Google Chrome - Review

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Google Chrome - Review

posted on Tuesday, September 02, 2008 12:49 PM

Seeing how I haven't installed any beta software lately (yeah right), I figured I jump in with everyone else on the net and see what's up with Google's new entry in the browser market. If you haven't heard about Chrome yet, then just do a Google Search on it and you'll have plenty to read for the foreseeable future. The install was small 468k so the download was fast and the install took about 15 seconds so in well under a minute I went from "click" to "play". Not too shabby. So, if you too are interested in giving a new browser a shot, here are a few cool features that stick out

One box for everything

Web search. Web history. Address bar. Suggestions as you type. One unified box serves all your browsing needs.

My Take: This is VERY cool. Ever hated having to enter search terms in a separate edit box in the browser? Not any more, all the features are integrated into the single address/search/history/etc bar.

New Tab Page

Every time you open a new tab, you'll see a visual sampling of your most visited sites, most used search engines, and recently bookmarked pages and closed tabs. Other browsers

My Take: Been there, done that with IE8 and never really found a use for it although some might. There doesn't seem to be a way to configure this on or off but hopefully some day there will be an "about:blank" option for the new tab page.

Application Shortcuts

Use web apps without opening your browser. Application shortcuts can directly load your favorite online apps.

My Take: This feature has been available in FireFox for some time so nothing earth shattering here.

Dynamic Tabs

You can drag tabs out of the browser to create new windows, gather multiple tabs into one window or arrange your tabs however you wish -- quickly and easily.

My Take: This is pretty cool. There have been times I've wanted to re-organize my 30-tab browser session into a couple of windows and this would be a very easy way to do it.

Crash Control

Every tab you're using is run independently in the browser, so if one app crashes it won't take anything else down.

My Take: Not sure how I feel about this one. Each tab runs it's own process and already I've got 4 processes going each at about 30MB or memory usage. How is this going to scale for the 30+tab user. I like the crash protection but splitting windows up across process boundaries might be a better option unless they can reduce the memory footprint on each tab process.

Incognito Mode

Don't want pages you visit to show up in your web history? Choose incognito mode for private browsing.

My Take: This feature ROCKS! Ever worried about clicking on that link that your co-worked forwarded to you? Worry no longer, with Incognito mode, pages viewed will not appear in the browser history and they won't leave any other traces. Not that I would need that feature though...

Safe Browsing

Google Chrome warns you if you're about to visit a suspected phishing, malware or otherwise unsafe website.

My Take: Again, this is in all the other mainstream browsers out there so it's par for the course.

Instant Bookmarks

Want to bookmark a web page? Just click the star icon at the left edge of the address bar and you're done.

My Take: This will likely save the speed-bookmarker some time, but since I rarely create bookmarks I'm not sure how it will impact my day to day experience.

Importing settings

When you switch to Google Chrome, you can pick up where you left off with all the bookmarks and passwords from your existing browser.

My Take: Again, par for the course. They needed to do this to get folks to use it.

Simpler Downloads

No intrusive download manager; you see your download's status at the bottom of your current window.

My Take: This is another one that is awesome in my opinion. I HATE the downloads window with a passion so this will likely be a nice feature to avoid that extra popup hitting me in the face every time I download a file.

Developer Tools

Included in the menus, are the developer options of "View Source", "Debug Javascript", "Javascript console", and "Task Manager".

My Take: Since they wrote their own Javascript engine for this release, they better darn well have a Javascript debugger in there. The Task Manager (Shift+ESC) is a nice little feature that will show you the memory usage for each component in the Chrome environment (windows, tabs, plugins, etc). If you are big into stats, then check out the "about:memory" shortcut where you can get all the memory details of each of the tasks. With all this, it still falls way short of the WebDeveloper plugin for FireFox. Until more debugging tools come into play, it'll be hard to pry me from FireFox.

Configuration

The browser was built with simplicity in mind and there are only a very small set of configuration options to worry about.

My Take: In the configuration window there are 3 tabs with only a handful of settings total such as proxy server settings, search engine defaults, password preferences, and download locations. I say AMEN to this one as I find it hard to believe anyone needs all gazillion settings that are in IE and FireFox.

Final Thoughts

The best features by far are the Incognito Mode, Single Address/Search/History bar, and the new download manager. Oh, and it's pretty snappy to boot. But, to get me to switch full-time, there'll have to be some more developer tool integration. But, keep in mind that this is a beta project so I have high hopes that FireFox will finally have met it's match. Oh, and as an added benefit, DevCentral works GREAT in Chrome!

-Joe

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Feedback

9/2/2008 1:01 PM
		The browser is a good concept, but a little shaky. Some of the fonts rendered are not clear, making it unusable. The rest of the sites which load fine look good. The browser seems fast, and it a sure firefox killer. http://www.techielife.com/google-chrome-initial-review-and-comments/browsers/aditya/2008-09-02/
Aditya

9/2/2008 1:08 PM
		Speed is the key feature for me and this one is built for that. The big question is whether as they add more and more to it if performance will take second stage to features. Only time will tell, but I am pretty happy with it given it's a first release beta. Great review of your own BTW.
Joe Pruitt

9/2/2008 1:44 PM
		"We are so, so happy with Google Chrome," mumbled Mozilla CEO John Lilly through gritted teeth. "That most of our income is from Google has no bearing on me making this statement." - http://notnews.today.com/?p=57
David Gerard

9/2/2008 1:56 PM
		Chrome seems alright so far. however, for some reason It won't let me scroll up using the touch pad on my laptop....... Which it annoying to say the least.
Here-s Jonny

9/2/2008 2:20 PM
		David, I read that as well and thought to myself the same thing. How could this not have an effect on FireFox and Mozilla is the question to answer. John Lily said he wasn't worried about future funding becoming an issue - yeah right.
Joe Pruitt

9/2/2008 2:21 PM
		Here-s Jonny, that's odd. My Dell Latitude D630 doesn't seem to have any problems. Does mouse wheel scrolling work for you?
Joe Pruitt

9/2/2008 4:17 PM
		looking forward to Chrome for efficiency's sake... plus Google tends to roll out really well-tested software, so it shouldn't be half bad in any case
media boy

9/2/2008 4:20 PM
		media boy, Have you checked it out? Seems very stable for beta software. Until it gets the plugin support of Firefox, FF should be safe. I think Opera is the first one to go. We'll see how FF can adapt to keep an edge. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/2/2008 7:04 PM
		There is a way to disable the default new tab page. Make "about:blank" your home page and tell it to open that every time. There are also some hidden "about" pages: about:memory about:stats about:plugins Found these with some lucky guesses.
paulmon

9/2/2008 10:19 PM
		paulmon, sweet! Thanks! I'll have to dig up all the about: commands in FF and see if what works. BTW, has anyone found an easter egg yet? -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/3/2008 12:11 AM
		A tad disappointed with their beta release... lots of issues from regular websites viewing... from facebook apps not working properly (e.g. friends for sale, unable to buy) to java not working properly (fancybox and clones, works on first click, second click gets you no where), poor flash performance (interactive charts a choppy). Of course all the above work great in FF and IE. I see this becoming a web development nightmare in having to dealing with more web browser that behaves differently even though they claim to be standard compliant. I question the lack of options chrome offers... I miss having my cache cleared automatically for me upon exit or all the neat add-ons (but give it time for add-ons)... As with the rest of Google apps, this will stay in Beta stages for years to come... I do love the multi-layer approach to loading webpages as it makes some pages load much faster. I just don’t see the flash or java support being up there... unless they all have to be tweaked for chrome? Why don't they just jump in bed (deeper) with FF and combine the two to make one heck of a browser?... for now I'm sticking with FF and IE...
Tester

9/3/2008 12:37 AM
		Is there any Mozilla feedback on Google Chrome ? I wonder if those have tried to do something together or if this is just a marketing issue. In 6 month/1 year, Google Chrome may be part of Firefox... Tom
tom

9/3/2008 1:19 AM
		On the whole, I like Chrome. However, there are basically two things that will stop me from switching to it completely at the moment. 1) I use FF and drag-to-go is a great feature that I use daily, for every link I open. It's simply too much hassle to right-click, and go to click on open in a new tab. 2) I only played around with Chrome for a little while, but when it imported my bookmarks from FF, it didn't import my RSS feeds. And once in Chrome I saw no way of adding these feeds as a bookmark. Maybe I just didn't want to look to hard for it, I don't know. These 2 issues are pretty much deal breakers for me, as my entire internet involvement pretty much revolves around these two features. I had issue #1 with FF3 when I first downloaded it, so I uninstalled and went back to the previous version until a compatible add-on was released. However, I'm sure as add-ons start being made for Chrome, my "problems" will be fixed and at that time I will gladly switch.
dmh

9/3/2008 1:43 AM
		up to now after 8 hours of heavy testing the result is more than disappointing: 1. Memory eater - don't open more than 10 tabs 2. Uncostumizable (did somebody found how to protect my passwords?) 3. Was created for web applications and not for surfing - agree 100 % Probably the philosophy is to provide functions through the applications selves, but back in the future people still surfing. The logic applied by Google is totally opposite of that of Flock for example. As everything created by Google totally missing on functionality, expecting feedback from customers and than upgrading.In this case if you don't want to be test mice wait around 6 years and it will be usable.
kiki

