.

It would be a lot simpiler if there was just one browser used by all - then, when something is created you know the user will see it exactly as you've seen it in development. Like Flash.

While it's true that the inconsistencies are bought about by each browser either ignoring or interpreting differently the standards for HTML/CSS/JavaScript etc. as set out by the W3C, and it is the fault of the browser for not adhering the standard, at the end of the day the code must be worked to ensure a elegant transformation between browsers.

The web would be a nicer place if developers did not have to do this.

Google Chrome just adds another browser to the mix that needs to be tested with and catered for.
 
Google Chrome is based off of WebKit though, so if you’ve coded for Safari, you’ve already 99.9% coded for Google Chrome (I say 99.9%, because Google Chrome for whatever reason doesn’t antialias CSS rounded corners, and it doesn’t support text shadows).
 
Toronado
It troubles me when a profit-driven company uses open source.
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I suppose you could say the same for Apple because Safari is open source based..... hell, the entire Apple OS is sorta open source if you think about it... being built on Unix.

Plus these browsers are free... so no ones making any profit anyway, its all just about market share...

Robin
 
Like many have said already it is fast. But I don't like the interface, I like Firefox too much.
 
Toronado
It troubles me when a profit-driven company uses open source.
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Why? I assume you're referring to Google Chrome using WebKit. I don't see a problem with Google using WebKit... It's not like they're selling Chrome. Chrome is free, and hell, it's even open source itself. It would trouble me if Google were trying to sucker people into buying Chrome.

I don't think there's a problem with an open source app, regardless of who it's made by, using code from another open source project. That's the whole point of open source, for crying out loud!

Also, saying profit-driven company is redundant. All companies are profit-driven.
 
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Canonical is a profit-driven company and they make Ubuntu.

Anyway, does anyone know if Chrome has the auto-complete function, when typing the user name in an email or forum log on page?
 
All companies are profit-driven. If they weren't, they wouldn't exist. It takes money to write a good program. The difference with Google is that their profits come from advertising, not direct sales, which is how they can offer software like Chrome and Android for "free".

If you have to put up with the plethora of ads and the fact that your Google accounts are being profiled to assist with ad targetting, that's part of the price you pay. If you don't want to pay that price, you can always go pay for something else... of course, most good browsers are "free"... with revenues made the way Google makes it.

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Yes, it does. It imported my passwords from Mozilla.
 
Yes, it imported my passwords too, I'm talking of auto-completing my log in names. Like if I'm going to log on GTP I start typing "f" and "fatassbr" appears on a pop up under the box, so I just hit the down arrow and tab. In Chrome this doesn't happen, I have to type "fatassbr", even if it's not the first time I'm logging in with it.
 
I was all ready to pick up and move to Chrome, but they have a bit to go before they'll get me to switch over.

With that said... Firefox make a damn plug-in where everything opens to a new tab already damn it! :mad:
 
V1P3R
With that said... Firefox make a damn plug-in where everything opens to a new tab already damn it! :mad:
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Why do you need an extension when you can just scroll-click on it and do the same thing?
 
Care to explain how scroll clicking is so much more difficult than left clicking?
 
V1P3R
Care to explain scroll clicking because I'm not familiar with it... ?
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Be happy to.

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From left to right - Right mouse button, scroll wheel, left mouse button.

Push down on the scroll wheel when you are over a link to open it in a new tab. Give it a try!
 

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