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Flashorn

2,608 posts since
May 19, 2007

Sep 2, 2008 12:09 AM

Have You Heard? Google Is Going "Chrome"

Hey Everyone!!

I don't know if you were abreast of this but , Google is coming out with a

Browser. Google says that it will not interfere with the present lot of browsers

but, considering that they are using the parts of Apple's "WebKit" along with

some of the open source from Mozilla Firefox and others. The site was supposed

to launch today but , as of now I still can't get in. So, want to know more?

Check it out @ Ask Woody.com . and @

Google Blogoscoped.com .

FLASHORN.

Free Internet Security - WOT Web of Trust

Patience is Life.

Reply Tags: browser, internet_explorer, firefox, apple

AuroraDizon

6,028 posts since
Jul 30, 2006

1. Sep 2, 2008 4:19 PM

in response to: Flashorn

Re: Have You Heard? Google Is Going "Chrome"

I'm on it right now its a pretty cool browser if I say so far.

I suggest people to read Google Chrome's book in order to get familiar with it.

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

http://www.google.com/chrome < download

Flashorn

2,608 posts since
May 19, 2007

2. Sep 2, 2008 4:32 PM

in response to: AuroraDizon

Re: Have You Heard? Google Is Going "Chrome"

Hey Aurora!!

Thanks , I downloaded the .exe but, haven't installed it

yet. Since you did all the work I will give it a try .

FLASHORN.

Patience is Life.

lilxkid24

1,936 posts since
Jul 8, 2007

3. Sep 2, 2008 4:44 PM

in response to: Flashorn

Re: Have You Heard? Google Is Going "Chrome"

Chrome doesnt even have a home page key. Youtube so far works fine. Browsing is fine too

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Flashorn

2,608 posts since
May 19, 2007

4. Sep 2, 2008 4:55 PM

in response to: lilxkid24

Re: Have You Heard? Google Is Going "Chrome"

Hey LIL!!

If you mean a Home Page icon well, that might be cause they are

Google and that's where you do your search from. I'm just about

to install and will be able to tell you more later.

Thankx for posting LIL.

FLASHORN .

Patience is Life.

AuroraDizon

6,028 posts since
Jul 30, 2006

5. Sep 2, 2008 5:38 PM

in response to: Flashorn

Re: Have You Heard? Google Is Going "Chrome"

There is no "home" key check out the book link I sent it explains a lot. When you open a new tab it has something similar to operas speed dial where it takes the most visited pages and displays them for your easy click. It also has most searched terms on the side along with recently closed stuff you can even drag things to a little bar there for your bookmarks its pretty convenient.

piyushsingh

2,964 posts since
Jul 21, 2007

6. Sep 2, 2008 6:45 PM

in response to: Flashorn

Re: Have You Heard? Google Is Going "Chrome"

Havent yet tried this but i m currently on IE8 beta2 . This thing has some very cool new features. The group coloring of similar tabs is pretty neat and useful.

lilxkid24

1,936 posts since
Jul 8, 2007

7. Sep 2, 2008 7:43 PM

in response to: piyushsingh

Re: Have You Heard? Google Is Going "Chrome"

i tried ie8 beta i see no difference from ie7 besides a bit smaller tab thing. Its just to fail as much as ie7.

piyushsingh

2,964 posts since
Jul 21, 2007

8. Sep 2, 2008 7:51 PM

in response to: lilxkid24

Re: Have You Heard? Google Is Going "Chrome"

lilxkid24 wrote:
i tried ie8 beta i see no difference from ie7 besides a bit smaller tab thing. Its just to fail as much as ie7.

Didn't you see the InPrivate browsing , didnt you see the smart screen filter ? What about the Web slices and suggested sites feature ? And did you miss the domain names in bold in address bar ? And how can you miss the accelerators and developer tools ? Not to mention the IE loading time. Its so much different from IE7 .

Flashorn

2,608 posts since
May 19, 2007

9. Sep 2, 2008 7:59 PM

in response to: piyushsingh

Re: Have You Heard? Google Is Going "Chrome"

Piyush !!

How the heck are you? It's been a long time. Miss your presence on here.

OK, first impressions. This is a very fast browser. I like the fact that there seems to be allot more space.
It is Airy, don't feel as though you are looking at a box. OH! BTW , there is a Home Icon. It's under the
Tools tab "Wrench". Google Chrome.jpg

. This is Firefox , Opera and Flock all rolled up in to one.
Chrome has a bit of everything. you get used to it very fast . All you need is at your finger tips.Also like
the fact that when you Bookmark a page , it goes directly to your "Bookmarks bar" . This is the option
I like the most in Firefox and in Opera it's the Tabbed window page. In flock well, If I were a peoples person
I guess I would like all of the people places you can visit incorporated in one browser. Oh yeah, Chrome
has Flock's color. This is the only turn off so far.Will keep on investigating.

FLASHORN.

Patience is Life.

lilxkid24

1,936 posts since
Jul 8, 2007

10. Sep 2, 2008 8:07 PM

in response to: piyushsingh

Re: Have You Heard? Google Is Going "Chrome"

i see not much of a difference still the same

AuroraDizon

6,028 posts since
Jul 30, 2006

11. Sep 2, 2008 8:24 PM

in response to: lilxkid24

Re: Have You Heard? Google Is Going "Chrome"

The book I posted explains a lot. I like how it sandboxes everything so your whole browser doesn't freeze just because something might. My complaints so far is that google installed some google updater to my system process's on start-up. The convinence of having google as your browser also comes with the sketchy web history. There is a way to surf without it being recorded (they use the same example as they do on the regular google account history - "if you want to buy someone a suprise gift etc." I've notice some things are a little slow, but besides that its exceptionally small and very sleek. I love the tabs and the fluidness of it all. I can pull a tab out and place it in its own window something ive been waiting for FireFox to do for a while, you can also take it back into the window and put it back.

I'll consider switching fulltime when they have a noscript and adblock.

piyushsingh

2,964 posts since
Jul 21, 2007

12. Sep 3, 2008 6:32 PM

in response to: AuroraDizon

Re: Have You Heard? Google Is Going "Chrome"

an adblock in a google browser ???? The terms contradict each other.

btw - did anyone realize chrome is in beta like most other google services. Chrome is directly pitched against the InPrivate browsing feature in IE8.

piyushsingh

2,964 posts since
Jul 21, 2007

13. Sep 5, 2008 7:13 AM

in response to: Flashorn

Re: Have You Heard? Google Is Going "Chrome"

Hi Flashorn

Everyone might want to read this - http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/39176/108/ . What else was expected from google. I m happy that i dont use any of the google services other than their search engine.