9/3/2008 2:03 AM
		At last a simple and fast browser that sidesteps crash issues and offers everything I needed...would be nice to have skins and more browser options. Obviously needs some further development but a very good starting point.
Rasa Rasika

9/3/2008 2:16 AM
		I never bother with beta or the first version of anything, unless I just want to have fun checking something out with low expectations
InsideHoops.com

9/3/2008 2:18 AM
		Excelent browser until now, almost perfect... FF really made my computer unstable and it consumed memory like there was no limits to it, Opera crashed every 5 minutes, Safari was pretty cool but excessive and IE is not really an option (too many holes) but chrome only used the necessary memory, and as for performance as exceded my expectations @tester flash worked perfectly for me, what kind of pc are you using? I suggest you report that problem to google @dmh, "drag to go" worked for me in chrome... just drag the link to where you want to open your page as for rss I don't know, as I don't use rss @kiki, I have 15 tabs openned with no problem, Chrome's 150MB vs FF's 400MB, chrome gets 1MB for the smallest processes and the worst was 50MB (this works for you too Joe), it all depends of what are you browsing I agree with the password problem, that's why I never save them on any browser (but this should be reported to google) Anyway... a google's beta works better than any Microsoft's final I've ever seen... Dropped IE years ago, only tried Opera and hated it, dropped FF after version 2, and now I drop Safari... Chrome rules by the way... I'm a web developer and already tested this with my own made sites with better performance than any-other browsers
ivo

9/3/2008 2:24 AM
		just found out that you have a link to the about:stats in the bottom of Chrome's taskmanager... so it is not really hidden
Ivo

9/3/2008 3:01 AM
		Here;s Johnny, thank you. I'm not the only one with the problem. Google chrome's AWESOME! It works seamlessly on my Vista laptop and is more faster and visually pleasing than Firefox 3. Hopefully they will have the add-on and extension program as well. The only problem I have is that like Johnny, I can scroll down but not up on my touchpad, and that's annoying. Another cool feature would be if they could make a google Suite, like put Google Earth and Google Sketchup with Google Chrome, in one big package, so you wouldn't need 3 different applications. It would be in one window.
Josh Reed

9/3/2008 3:11 AM
		It is good but it will surely decrese businesses of Google search engine itself as now you dont need to search if your now first few alphabet of a site link. I'll give 10 for its speed.
Rahul

9/3/2008 4:44 AM
		Chrome seems to be a bit buggy, just enter :% to the URL box of Chrome and see it crash completely. Not only the selected tab So far for: http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/images/10.jpg :P Proxy settings are taken from Internet Explorer, which is clever because it will support all the proxy Group Policy options of Internet Explorer. Making this the second browser you can actually install in a company network. Why Firefox never added support for GPO's is beyond me. (I asked the authors of Firefox serveral times) One thing I find strange is that it installs in the User Profile (On Vista C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\, XP it's in Document and settings).
Jack

9/3/2008 5:09 AM
		1) Open Internet Explorer 2) Download Google Chorme 3) Install Chrome 4) Open Chrome 5) You Forget Internet Explorer Solomon said, "Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth..." (Ecclesiastes 12:1) PS. I am posting this using Chrome
sac max

9/3/2008 5:17 AM
		I tried it for 2 minutes. 2 Whole minutes because despite the help pages to the contrary it didn't use the default browser for importing settings and bookmarks nor even give you the option to select anything other than Internet explorer. Rather a poor start
Ian

9/3/2008 5:32 AM
		Did my own little test vs Safari running in windows and even though it says that it imports all bookmarks and passwords and cookies i have had to add them manually... also ran a 9 tab test and safari loaded quicker but chrome was more accurate...
Sam

9/3/2008 5:39 AM
		I was quite excited to install Google Chrome as soon as it was available for public download. However, I am bit disappointed after few hours of use. I agree that Chrome is light weight and fast. I could open more than 30 tabs and still working fine. What disappointed me most is, it crashed after few minutes of use. See this Google chrome reviews to find more about the Google chrome crash report - http://www.indiastudychannel.com/resources/35865-Google-chrome-reviews.aspx
Kichu

9/3/2008 5:45 AM
		Great for a grade 6 project Microsoft is thinking that the joker is back. Look guys if you want to spend your life playing around with this toy then be my guest. This game has no sides but google is looking for people just like you.
Sue

9/3/2008 6:03 AM
		I downloaded Chrome and just a few minutes after testing it out, I decided to jump ship and make it my default browser. The sheer simplicity, speed, and ease of use is just too attractive. To most people complaining about it, remember this is the first beta release and as expected there will be flaws. But I have high expectations for this thing, and hope it will be much better than it already is. Ian and Sam, I had no problems importing my settings and bookmarks from my default browser, that is Firefox. Even the keyword shortcuts I saved in Firefox were also imported and work in Chrome. The annoying thing is I can't seem to find a way to create new keyword shortcuts in it.
razie

9/3/2008 6:48 AM
		I find it strange so many crash reports... I'm using chrome to post this message, it has been running for 6 hours now with no crashes. @jack... tried % on the url bar... no crash... got a few result from google on "%", this issue of your's might be related to regional settings
Ivo

9/3/2008 7:05 AM
		@Ivo chrome will crash if you type ":%"
Leon

9/3/2008 7:54 AM
		Tester, I was a bit surprised that they didn't go the route of building a better FF but it could be that FF is too long gone and they really wanted something without all the baggage to start with. The lack of plugins is a bummer but this thing is only one day old so give it time. I'm sure the java and flash support will be there soon enough - how else will you watch your YouTube videos B-). -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/3/2008 7:56 AM
		Tom, I believe Google has funded part of FF but this is going to be a tricky issue between the two companies as Google is essentially taking FF head on. I highly doubt Chrome will be integrated into FF, most likely it will be the other way around. Only time will tell... -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/3/2008 8:00 AM
		dmh, give it time. I'm sure more drag and drop features as well as RSS integration are going to be added, they are too big of a mainstream feature to omit. All in all, I think the team did a great job on a first beta release. I'll be excited to see what features are added next. If I were you I'd send an email to the chromium-dev mailing list to add your requests in. http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-dev -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/3/2008 8:02 AM
		kiki, #1, agreed, but then again it's just beta 1. #2 by design: simple and sweet. #3 Not sure I totally agree with you on the issue of test mice. I've been using it fairly exclusively since I downloaded it and have found few things that don't work for me. Maybe I'm not the typical web user, but there definitely is an audience. -Joe (aka, Mr. Test Mouse)
Joe Pruitt

9/3/2008 8:03 AM
		Rasa Rasika, I'm right with you on the simplicity and stability focus. plugins and customization will come soon I'm sure but I'm excited to see what's next. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/3/2008 8:04 AM
		Absolutely right.... I typed ":%" and it crashed instantly. Also want to add one more point. I watched few videos on youtube and it gets hanged at some point of time. I don't know if others have experienced it but I have experienced it thrice ever since I installed it yesterday. Otherwise the browser is just the "Google Way"... simple, fast, accurate and efficient.
Jay

9/3/2008 8:05 AM
		InsideHoops, that's fine. I've got several machines and one of them is for testing out new software so I'm not worried about the time wasted. I really didn't expect this first release to replace FF or IE, but it's exciting to see someone new in to spice up the browser wars again. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/3/2008 8:07 AM
		ivo, I've had a great experience with it as well. I'll likely still use FF3 as my main browser due to all the developer plugins but I'm game for a change. If you haven't tried FF3, it's leaps and bounds better than FF2 so you might want to give it a shot some time. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/3/2008 8:08 AM
		Ivo, thanks for the about:stats location. I didn't see it in the Task Manager. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/3/2008 8:10 AM
		Josh Reed, Still works fine on my Dell Latitidue D630. I guess you all can still use the up arrow B-). As for combining Google Earth, Sketchup and Chrome in one program, I think that will totally defeat the purpose of a small lean high performance app. Not likely to happen. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/3/2008 8:12 AM
		Rahul, I highly doubt it will decrease business for Google. Google is a very smart company and I find it hard to believe they don't have some way for this thing to make money down the road. They are not in the business of giving away software that takes away their business. BTW, how do you know that by typing in characters in the address bar that they aren't keeping track on the backend about which links you selected the same way they do on their search page. Could be just a more transparent way of doing the same thing. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/3/2008 8:13 AM
		Jack, SURPRISE!!! you just found the hidden easter egg! Forget about those lame hidden popup dialogs with the developers names. This one just crashes the app. Sweet! -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/3/2008 8:15 AM
		Jack, I wonder if installing in the users profile will enable running it on multiple machines when you are configured with roaming profiles enabled?
Joe Pruitt

9/3/2008 8:16 AM
		sac max, I'm posting this using Chrome as well B-). As for forgetting IE, as soon as FF/Chrome/Etc support Outlook Web Access, I'm saying goodbye to IE but until then, I think I'm stuck.
Joe Pruitt

