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 Posted: Tue, 2nd Sep 2008 19:04 Post subject: Google Chrome Web Browser |
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| Quote: | A fresh take on the browser
9/01/2008 02:10:00 PM
At Google, we have a saying: “launch early and iterate.” While this approach is usually limited to our engineers, it apparently applies to our mailroom as well! As you may have read in the blogosphere, we hit "send" a bit early on a comic book introducing our new open source browser, Google Chrome. As we believe in access to information for everyone, we've now made the comic publicly available -- you can find it here. We will be launching the beta version of Google Chrome tomorrow in more than 100 countries. |
OFFICIAL GOOGLE BLOG
FULL LIST OF FEATURES WIKI
The Beta of Google Chrome will be released today 2.8.08 at 9:00PM CET
I think this link will be activated at that time, for now its a "URL not found"
http://www.google.com/chrome |
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CaptainCox
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| Posted: Tue, 2nd Sep 2008 21:16 Post subject: |
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Link is up and working!
http://www.google.com/chrome
EDIT: It's fast, but I do miss my FF add-ons  .
Looks simple enough so far. I am so used to "Fast Dial" (FF Plug in) I really hope there will be something like this for "Chrome"
As time pass, I am sure we will see A LOT!!! of add-ons and improvements for it though.
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| Posted: Wed, 3rd Sep 2008 01:13 Post subject: |
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amg ctrl+shift+n
its simple clean fast ima keep it
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LeoNatan
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| Posted: Wed, 3rd Sep 2008 01:32 Post subject: |
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Too... Simplistic? Too much for me, I'll stay with FF3 + extensions for now. 
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| Posted: Wed, 3rd Sep 2008 01:44 Post subject: |
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I love it. Already made it my primary browser instead of FF3. Now I just gotta see if anyone is going to create a Gmail plugin for this baby.
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| Posted: Wed, 3rd Sep 2008 02:19 Post subject: |
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It's fast because there are no addons... 
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| Posted: Wed, 3rd Sep 2008 02:51 Post subject: |
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Faster in what way? Both Firefox and Chrome start at the same speed here with Vista 32bit, and that's with 12 extensions. If you're speaking about rendering speed, this could be true, but the engine (WebKit) is still very early in its development and has many rendering bugs.
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| Posted: Wed, 3rd Sep 2008 03:16 Post subject: |
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I like it. Kinda Safari made by Google 
And it is uses a WebKit. An Apple's open sourced framework, good
| LeoNatan wrote: | | [...]but the engine (WebKit) is still very early in its development and has many rendering bugs.[...] |
Early ? It is in development since 2002 and was one of first to pass Acid2 test(via Safari browser). Rendering bugs are due to no compliance with IE6 rendering. And if I am not mistaken there was post at project's blog that there are no plans to achieve that as the framework is gaining popularity and being used in mobile devices so it would encourage site creators to fix theirs sites.
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| Posted: Wed, 3rd Sep 2008 03:28 Post subject: |
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Hm, you seem to be correct. Then it's the Chrome that is buggy at rendering, I don't know, and don't care. But does FF3's rendering technology (Gecko) offer these IE6 bugs compatibility you speak of? Hard to believe, yet it renders everything just fine.
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| Posted: Wed, 3rd Sep 2008 04:06 Post subject: |
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| LeoNatan wrote: | | Hm, you seem to be correct. Then it's the Chrome that is buggy at rendering, I don't know, and don't care. But does FF3's rendering technology (Gecko) offer these IE6 bugs compatibility you speak of? Hard to believe, yet it renders everything just fine. |
Yep, so called quirk mode, then browser renders page how it sees fit. Pages without <!DOCTYPE thingy at the top of source file activate it. Actually, quirk mode is available in all browsers, it is just that in FF it is much more in compliance with IE6 rendering, plus in standard mode <!DOCTYPE thingy present, FF again renders more like IE regarding "white spots" in W3C specifications. HTML5 is going to fix these So, with FF it was design decision, if there is no specifications on how to render thing - do it like IE as close as possible. |
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| Posted: Wed, 3rd Sep 2008 04:36 Post subject: |
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Well, tbh, I must say "whatever" on this issue and move on. Fact is I saw lots of bugs during my very short run with Chrome, and I don't care who's at fault - the browser or the sites. Until this is fixed, and most reasonably would be to adapt the rendering engine to render according to what most websites use, even if it's "IE6 bugs"tml, because most content producers will not change their content soon enough.
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| Posted: Wed, 3rd Sep 2008 04:41 Post subject: |
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The only positive from this that I see is that more popular browsers=better website html
Now they get off too easy with sloppy work.
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| Posted: Wed, 3rd Sep 2008 04:51 Post subject: |
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Sure, but this takes time, and I ain't Mr. Principles like some on this site, to not use something because it's wrong, even if that means degraded experience. Until devs no longer use IE6 crap (and that time won't be that soon, IE6 is still dominating the IE portion of the browser users), browser makers have to understand it's stupid not to support some features.
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| Posted: Wed, 3rd Sep 2008 06:28 Post subject: |
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No mac version. I was curious too.
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| Posted: Wed, 3rd Sep 2008 08:15 Post subject: |
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yup
very impressed of first release
it's simplistic and exactly what a bare-bones browser should be
i especially like the default skin
every browser takes ridiculous amounts of space to redundant buttons, text and menus, and i have to go through great pains to try minimize the clutter
here everything is neat and pretty from get go
but i do hope add-ons come soon so i can use it as my primary browser
current show-stoppers for me;
* no middle button smooth scrolling
* no customizations, like moving the close tab button the fuck away from the tab edge to a place where it stays put and i can easily find it without aiming, like right upper corner
* no ad-block
* no exit confirmation
all these can and surely will be fixed with add-ons, once the community gets their leg up with the sdk
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The browser seems really cool, though i've already noticed 2 annoying issues:
1) no RSS feeds
2) whatever happened to automatic completion? like when you type in a blank something already written by you before, and a little window shows up presenting the similar words inserted before...
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| Posted: Wed, 3rd Sep 2008 15:04 Post subject: |
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Ha! I knew there was some catch to it! I'm sticking with FF3, just can't let go of piclens btw thnx for the heads up sin!
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| Posted: Wed, 3rd Sep 2008 15:06 Post subject: |
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No adblock salution is unusable browser in my book, but Chrome got great potential. Loving the design.
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| Posted: Wed, 3rd Sep 2008 20:38 Post subject: |
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Leo: When I said faster I was speaking about rendering speed, I should have clarified that.
Yeah, this is sad and although I dont feel it effects me its a stupid move on behalf of google (one I expect was not that intentional).. Oh well.
A good read about the speed of the browser can be found on lifehacker: http://lifehacker.com/5044668/beta-browser-speed-tests-which-is-fastest
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) and chrome is without a doubt faster.
