Google Chrome.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » September 2nd, 2008, 3:30

Looks interesting, new browser, open sauce, seems to have some good ideas, uses the same rendering engine as safari, so that might be bad.

http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-09-01-n47.html

Post by **Dog Pants** » September 2nd, 2008, 6:59

Should I be suspicious that it's called Google?

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » September 2nd, 2008, 7:01

Dog Pants wrote:Should I be suspicious that it's called Google?

Assuming you're scared of Google, Yes

Post by **Dog Pants** » September 2nd, 2008, 7:04

I'll just stick with Firefox for now I think.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » September 2nd, 2008, 7:05

Dog Pants wrote:I'll just stick with Firefox for now I think.

but still, new interesting thing is new and interesting.

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » September 2nd, 2008, 7:15

Dog Pants wrote:I'll just stick with Firefox for now I think.

There'd have to be a fairly compelling reason for me to move to it I reckon.

nunoncastors · Post by **nunoncastors** » September 2nd, 2008, 7:38

Lateralus wrote: There'd have to be a fairly compelling reason for me to move to it I reckon.

Indeed. However, I might drop it on my test machine and have a play when it's up and running. I like the name 'onmibox' also.

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » September 2nd, 2008, 13:13

I'll certainly give it a go.
Opinion seems to be split between cautious optimism and fidgety tin-foil-hatism. It's open source though, so you can bet there'll be people scouring the code for any sign of dirty dealings.
Alternatively, sit back and wait for Firefox/your-browser-of-choice to implement some of those shiny new features. Shouldn't be too long.

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » September 2nd, 2008, 13:33

Interesting development as Google just extended their deal with Mozila Inc to keep google as FF's default search engine.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » September 2nd, 2008, 14:03

Personally I don't really care, there's enough browsers on the market. But it could get some more users off of IE, which would be good.

amblin · Post by **amblin** » September 2nd, 2008, 15:48

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » September 2nd, 2008, 21:35

Well, the beta's out.
http://www.google.com/chrome/

First impressions:
- First problem is that it doesn't maximize properly for me. I usually browse on the smaller of my two screens, but it maximizes to the resolution of my larger screen. Whoops.

- No autoscroll (middle-click)

- It's very simple and clean, but that also means it's not very configurable.

It's quite quick though.

edit: Oh, and it installs GoogleUpdater, which runs at startup. (disable it with msconfig)

Post by **TezzRexx** » September 2nd, 2008, 23:11

Stoat wrote:edit: Oh, and it installs GoogleUpdater, which runs at startup. (disable it with msconfig)

but it does seems quite fast

Post by **HereComesPete** » September 2nd, 2008, 23:14

Fucks sake. Does it mention it in any way or does it sneak onto your pc?

Fear · Post by **Fear** » September 2nd, 2008, 23:19

HereComesPete wrote:Fucks sake. Does it mention it in any way or does it sneak onto your pc?

Post by **HereComesPete** » September 2nd, 2008, 23:22

Well in regard to apple bonjour it's more a

given how open to abuse it is, and how fucking cheeky they are.

Fear · Post by **Fear** » September 3rd, 2008, 0:08

Apparently it has a flaw that allows execution of code with 2 mouse clicks on a naughty page. It also has a flaw that can silently download a file to your desktop. Combine the 2 and you've got epic fail.

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » September 3rd, 2008, 0:46

Fear wrote:Apparently it has a flaw that allows execution of code with 2 mouse clicks on a naughty page. It also has a flaw that can silently download a file to your desktop. Combine the 2 and you've got epic fail.

Linky? I can't find anything in the usual places. Not massively surprising though. Firefox 3 had a good few hours after release.
edit: Ah, I see, unfixed Webkit bugs. Tsktsk.

nunoncastors · Post by **nunoncastors** » September 3rd, 2008, 7:22

Hmm, well, the google updater got caught by S&D's TeaTimer trying to write its registry entry and told to fuck off. Rather annoying though.

That said, I actually quite like the browser. It strikes me as something you'd bung on a media centre pc or something lightweight, but it's still quite nice and pages seem to load nice and quickly.

However, it isn't about to drag me away from the FF/Opera setup I currently have.

amblin · Post by **amblin** » September 3rd, 2008, 8:47