9/3/2008 8:18 AM
		Ian, that's odd. My install imported bookmarks from FF, not IE. I do have FF as my default browser. Have you tried the "Import Bookmarks and Settings" menu item? It allows you to select IE or FF. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/3/2008 8:19 AM
		Sam, Thanks for the feedback on Safari. That's one program I haven't had the guts to install. iTunes completely wrecked my dev system so I've come to not trust Apple in software installs. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/3/2008 8:21 AM
		Kichu, That's odd on the crashing. I've had it running continuously since yesterday and it's been rock solid. I guess I better knock on wood before it crashes on me though B-). Knock, Knock, Knock... -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/3/2008 8:24 AM
		":%" did make chrome crash... I was thinking that the ":" was for you to start indicating what to type :P (that's the first and only crash until now) apart from that I've noticed a small applet problem but read somewhere that it works with the lattest JRE beta. joe, the link at the taskmanager is for about:memory, sorry, my mistake and nice one on that easter egg ;) LOL
Ivo

9/3/2008 8:25 AM
		Sue, you sound a little bit jaded on this topic. I wouldn't exactly call Chrome a toy any more than I'd call Word or Acrobat reader a toy. I use the PDF FoxIt reader instead of Adobe Acrobat because it's fast and has a very low system impact. Is that a toy as well? Maybe it is, but if it works faster and helps me get my job done quicker then I'm ready to play. For those of us working in the social networking space, the browser IS our work so anything new in this space should at least be looked at and evaluated. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/3/2008 8:31 AM
		razie, wow, not sure I'm ready to jump ship quite yet but my hat goes off to you. I don't see a way to control the bookmarks either. Please post if you find a way. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/3/2008 8:32 AM
		Ivo, agreed. It's been rock solid for me. As for the crashing, try typing in ":%" and have some fun.
Joe Pruitt

9/3/2008 8:33 AM
		Jay, I've hit a few youtube videos without any problem but I'll be on the watch for hangups. Agreed: Simple, fast accurate, and efficient. We'll see if it stays that way. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/3/2008 8:35 AM
		Ivo, Here's a list I've found of hidden links (taken from http://www.saulis.com/29~google_chrome_about_pages) about:version - obviously version information (also accessible by chrome-resource://about/) about:plugins - obviously installed plugins about:histograms - hey I love this one! don't quite know what this all means though about:dns - obviously just some DNS stats about:cache, redirecting to view-cache: - list of cached documents, each viewable in HEX! view-cache:stats - stats for cached documents about:stats - obviously just some stats about:network - that's an awesome tool! about:internets - oh, an Easter Egg of a kind? look at the page title - The Tubes are Clogged! ;)) chrome-resource:/new-tab/ - heh, a template for the empty tab page? chrome-resource:/favicon/ - even favicons look like this in the Matrix ;) chrome-resource:/thumb/http://www.saulis.com/ - this one generates the page thumbnails for the empty tab page about:memory - nice memory stats :% - yes, just this little bit crashes the browser, so don't try it unless you want to loose the opened tabs about:crash - will display the default crash page banner -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/3/2008 8:42 AM
		Well.. ive been using chrome for a few hours now and i have to say i love the simplicity of it and the raw speed of page fetching and browsing. for example.. myspace has gotten to the point on FF3 that its almost unuseable, smooth scrolling is SOOOOOOOOOO laggy, chrome on the other hand.. smooth as silk. also someone mentioned something about youtube videos not playing because of flash??? youtube vids load perfectly and SMOKING fast for me.. so far the only issues i have is lack of plugin support (which will come very soon) and a forum im a member of the live chat wouldnt work.. so i just downloaded MIRC .. i do look forward to the plugins.. especially one like adblock .. was VERY strange seeing adsence considering i havent seen an adwords advertisment is AGES!!!.. but yes id say im now 80percent chrome 20 percent FF.. till plugin extentions are available. then im probably going to chrome full time.
Jaime Westmoreland

9/3/2008 8:47 AM
		Sue, from the user point of view this looks like no big deal, but if you're a developer and you're trying desperatly to produce something, you'll know that this may make a difference. It's not just a win situation for developers, but it is also a win situation for consumers, as if you spend less time loading content, you may for once start seeing sites that are better designed by professionals and more sites from amateurs that really work without waiting for ever for them to load. On the other hand, I don't know about you, but I'm tired of navigating the net, openning a few tabs and while I wait for them to load, one of them crashes my browser and I lose all the articles, emails and comments. I'm also tired of Advertising poping-up all the time, tired of having additional applications sucking my ram so I can block a few ads, tired of removing spyware all the time, etc. (not that much these times, but still would prefer that it was zero times) If it's a toy that keeps me safe and efficient, call me a player
Ivo

9/3/2008 8:52 AM
		memory eater
bkkdaya

9/3/2008 8:58 AM
		Jaime Westmoreland, totally agreed on the 80/20. I'm likely at about the same ratio myself. It will be VERY interesting to see what Google allows/blocks with regards to advertising. That's their bread and butter and blocking adds in their own browser would seem to contradict their business model. But, with an open platform, if that's what the masses want, that's what they will likely get. We'll see... -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/3/2008 9:02 AM
		Ivo, Amen brother. Call me a player as well. Wait a second, this just off the presses. Since I never read EULAs, this slipped by me. Know I've found how they are going to make money on this Chrome: http://tapthehive.com/discuss/This_Post_Not_Made_In_Chrome_Google_s_EULA_Sucks ...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 Thoughts anyone? -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/3/2008 9:03 AM
		bkkdaya, are you calling me a "memory eater" or commenting on Chromes memory management. Not sure what you meant B-). -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/3/2008 9:34 AM
		If you read carefully... after that "strange" part you may read: "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." i think this means that they have the right to use any of the information in their services for advertising their Services (just like if you take a screenshot of a site for making an ad, or if you took a picture in a street and could read a newspaper in the background) but you still have the "copyright", it just doesn't apply for their advertisement but they don't have the right to sell your information
Ivo

9/3/2008 9:39 AM
		on my last post: any-one using your information (except google for Service promoting) could still go to court for braking your copyrights (google can be sued for using your information for other tasks that are not mentioned)
Ivo

9/3/2008 9:39 AM
		Ivo, I guess it's time to bring out the experts to dissect it B-). Any lawyers out there? -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/3/2008 10:50 AM
		Chrome is crap. I dont get it. Wheres the beef? Whats better about chrome over opera? The only feature I get is tabs being independent processes, its nice that a crashed tab doesnt take down the browser. Apart from that, what is there? -horrid old-school history. no trashcan ie "recently-closed" list either, which once you use it you cant live without it. -download manager is crap. only an IE user might think its brilliant. it doesnt even resume! opera's is a thousand times better, less intrusive, and useful. -virtually no keyboard shortcuts for anything! -crappy old-school zoom, ie text-only and ruins formatting completely -no session support whatsoever everything vaguely nice about it, like the "one box" which also searches your history and bookmarks, speed dial, detachable tabs, etc, is done better in opera (or firefox, if you can find the right addons), yet it lacks the rest of their features.
joe blow

9/3/2008 11:14 AM
		joe blow, very good points. But keep in mind that this is a very early beta release and many of your concerns I'm sure will be addressed. I have a question for you: Since Opera is the best thing out there, why is it lingering at around 1.5% of the market? (http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp) I'm not saying that Chrome is anywhere close to the competition yet, but it will be soon. I think Opera is most likely going to be the first victim to drop off (although there isn't much more to fall from 1.5%). -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/3/2008 12:00 PM
		I think opera has 1.5% market share because 98.5% percent of all people are idiots. No but seriously...fact is, the vast majority of people simple do not care what browser they use. They can't be bothered to learn even the simplest keyboard shortcuts or time-saving repetition-reducing features. Like take a look at how opera can synchronize bookmarks between all your installations, or how you can create custom searches so that simply typing for example "wi something" will go straight to wikipedia's search results for "something". Or has a keyboard shortcut for _everything_, in fact it can be fully used even without touching the mouse. Most people couldn't care less. IE and Firefox make up the vast majority of the market share. I think we can safely say that most people still using IE aren't going to switch to anything. If they havent switch by now, its because they simply dont care. And given all the publicity of Firefox and its rather surprisingly large market share, I think we can assume most people on Firefox use it because of all the bad publicity around IE (exploits etc) and all the hype around Firefox. Especially a few years ago, when IE was _really_ bad. Firefox was even mentioned on the news. Even my _parents_ use firefox. They dont even know what a tab is. Honestly I think of all computer users its only a very small percentage that care about anything beyond the most basic features, and they have all flocked to opera, or a properly tweaked (ie addons) firefox. But they are probably less than 5% of the total market. I dont think opera will be the first to "drop off" the list. Not a chance. Anyone using opera now is using it for the brilliant features and amazing flexibility and customizability. They wont be interested in chrome. Chrome is about rigidness, non-customizability, ie simplicity and clarity, much like Safari. Scrape off features in the name of slickness and cleanliness. It's not going to be an attractive option to the "power user" market share that opera users represent. Chrome will get its market share from the "average" Firefox users and perhaps Safari users. I don't think it'll even eat much of IE's market share, because really if you havent switched off IE by now, I dont see what Chrome is bringing to the table to change that.
joe blow

9/3/2008 12:13 PM
		joe blow, great points again, I see you are very avid about your browser choice. You are correct that the majority of folks who use IE are either doing it because they have to (I need it for Outlook Web Access/SharePoint integration) or because that's what was installed when they bought their computer and don't know there are other options. Not being an Opera user outside of my blackberry, I really can't speak to it's features but I do know that the small following it has is very outspoken. The question will be whether when the public gets their hands on adding to the Chrome source base whether those folks who are in to Opera due to the items you listed will have an interest to get them added to this project. I agree with you as well on eating more of FF's market than IEs. It's funny though that Mozilla doesn't seem worried about it - I would be. It's still really early on for this product so it's anyones guess as to what the future will hold. We'll just have to wait and see... Thanks for your feedback, your points make a lot of sense. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/3/2008 12:15 PM
		joe blow, I forgot to say that I don't necessarily agree that 98.5% of all people are idiots. That's a bit harsh, don't you think? 95% maybe, but 98.5%? Come on and get real! B-). -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/3/2008 1:13 PM
		There are certainly idiots enough to bravo Chrome around the block. All of them seem to have forgotten Google´s bend over politics, complying with police state China in sensoring the internet. Heil Google. Chrome is about as disgusting as a billboard in a pretty landscape. Google is a cesspool of indiscriminate advertisements. For a while Google has been souring up decent non-commercial online environments with this type of crap, but now they have an entire browser to employ their bilging on us. Fortunately for us, there will be other search engines and other web browsers, as there will eventually be other, real OS alternatives.
Terra

9/3/2008 1:15 PM
		here's my review of Google Chrome http://historyview.blogspot.com/2008/09/google-chrome.html it's neither too basic nor too advanced. let me know what you think cheers.
harkabir

9/3/2008 2:07 PM
		Joe - great blog! More bugs from a user experience at: http://www.onefamilysblog.com/2008/09/google-chrome-web-browser-beta-1-user.html
ofb

9/3/2008 2:12 PM
		Joe... latest reports on tv where I live say that Chrome already has 2.8% of the market
Ivo

9/3/2008 2:20 PM
		don't know where tv got their information... just found a link saying something else http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?sample=21&qprid=43&qpcustom=Chrome+0.2
Ivo

9/3/2008 3:10 PM
		Terra, wow. Not sure what to say to that reply but thanks for your opinion. Having folks out there who are very opinionated and not shy about expressing it is what makes our world a great place to live. BTW, Cesspool might be a "bit" over the top, but I still like your enthusiasm. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/3/2008 3:12 PM
		harkabir, great review. Much more thorough than mine. I wasn't aware of the "inspect element" feature. That will basically eliminate the need for the Aardvark plugin for firefox. Thanks! -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/3/2008 3:16 PM
		Ivo, I personally think it's ridiculous to release market share on a beta product that has been out for a day. Of course a gazillion geeks out there will download it and use it for reviews/testing the first few days. The real test will be to see how it averages out over the next few months. I'd be surprised if it keeps it's 1% until they get a plugin model. But, then again, I've been known to be wrong in the past. Cheers, and thanks for the comments! -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/3/2008 4:06 PM
		Here you go, Joe - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/readwriteweb/~3/TfioCWkRaxw/chrome_to_get_extensions_just.php Looks like Chrome will indeed officially support extensions soon enough. ;) #Colin
Colin

9/3/2008 4:27 PM
		Colin, woohoo! If they build it in such a way that FF extensions work, then that would blow things out of the water. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/4/2008 12:45 AM
		- A modest browser. - Without important functions or bad implementation (example: bookmarks) - Very dangerous, not use this browser for e-banking or similar pages. I am Master in Computer Science and I expected much more of google, this product shows that google programmers should work more and talk less.
SIRCRIS

9/4/2008 12:55 AM
		correction: ... (example: bookmarks "administration")
SIRCRIS

9/4/2008 2:07 AM
		Hi SIRCRIS I'm currently finishing my Computer Science degree... but in my country it is not a master degree. I'm interested on why you say that this is a dangerous browser for e-Banking above all other browsers, mainly because since I started my tesis on cryptology I got the Ideia that there is no browser or eMail-Client that is safe enough on it's own, so why this one above all others? I haven't had the time to test it throughly, so I'm really interesterd on your opinion On the bookmarks administration I find that the current system fits my needs (just use right-click for all you bookmark administration, or drag-and-drop), but I can understand that some users might want Bookmark Administration Window Best Regards
Ivo

9/4/2008 3:51 AM
		hello , i hope too , me too i am a fanboy of Google, Google Chrome has impressed us,nothing to say about that. By the way, i a am a blogger too and i have a more write a more detail review on Google Chrome, just take a look on my blog >> http://hostintruder.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/google-chrome-superpower-browser/ Keep it up man !
Host Intruder

9/4/2008 7:40 AM
		has anyone tried loading an XML file in chrome? It's not working on my machine. Probably a configuration is needed?
dRAMmer

9/4/2008 7:42 AM
		Host Intruder, Great review, thanks for posting the link. I wish I could get the "about:internets" to show the actual animation, it only has a blank page with a title of "The Tubes are Clogged!" -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/4/2008 7:45 AM
		SIRCRIS, Like Ivo, I too am interested in why you say this browser is "Very Dangerous". What are you basing that opinion on? As for bookmarks, I've been told to beware of right clicking on "Other bookmarks" and selecting "Open All Bookmarks". Not brave enough to try that one but if anyone out there is, let me know what happens. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/4/2008 7:47 AM
		dRAMmer, I hadn't tried it until now but it looks like they don't have a XML renderer in there yet. For me it just shows up as a HTML rendering. I doubt it's a configuration issue, most likely it's just a feature they haven't added yet. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/4/2008 8:08 AM
		One more small chip in M$ armour. If you want to take IE out, deliver a browser which is bullet-proof, that doesnt crash, that still runs your run ActiveX crap in a protected VM.
Ed

9/4/2008 8:36 AM
		Ed, I find it very very hard to believe that Google will add ActiveX support to Chrome. And, even if they did, I don't think the majority of folks using IE are doing so just because of ActiveX support. They are either: 1) Using it because it's installed by default and don't know there are better alternatives. 2) Using it because they have to. Case in point, I need to use it for Outlook Web Access for work. It's not the ActiveX but the HTML/Javascript rendering that they've tweaked for IE that doesn't work very well with FF or other browsers. 3) Using it because they want to. Not sure who these guys are but I think most of them work in Redmond... If Chrome supported ActiveX I don't think a large majority of either of these categories would make a blanked switch. To give props to IE, once I moved to IE7, it has had zero problems - no crashing, not to bad memory consumption, etc. The main reason I use FF is for the plugins that I've grown to depend on. But, it would be an interesting experiment to see if ActiveX support would drive the IE users away to an alternative. Oh, and I like the protective VM idea as well. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/4/2008 10:09 AM
		GOD... just tried the "open all bookmarks" it opened all my 40 bookmarks faster then I blinked my eyes, but fortunely got no performance issues or crashes
Ivo

9/4/2008 10:41 AM
		Ivo, you are a very brave soul... You are lucky you only have 40 bookmarks. I'm at about 300 so I'm not quite so brave as you. 300 chrome processes on my laptop does not sound like something I want to work out. Did you try about:memory to see what it showed? -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/4/2008 11:02 AM
		I frequently open pdf's from my web browser and this seems awfully slow with Chrome. In Firefox I could alter this by opening PDF's in an external pdf-viewer application but I can't figure out how to do this in chrome... Any suggestions?
jorn to be wild

9/4/2008 11:24 AM
		The thing crawled with about six tabs open viewing PDF documents over the internet. so much so I gave up and went back to Internet Explorer. IE on the other hand handled the mulitple PDF tabs with ease.. Yo Google, this is something you have to work on
Venkat

9/4/2008 11:55 AM
		I tried clicking on a PDF and the only option was to download it and then the download message at the bottom of Chrome asked if I wanted to open it. It then proceeded to open it outside the browser. I am using Foxit instead of Acrobat Reader so that could be the reason for it. Foxit embeds in IE and FF so it's odd (but good) that it doesn't in Chrome. Honestly, I'm surprised that hosting 3rd party viewers within Chrome made it into this beta at all... -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/4/2008 12:09 PM
		Hi Ivo & Joe There is an important vulnerability inherited from the version of Apple's WebKit used, it is funny that apple had already solved this problem, but this version uses the Chrome version of Apple WebKit 525.13. This vulnerability allows a potential attacker launch a program it remotely. If you are a student of computer science (Ivo), I do not have to explain because this is very dangerous and because you can not risk critical data using Google Chrome. Another vulnerability is that the program automatically assigns an identification number that is sought and provided for possible upgrades when turning the computer. Regarding bookmarks, the import is poor (with mistakes) and does not allow his administration, this is a basic function of a browser. But that is only a function weak and poorly implemented, to google chrome lacks many more. The problem with Google Chrome, is that of google programmer wanted lead a "good idea" (multi-thread) into practice immediately, to show their kindness, but in something as critical as a browser, You can not neglecting security issues . In my opinion this version can not be taken seriously, any current browser is better than Google Chrome, you must remember that a browser is not just performance. Best Regards
SIRCRIS

9/4/2008 12:15 PM
		SIRCRIS, Good points. Colin blogged yesterday about the security flaw and I'm sure that it won't be long till Google get's a patch since that flaw has already been fixed in the webkit distribution (It blows my mind that they didn't check this out before releasing Chrome though). I totally agree that Chrome is sorely lacking in many areas, but features can be added. I also agree that performance isn't the only thing you should be concerned with but it's usually very hard to tackle performance after the fact so I'm glad that they have taken a hard approach at it early on. As I've said, I won't likely switch browsers full time until all the kinks are worked out (which I'm sure they will be). Thanks for taking the time to post your comments, they are much appreciated! -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/5/2008 1:13 AM
		How to use Chrome with Foxit Reader instaed of Acrobat? Adobe Acrobat File name: nppdf32.dll Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape installed What a plugin for Foxit?
Lant

9/5/2008 1:26 AM
		ok so i ran chrome for about 2 hours, i don't see anything special about it really, just a buggy browser imo, some people here posting are just raving cos it's Google's browser and they are Google fanatics. as a web developer (since 1998) I really dont want more browsers on the market place, esp if they take significant market share. Just means more testing, more work arounds for me to put in place, there will be css and dom quirks for sure 100% guaranteed. follow w3c standards but all the parts of the standard that can be interpreted in different ways will have been coded in a different way to mozilla. the only thing that interests me is google's push toward richer online applications and this browser's step toward that.
saurus

9/5/2008 3:24 AM
		Hi all I see your point SIRCRIS and agree with you... I was not aware of this webkit problem and I think that it was a bad move to use a engine that has a bug such as that one publicaly known. I hope they change this soon. On the update, I was never a fan of auto-update, mainly because most of the times I don't know if it's the software sending information about it self or if it's the server sending latest news that are analised by the software. saurus, I've developed a lot of web sites too, but I think that you didn't get it, although it's a new browser(there are 1000's of those), it uses Safari's rendering engine(you don't have that many of those) so basically you get similar results to Apple's Safari What I hope now is that Chrome gets the new webkit from Apple and every-one else gets V8 JavaScript from Google Joe memory stats for a little experiment using 15 of my bookmarks showed about 200MB RAM used, similar again to Safari, FF and IE show less memory use Chrome toke ms to open these tabs, all others toke some time IE almost died on me If I sayd something not quite right please correct me
Ivo

9/5/2008 3:29 AM
		My first crash after 2 days... Total crash not just a tab crashm, so it still doesn't work as advertised
Ivo

9/5/2008 5:20 AM
		dude, get a life joe... post a comment and then stfu, no one wants to be butt buddies with you
shut up joe pruitt

9/5/2008 7:29 AM
		Lant, I'm not sure how to configure it with Foxit. I stopped using Acrobat a long time ago. Odds are there isn't a plugin setting, just the document handler for .pdf files. That would be a good fix if you could find out how to configure the document handler settings. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/5/2008 7:34 AM
		saurus, while it's true that adding another browser to the mix will cause some issue with a developers testing matrix, the fact that Google is entering this market at all is interesting. I use the Flock browser (build on FF) quite a bit for it's social networking capabilities and as online applications take hold, it only makes sense for them to integrate more efficiently into the browser. I think that Google users (apps, docs, etc) will move to Chrome while MS users (sharepoint, OWA, etc) will stick with IE. FF will continue to have a move vibrant community of plugin developers for a while now but it will be interesting to see if a switch takes place. I wouldn't consider myself a Google fanatic. I just try to be on the edge of what's going on with the net and what will be popular. I have no doubt that Chrome will start gaining market share as they get closer to release. Especially if Google starts pushing it out with some of their other app distributions. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/5/2008 7:37 AM
		Ivo, first full blown crash huh. Bummer... Hopefully you didn't lose anything important. FF crashes on me every so often but it remembers what pages I had hope. Did Chrome have the same feature? -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/5/2008 7:48 AM
		SUJP, While I appreciate your desire to express your opinion, I'm sure everyone else out there doesn't. This is my blog so shutting the "f" up kind of defeats the purpose of having a blog - doesn't it? It would be a pretty boring blog if I never posted anything. I put out the review and folks commented on it and I commented back to their points. As for a life, my blog is part of mine. If you have a so-called life, why are you wasting your time reading my blog - and commenting? You even took the time to come up with such a clever fake name and email address. Maybe if you should spend more time on your studies at SUNY College at Oneonta (that is where your post originated from isn't it?) and less on anonymously posting rude comments on my blog, you would have a life as well B-). I'm glad to discuss any part of this post with you but if you comment in this manner again, I'll just block the comment. Post your real name and we'll talk. Cheers! -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/5/2008 8:31 AM
		Hi joe Chrome does have the recover feature... so this one at least is already implemented If they read all the bug reports and sugestions (that's what beta is all about) I'm sending, next version will be a lot better
Ivo

9/5/2008 8:56 AM
		Ivo, good deal. I use that feature rarely but when you are working on multiple tabs and have to remember all of them to restart your session, it's a real PITA. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/5/2008 4:57 PM
		wht about Mac?@ booooo
oleg

9/5/2008 5:50 PM
		It seems that Google have taken all of the other features off all of the other browsers, and put them all together - pointless! Opera already do a home page with links to favorite pages - this sucks, since I was expecting something really innovative, esp from a company that is meant to be on the forefront of technology and stuff like that. "Google MagPie" would be a good google service. I really cannot see the point in chrome...FF are doin much more, and what really bothers me is how they've taken from the OS community, and made a PRODUCT with the purpose of strengthening their commercial position Plus Google's privacy is driven by its need to make profit - it sucks!
Max

9/5/2008 5:58 PM
		It's fast. But definitely needs some fine tuning. Cannot download youtube videos using realplayer. Need to recheck the blocking pop-ups.
rvd

9/5/2008 7:43 PM
		quote from http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10031661-56.html?tag=newsLeadStoriesArea.0 "Provided that users leave Chrome's auto-suggest feature on and have Google as their default search provider, Google will have access to any keystrokes that are typed into the browser's Omnibox, even before a user hits enter. What's more, Google has every intention of retaining some of that data even after it provides the promised suggestions. A Google representative told CNET News that the company plans to store about 2 percent of that data--and plans to store it along with the Internet Protocol address of the computer that typed it" Great...not only do we have to worry about spyware infesting browsers, this one comes with spyware not only preinstalled but seemingly the sole intent. Clearly security was nothing more than an afterthought http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/39176/108/
john

9/7/2008 12:12 AM
		everything chrome does opera aready done.
well well well

9/7/2008 11:54 AM
		Never thought that Google will come with something so bad. I know its a beta version...but at the same time I also know its Google who is bringing the beta version. I must say Google has not tested well. Even Gmail.com, Google Docs, Youtube, etc don;t open properly in the browser. Atleast Google should have tested its own websites on this browser. Nontheless...the interface is quite good and the browser takes lesser memory compared to Firefox...still Chrome has to travel several miles to even match Firefox and Firefox extensions. - Nitin
Nitin

9/7/2008 2:51 PM
		Hi joe just found out some interesting links http://build.chromium.org/buildbot/snapshots/chromium-rel-xp/ this is the directory for the test builds of chrome (Project Chromium) looks like they are making several builds a day, so the future looks promising http://bigblog.com/open_source/mozilla-firefox-3-1-alpha-2-rc-faster-than-google-chrome-1586951328.html Looks like that Mozilla is already fighting chrome's speed, it's nice to see that Chrome did do as intented (shake the world for more development) Latest Chrome version became more stable, no more ":%" easter egg, hahahah
Ivo

9/7/2008 6:33 PM
		Ad-block plus is the only reason I'm using Firefox. Not going to switch to Chrome soon.
Minn

9/7/2008 7:40 PM
		This came at a great time for me. My laptop is in the shop and I have to share a computer with my roomie for the time being so the thought of not having to share web history and passwords (yahoo sports and such) seemed perfect! BUT ... Chrome freezes SOO MUCH!! I usually like google products, but this is not one I'll be using when I get my comp back. I like some of the features like incognito, but I really miss a recent pages drop down list.
m3rd2me

9/8/2008 7:32 AM
		oleg, no Mac support as of now but supposedly it's in the works. I have heard that it partially runs under Wine so if you are itching to get your hands on it, you might get it to work that way. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/8/2008 7:36 AM
		Max, I don't disagree on the privacy front. They will have to have a way to opt-in to keeping history of address/search bar requests like they do on google.com itself. They have taken a lot of the great features of other browsers but keep in mind that this is just a first release to get the core functionality in. I believe their end goal is to build a browser that works better and is more tightly integrated with online applications (such as google apps/docs/etc). We have already seen some news from FF that they are beefing up their javascript engine. FF hasn't had much pressure from IE with regards to plugins and developer tools. Competition will be a good thing and ultimately I believe that Chrome will make FF a better product. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/8/2008 7:37 AM
		rvd, I didn't even know you could load Youtube videos in RealPlayer - I haven't had that installed forever. I guess you could always select save-to-disk and load them that way. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/8/2008 7:42 AM
		john, how is this different then the google toolbar or search box that auto-completes your search strings? Google gives the option for you to keep your web history on their site as well. I believe they will have to make this an option that you can turn off as they get further towards a final product. Personally, I don't see keeping search results necessarily a bad thing. If it means I can get targeted results that are more in tuned with what I want then that's a good thing isn't it? Now, if they do something beyond that with the IP address not related to my search needs, then that may be crossing the line. I guess the ones who should be worried are those that are searching for p0rn or things that will target folks like the RIAA to come after you. Since I'm not in that category, it doesn't bother me as much. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/8/2008 7:44 AM
		well well well, Can't comment on Opera since I'm not a user of that but that's not a big claim seeing how Chrome is just a first beta release. The big test will be to see when they get more features added how close the products are. Opera maintains about 1.5% of browser usage. I'm having a feeling that Chrome will do a bit better than that. If they are on feature parity, then Opera isn't doing a good enough job at marketing (viral or traditional). -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/8/2008 7:47 AM
		Nitit, what problems have you found? I've been using the browser almost exclusively and aside from some Ajax oddities that I'm sure will be flushed out soon, almost every site I've visited has worked fine including Google docs and Youtube. Could be that I'm running Vista and there are other windows versions that are having troubles. For me, it's fairly refreshing to have something so trimmed down. Let's hope they keep it that way. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/8/2008 7:50 AM
		Ivo, yeah, I've seen the links for the builds and for those on the cutting edge, or ones who are having problems, I'd suggest checking out the nightly builds. For me, the product has been rock solid so I'll wait for releases that have new features before upgrading. And, yeah, I've heard about the Mozilla attacking back on Chrome's speed. With Google and Mozilla in the game now, I think Chrome as well as FireFox users will benefit. Mozilla hasn't had performance pressures yet on a large scale and I think this will force all players to speed things up.
Joe Pruitt

9/8/2008 7:51 AM
		Ad-block is a tricky thing and I find it hard that Google will want such a beast from their own browser. But, if they are going with a plugin model which they say they are, I don't know how they could stop it. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/8/2008 7:53 AM
		m3rd2me, don't give up completely. Keep in mind that this is a first beta release. New features are being added as we speak. If you feel strongly about a feature that is missing, I'd suggest you submit it to their developer site (www.chromium.org). -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/10/2008 10:10 AM
		Yes Did my own little test vs Safari running in windows and even though it says that it imports all bookmarks and passwords and cookies i have had to add them manually... also ran a 9 tab test and safari loaded quicker but chrome was more accurate... Thanks
Turkey

9/12/2008 9:36 AM
		Have you even used FireFox 3? The download manager is docked in the status bar and does not show up as a window unless you want it to. You know that little star in Chrome? Well, its also in FF3, its part of their feature which lets you search for pages in uncatalogued bookmarks by keywords. Firefox is better, it will always be the best since it is built with the user in mind and not a company itself. Chrome will be better than IE8 (who the hell even uses IE anymore, really), but not than firefox.
Matthew Maples

9/12/2008 9:58 AM
		Matthew, thanks for the comments. Yes, I use FF3 exclusively (outside of using IE for Outlook Web Access - now you know why folks need IE). I agree FF is better at this point and may be better in the long run, but Chrome will force Google and Microsoft to step it up and focus on browser performance which is key to the new breed of online applications in the cloud. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/12/2008 9:30 PM
		Hasn't anyone tried Mozilla's SeaMonkey? It is Firefox and Thunderbird combined and never crashes. It's a faster version of Netscape.
Rus Bunter

9/14/2008 2:00 AM
		Love the speed an visible area but some key features missing for me. I would like the tool bar to slide in from the left like the iPhone. I would like the the high lighter pen for making keywords. I would finally like to know if I have new email like on the Google toolbar.
Johan

9/15/2008 8:40 AM
		Rus Bunter, No, I haven't tried SeaMonkey. Are you using that over FireFox? I'm a OWA user so the Thunderbird features don't really interest me. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/15/2008 8:41 AM
		Johan, Great features. Have you submitted enhancement requests to chromium.org?
Joe Pruitt

9/16/2008 11:05 PM
		I was so late to download and try Google Chrome. Its features is really new, I mean its original that we can't found to another internet browser. But what I've felt during use it was just the beginning of what Google's offer. I sure Chrome will growing up.
Andy

9/17/2008 7:40 AM
		Andy, what took you so long! B-). The first release surely was lacking many features but for a first pass I'm very happy with it. Hopefully they stick with the minimalist approach and don't muck it up with tons of overhead. Performance is key in my book. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

9/17/2008 9:03 PM
		It is really nice review. Some other review can be found at http://raiyaraj.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/first-experience-with-google-chrome/
RaiyaRaj

9/27/2008 10:29 PM
		when a chrome window freezes, this works for me: right click the window's tab (on blue bar at bottom) well....actually, that is it, when i right click it, everything is un-frozen.
jmanoray

9/29/2008 8:12 AM
		jmanoray, I have yet to have Chrome freeze up but I'll keep your tips in mind if and when it does! -Joe
Joe Pruitt

10/4/2008 6:10 PM
		I tried Google Chrome the other day, seemed to work fine until I hit youtube, tried to load a video and it was choppy and didn't load properly.
Adam

10/5/2008 6:10 PM
		Wow!! These reviews ve given me an abstract and i am surely gonna try out Chrome!!
vadi

10/5/2008 6:51 PM
		I've been using Chrome for a couple weeks. I'm really liking it. By the way the reason it installs to the user folder is so it doesn't get blocked by User Account Control in Vista. they definitely still have some work though for instance gametrailers.com has some weird errors.
Ethan

10/6/2008 7:08 AM
		In reference to Opera. There are a number of sites that I use that Opera 9.5 cannot run, which IE and firefox access successfully, but Opera hangs...while I suspect that it is a poorly coded website in the end I need the information and so use FF. I started with Opera 7 and tried every version, for me though it has more website incompatibility that IE or FF and therefore was fun for a while until I could not get on to some websites and so I gave up. Opera has too much caching, which means I find myself force refreshing all the time. Even though I use the mouse gestures it is still annoying and ends up being slower than a back button in FF. Opera lacks the development tools that are available for FF and IE, which makes it not worth while to use it at work. Also you stated that Google does not have a recently closed tabs...on its main page there is a recently closed tabs button, however I disagree despite using opera I very rarely used this feature, I close tabs when I wanted and not by accident... I think that Chrome is likely to take over from Opera, because from my perspective the only advantage Opera has over IE and FF is speed, now Chrome has similar speed it appears to have better reliability and I suspect will gain a better foot hold and so rarely fail to display websites... PS I cant get it to crash with the :% perhaps they fixed that bug. Also I am probably going to continue to use FF until there is something better than Firebug, and I will need to continue to use IE as I need to support it as a webdeveloper.
Andrew

10/6/2008 7:54 AM
		Adam, I've heard of issues with Youtube as well but I personally haven't had any problems with it. I've heard the dev builds of chrome have been really good on increasing that stability. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

10/6/2008 7:55 AM
		vadi, do give it a try but don't expect it to replace IE or FF yet. There just aren't enough features for the power users out there. Now, if you are sick of how bloated the browsers have become, then Chrome may be just what you are looking for. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

10/6/2008 7:57 AM
		Ethan, I hadn't thought of the user access stuff in Vista. I thought it was due to portability with roaming profiles. Agreed on the more work needed though but I think it's a great first start. Hopefully it's good enough to force the other browsers to step up and focus on performance and speed. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

10/6/2008 8:02 AM
		Andrew, thanks for your opinions on Opera. I haven't used it and see no compelling reason to switch from IE/FF and now Chrome. Opera does have it's advocates and they are very avid in their beliefs that it's the best browser out there. Me, I'm not skewed toward any product just for a products sake. If it's better for my situation, then I'll use it. I use IE because I need to get to Outlook Web Access for work and all the other browsers capital S-U-C-K at rendering it. FF is where most of my browsing is done but now I'm using Chrome as a secondary browser when I need to have multiple user profiles for a single website. Admin access is for one browser and user access is for another. With the three browsers to switch from now, I never have to logout/login to any sites just to switch user accounts. Once Chrome gives me firebug, aardvark, and webdeveloper type features, then I'll likely take a hard look at switching. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

10/6/2008 10:42 AM
		I used Chrome for about a week, and had no problems with loading favorites, no crashing, no problems really at all. I did decide in the end to go back to IE for the time being - just to wait awhile to see what else gets added to Chrome (and because I was so used to IE for such a long time). So I uninstalled Chrome and went back to IE-7. My BIG problem now is that Outlook links no longer work. I get this funky message that says the process has been canceled due to restrictions on my computer ... I've been searching the web for about an hour now trying to discover how to correct this problem (how I found this site) and haven't been able to find anything yet - other than a site who offered to give me the answer if I gave them $5.95. Not going to hapen. Can anyone here help me?
Barbara

10/6/2008 10:50 AM
		Barbara, bummer. Guess I shouldn't uninstall Chrome B-). Have you tried this: How to Make Links Work in Outlook? -Joe
Joe Pruitt

10/25/2008 7:35 AM
		Good Browser but because Spell Check Glitches and is Incomplete I can not use it :(
Phillip

10/26/2008 1:12 PM
		First of all, Google Chrome Beta (yes, it’s still in beta) which was released not long ago should not be compared with any browser because it has been released for a short while and this is there first browser and it’s just a Beta (not the completed version) unlike Firefox, and yet it still manages to challenge Firefox. Wait until Google releases 1-3 more updates/upgrades/newer versions to Google chrome and then try it again and most of you would like it (or since i’m now posting this, try the latest version of Google Chrome) but if you want add-ons/extensions that don’t slow down your browser or cause other issues like with Firefox, give Google 5 months - 1 year. Also, Google Chrome, believe it or not, is much faster, has a cleaner interface, uses less memory, crashes less than Firefox (with me) and is more secure and Google releases 10-30 nightly builds of Google Chrome everyday and also has a Developers/Testers channel which has newer versions of Google Chrome every 1-2 weeks (with a change log and new features etc) which are tested before they are publicly released. Google Chrome's EUlA was changed the day it was released when an error was found in it.
ADMIN

10/29/2008 10:12 AM
		ADMIN, great comments and I couldn't agree more. Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

11/19/2008 8:57 AM
		i found it annoying that i couldn't download the latest Adobe Flash Player 10.. that is the only problem i can think about.. NICE POP-UP BLOCK!! i love it!
Vlad

11/29/2008 4:02 AM
		I love it. my computer was moving really slowly, so I say this and tried it. It is so fast, and Its better looking than explorer too. More infomation found in this link. http://www.bestitnews.com/thread-72-1-1.html
heybig

1/2/2009 9:16 PM
		Am I missing something? I downloaded, it was fast, I searched, it was fast, I checked my e-mail, also fast...but I was unable to reply to any emails or compose new ones. Any thoughts on that one? Anyone, please.
Jordan

1/23/2009 9:29 PM
		I personally love Google Chrome. I find it to be speedy and simple. I love the fact that the url bar is also a search bar. Now I am a bit of a web designer, the type that write their own HTML, not generates it with dreamweaver. There is this nifty feature called "Javascript Console" and it tells me everything about my code. It shows me where errors are. It makes code writing so much easier. the only downside I've found is that it doesn't quite pass the acid3 test.
nerdy Reviewer

1/26/2009 1:06 PM
		@nerdy Reviewer - Have you tried the latest dev builds on Chromium.org? It is very close to passing acid3. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

2/4/2009 2:49 PM
		everyone get this browser, normally I wouldn't get on the bandwagon but in this instance it turns out that the people on the bandwagon are right. Download this browser now.
Me

2/8/2009 6:26 AM
		how do get rid of the icons on the web page? I don't like them. Sites only visited once and never again are constantly on there - I can't remove them or move them. I feel out of control on my own computer - please help me out on this. Thank you.
Jane

2/13/2009 4:27 AM
		The browser works fine up till now but i m having problem using my windows Live ID account with google chrome.My Hotmail Inbox opens but any of the email I click on never opens. May be I have some internal error if u guys are facing the same problem and have a solution please do lemme know on my email address mentioned above. I'll be really grateful. Regards Shajee
shajee

3/23/2009 11:21 AM
		I agree, the browser of course has teething problems, but remember IE when it was first launched. Nothing is perfect at the outset. There are a number of errors in the initial release. Many of which have been addressed. However, my overall evalauation is GREAT. This is a great review of the ups and downs of Google Chrome. http://www.karmatechnologies.co.uk/google-chrome.htm
Jeff Smith

3/25/2009 11:58 AM
		I fiddled with Chrome when the beta was first introduced. As far as I could tell it won't allow me to manage cookies on an individual basis as Firefox does, so I uninstalled Chrome.
Brad Langdon

3/25/2009 4:31 PM
		@Me - Agreed. Chromium is a pretty rock solid bare-bones browser. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

3/25/2009 4:31 PM
		@shajee - have you tried the dev builds at Chromium.org? -Joe
Joe Pruitt

3/25/2009 4:33 PM
		@Jeff Smith - Thanks for the link to the review, I'll check it out. @Brad Langdon - I still don't think you have that granular of control so it's probably not your best solution. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

3/27/2009 2:28 PM
		Okayies. I was just wondering if Google Chrome had something like Mozilla Firefox. The bit where you close Firefox and it comes up with "Save and quit" And then when you come back on Firefox it comes up with the Tabs/Pages they had before =D
Cheese =D

3/31/2009 5:47 AM
		@ Anyone, if you ask about an easter egg, put in, about:internets, it's the tubes I tell ya, the tubes!
bludude90210

4/6/2009 8:52 AM
		@bludude90210 - Here's a list of a bunch more easter eggs in Chrome including about:internets http://lifehacker.com/5045164/google-chromes-full-list-of-special-about-pages -Joe
Joe Pruitt

4/15/2009 9:38 PM
		-great speed -great tab accessibility -few saving pictures errors Now just got to compete with ie,mozzilla, and opera :P
Raddy

4/16/2009 2:21 AM
		Simon's a computer, Simon has a brain, you either do what Simon says or else go down the drain. [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_(game)[/url] I cant help but think about CADIE as their april fools joke, whats google trying to say? We should all do what they say, CADIE reminded me of R.I.P.L.E.Y in wargames 2. And their browser reminds me of this simple simon childs toy.
Danny

4/16/2009 6:11 AM
		hey im just thinking is goole chrome a take over from the windows explorer or is it just like a better version of its search site ? and yes i know i might be some stupid guy asking the same question as very other idiots but hey i need to learn it from some were
chris

4/16/2009 10:04 AM
		@Raddy - I've heard the issues with saving pictures from others as well. Have you tried out the dev Chromium builds? @Danny - I just watched War Games with my boys a few weeks ago. Great flick! @chris - chrome is just another browser. I hardly think it will take over for windows explorer unless they've got something cooking that they haven't shown anyone yet. @Smorock - Ditto on the pics issues. Have you tried the dev builds of Chromium? They are having daily builds and it's far superior to the public version. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

4/17/2009 3:32 AM
		Is google Chrome innovation or emulation? http://www.techunits.com/content/2026/is_google_chrome_innovation_or_emulation?
lilykudrow

4/17/2009 5:29 AM
		I have been an AVID user & proponant of Avant Browser. My opinion is its even better than FireFox or and IE product. BUT...I might give this a try...I doubt it will be as good as my AVANT....but worth a look.
Amo~D

4/19/2009 10:50 AM
		I think Google Chrome is much faster and it looks better too. I can find any button easily, like the refresh button. Everything is ORGANIZED! When the website is at the top in the bar it is the actual website and then the rest like '/blogs.com'. This is a great idea. I LOVE IT! But, 1 thing i don't like, when i go on music playing sites it says i have to install some flash player..so yeahh.. but it's okay
Natasha

4/20/2009 12:18 AM
		One BIG drawback for using Chrome - you can't save webpages. For IE, you simply save the page, and you can then open it later for review. For some stupid reason, Chrome cannot perform this basic function.
RHW

4/20/2009 3:42 PM
		@Amo~D - Don't count on Chrome being as feature rich as Avant (which I believe is just a wrapper on top of the IE engine. Try the dev builds of Chrome (Chromium.org) for more feature rich options. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

4/20/2009 3:44 PM
		@Natasha - I like the clean fresh design as well. I'm still not converted completely because I rely on a couple of FireFox plugins but when Chrome gets support for them I'll likely be moving over full time. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

4/20/2009 3:45 PM
		@RHW - Click on the document drop-down in the top right next to the wrench and there is an option for "Save Page as..." Is that not available on your build? -Joe
Joe Pruitt

4/21/2009 1:53 AM
		Coolest feature of firefox in my view is the "add ons" you can get whatever you want-well almost. if that can be incorporated into chrome, it would become a perfect browser for me at least!!!
simba

4/21/2009 10:37 AM
		Google chrome browser is so bad because it save password. Any thing judge password and abuse your password. other options are good.
Nitesh Nagar

4/21/2009 4:26 PM
		I personally think it looks too much like safari and firefox. I dislike those browsers. They take forever. You should make it look more like an internet explorer provided by Dell.
Courtney

4/22/2009 2:17 PM
		@simba - totally agree on the add-ins. I'm stuck on FireFox until I can get WebDeveloper, User-Agent Switcher, etc in Chrome.
Joe Pruitt

4/22/2009 2:18 PM
		@Nitesh Nagar - Not sure what you mean by "save password". Are you referring to the fact that it can "remember" passwords you've entered before? If so, most current browsers support this. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

4/22/2009 2:22 PM
		@Courtney - You really prefer IE supplied by Dell? Wow, that's a first for me. You are implying also that the Dell/IE version is faster that FireFox and Safari. Is that true? Is that on load time for the app, or browse time for refreshing pages? As for "looks", firefox supports skinning where you can make it look exactly like IE if you wish. Check out this link: http://johnhaller.com/jh/mozilla/firefox_internet_explorer/ Good luck with your Dell version of IE. If it works for you, then that's great. Just make sure it's IE version 7 or above. IE 6 has several major security issues. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

4/23/2009 4:01 AM
		Hi Joe, I have read many comments regarding Google Chrome etc and also FF.I notice that you use FF a lot.I am just an ordinary user and am unhappy with my BT search engine & looked at FF after your reports etc.Is it right that you have to pay for the installation of FF onto your computer? I know its a simple question but I am WAYYYY behind you all on here! :-)
Graham

5/6/2009 1:15 AM
		Google chrome is better than safari 4 and other popular web browsers. Its completely perfect it's speed ,special features , and easier to use. It is the most swiftest web browser
Rowi

5/7/2009 12:40 PM
		I downloaded Chrome yesterday and did not care for it and uninstalled it. However now I cannot double click on on email in outlook express and get anything to open on the web. I wanted to check out a magazine I get online and it would not let me go to it. Can you help? Thanks ann
ann r scott

5/25/2009 2:03 PM
		I've been using Chrome for about a month now, and I thought it was the best browser until I found a major failure: when downloading, specially zip files, it simply doesn't finish downloading all the file, or if downloading multiple files, sometimes it downloads the same file over and over again with different names. It sucked. Now I still have it but only fro browsing, but returned to the best browser nowadays, Firefox.
ajani3456

5/25/2009 4:44 PM
		Unlike Internet Explorer or Firefox, Chrome's options on dealing with cookies is so restrictive as to make it much less valuable than it might be. One does not have the choice of agreeing or not consenting to a cookie and this leaves one open to no protection from intrusive cookies or no cookies which are necessary for some web pages. Therefore perhaps it is premature to right of Firefox unless there is a fix for this debility in Chrome. Luticium
Luticium

5/27/2009 3:04 PM
		google chrome has a problem with many not only hinders me is also a large number of societies that use, if you open a huge no tab also they all closed with an exit, I think that the dog had needed a msgbox which will remaind us whether to close all tabs
egzon

6/4/2009 1:07 AM
		A few things are still not working as they should. I know some of it is because developers have not abided by standards when thet develop web pages but Internet Explorer handles them OK. I notice a few of the web sites I visit, as I scroll down the bottom of the heading scrolls down with it so if I scroll back up I can no longer see the detail as it is hidden by the heading. Also some web sites have music contained within them, normally a .mp3 file which gets downloaded and played, especially when they are slide presentations. Works in Internet Explorer but not in Google Chrome. Only small but annoying issues.
Ivan

6/4/2009 4:35 AM
		I like everything about Google Chrome except the skin - as everything else on my computer is black I shall continue to use Internet Explorer 8 until Google bring out a black skin - something which is surely not a great problem. The present skin is pathetically boring.
Timothy Byford

6/9/2009 7:39 PM
		Love it! My computer didn't play well with either of my past browsers but this one works everywhere at every site with no problems! I love the ease and easy use makes it great for me as I surf around.
Chris B

6/17/2009 9:11 AM
		It seems that Google have taken all of the other features off all of the other browsers, and put them all together - pointless! Opera already do a home page with links to favorite pages - this sucks, since I was expecting something really innovative, esp from a company that is meant to be on the forefront of technology and stuff like that. "Google MagPie" would be a good google service.
ZK@Web Marketing Blog

4/11/2009 1:02 PM
		There are a few things I don't like (Just for the recor I was addicted Mozlla user for years, so those remarks are mostly comparing Chrome vs Mozilla) - while saving pictures (mouse click>save as) from sites like Pixdaus or Facebook, most of the pics are saved like no extension files, so I have manually to add ".jpg" - when imputing the picture link on forums, opens window (please enter the URL for this image) and that window is not automatically active, so I have to click on it's field to paste URL. This is frustrating. Can't remember anything else for now.
Smorock

4/26/2009 3:09 AM
		Google Chrome is similar to Mozilla firefox, you have to download loads of Add-ons and the latest Adobe flash to be honest i wouldn't download it ive now deleted mine because it i think it is so bad, Stick to IE
Robbie

4/27/2009 9:52 AM
		@Graham, FireFox is completely free. Goto http://www.getfirefox.com for your free download. I think it's the best browser out there right now. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

4/29/2009 10:47 PM
		Reading so many reviews with so many tech sounds... leaves me confused. I use internet for general surfing, mail checking only. So, in short and in simple language, can some one please tell me (a) Should I download the Chrome (b) Will it cause problems in my normal web surfing and computer usage and (c) Can I uninstall it and go back to the present Google, if I don't want it later ? Thanks and Thanks again RK
R K Rao

4/30/2009 7:21 AM
		@R K Rao - (a) It depends. FireFox I believe is still the best browser if you rely on the add-ons for development/debugging. Chrome is a no-nonsense browser that is very fast. There aren't many options but for general browsing it's great! IE is a great browser too but you have to be diligent to security settings and making use of the anti-malware/phishing attempts by not clicking on things you shouldn't click on. (b) You can install Chrome side by side with IE, FireFox, Opera, and any other browser you want. It is just another application. I've currently got 4 browsers on my dev system and all work independently. (c) Absolutly, but I'm not sure what you mean by "go back to the present Google". Google isn't a browser, it's a search engine. Honestly, if you aren't a heavy web surfer, you'll likely won't notice many differences so only go that route if you want something faster with less bells and whistles. Thanks for your comments and hopefully you'll let us know if you do try it out and what you think about it. -Joe
Joe Pruitt

5/4/2009 6:40 PM
		Sir, Subsequent to response from Mr. Joe, I immediately sent a mail (from here) thanking him. The same has not appeared so far. Rgds RK
R K Rao

5/4/2009 7:03 PM
		R K Rao - I have not received the email so I appologize if I did not get a reply to you. I'll have to double check through my server's spam filtering to make sure it didn't get categorized incorrectly. Thanks for commenting on my post and hopefully I answered all your questions. Feel free to post again if you would like my opinion on anything else. Cheers! -Joe
Joe Pruitt

5/5/2009 7:27 AM
		Hi Mr. Joe Thank you and lookforward to getting in touch with you again. RK
R K Rao

5/5/2009 7:40 AM
		RK, No problem. Take care! -Joe
Joe Pruitt

5/9/2009 3:18 AM
		Thank you so much for using ClearType Rendering! The more I use Chrome the more I love it. Safari Speed in layout and rendering, yet still beautiful Microsoft font rendering. I am looking forward to seeing the innovation pour out of the common usage of Mobile and Web technology. aka Android and Chrome.
currency trading platform

7/10/2009 3:05 AM
		I find it quite good most of the time. But prone to freezing or hanging. Then after a couple of minutes, off it goes again. Happens with many sites. Its not the web site either as a PC beside it accesses the same sites with Explorer no problem.
ChiefScout

7/16/2009 3:58 PM
		oh... what would I do without good old chrome Hee Hee!
Nathan Payne

7/29/2009 5:06 AM
		Just wanted to check if Chrome was Ok at handling the more advanced javascript funtions, also if it is fully Java applet loaded.
yanton

9/15/2009 9:14 AM
		Your chrome does not reconige the certificate from "StartCom Ltd" (although trusted by Mozilla firefox), and then provides message that the site is not trusted by "YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM". This should be "GOOGLE CHROME". They forget the slogan "DON'T BE EVIL"
Gaurav

11/9/2009 9:39 AM
		speed excellent but google chrome irritates by not opening many Pdf format files... some other radiology images totally not opened... like on www.med.yale.edu/.../contents.html and www.med.yale.edu/.../index.html so final trusty explorer is the internet explorer resort... nothing cud have matched it ... had its speed been close to google chrome
Dr.JB

12/20/2009 7:48 PM
		Speed is the key feature for me and this one is built for that. The big question is whether as they add more and more to it if performance will take second stage to features. Only time will tell, but I am pretty happy with it given it's a first release beta. Great review of your own BTW.
Shared Web Hosting

1/17/2010 3:18 PM
		I have real problems with CHROME in areas of security and privacy. When I write an email to Person A, and then send it, then write an email to person B -- the text sent to person A's email shows up in the email of Person B. Also when I delete an email and later open my email program again, the deleted email pops up sometimes. This only happens on Chrome and occurs on different computers when using the program. Also, it formats very poorly when writing text on something like My Family.
kollaa

1/18/2010 10:19 AM
		Gaaa!! Google chrome is just a rip off!! The only original idea they had was separate processes for each tab! The rest is just copied from opera, mozilla and IE. Just choose some features at random from each of the above and you have google chrome. I have used it too and was disappointed with how slow it was at rendering pages and had issues with audio and videos.
Chrome disappoints

1/24/2010 3:28 PM
		I am sure that this has been posted. But for me google chrome is great. is loads web pages faster than IE. but the only complaint that I have is that there is no drop down arrow to look at the previous web sites that I have visited. I have to book mark everything. Currently running chrome on a acer one netbook
james

2/9/2010 3:17 AM
		I love Chrome too, but I’ve held off using it until the bookmark manager is developed. I do the same too – I copy the URL link to my firefox, and add it to my diigo (I saw you using it in class and I tried it out – I like it a lot!) It really is a lot faster and nicer looking…but I will be pro-Firefox until the bookmark manager for Mac Chrome is developed!!
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