google chrome?

Post by **Bfowler** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 9:43 am

so now thats its been out a little while...

who's using it?

like it?

for me its about as fast as FF3, but uses about 1/3rd the memory.

i like that almsot everything is built in however my 1 complaint is...

google chrome doesnt have google toolbar...

Post by **fuzzysnuggleduck** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 10:13 am

I'll try it when they release the OS X version.

I do like the idea of tabs being separate processes though. One misbehaving tab/website doesn't bring the whole browser crashing down.

Post by **Bfowler** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 10:17 am

^SHIT. YES.

forgot about that. can't tell you how nice that is

Post by **Francious70** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 11:24 am

Enh, still doesn't look good enough to make me switch from FF2

Post by **stipud** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 11:59 am

You don't even use FF3?

Post by **Francious70** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 12:56 pm

Nah, I didn't like the new URL bar, and it really started to eat up precious resources. As it is every time FF2 is doing ANYTHING other than sitting still it maxes my CPU out and glitches.

Post by **fuzzysnuggleduck** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 1:57 pm

Weak.

I like FF on Linux, but I refuse to become too attached to any extensions.

Fucking NoScript seems like it has an update EVERY TIME I launch FF.

rlockwood · Post by **rlockwood** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 5:34 pm

chrome seems to use more memory than ff2 did.. its pretty nice. What is google toolbar? I like their auto-complete and search functions in the address bar. And I enjoy the tabs at the top, makes for a bit more viewable space.

ive found quite a few webpages dont seem to function quite right with chrome though, including the forums here. the text box i'm typing in doesnt properly delete and has other issues that didnt happen in ff2.

Post by **Bfowler** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:04 am

i noticed that too! i thought it was them trying to be "helpful"

i will have to do a comparison back with ff2 now.....

denim · Post by **denim** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 11:02 am

I have used it since release. Runs fairly well for me. Faster then FF and Opera (a little).

Post by **VW337** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 6:27 pm

Ditch google chrome rock the hacked version- SR ware IRON

http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron.php

Google Chrome without the call home BS.

joyride · Post by **joyride** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 6:01 am

There is actually a lot of things that went into chrome that surprised me. It uses the same rendering engine as Safari (WebKit), but the it is the java application that really sets it apart. It processes javascript much faster than FF, and IE is out of the running. This is said to give way to more advanced applications, adding to Googles idea of data cloud computing.

Its just too bad that it isnt working for me because Symantec Endpoint doesnt like it (probably something to do with the 'sandboxing' in Chrome)

bretti_kivi · Post by **bretti_kivi** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 6:09 am

^^ you should try using real security software

Chrome is not available for me, I use work machines and we just upgraded to FF3.

Bret

joyride · Post by **joyride** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 6:58 pm

trust me, I hate this stupid symantec crap. I had an edition from my school that was great. Didnt use much resource, and blocked a lot. I reformatted, and then found out that they switched to this new endpoint garbage.

Also, the original developers for Chrome were all from mozilla. They actually were worried that it was a conflict of interest when they were developing Chrome.

denim · Post by **denim** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 6:21 am

VW337 wrote:Ditch google chrome rock the hacked version- SR ware IRON

http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron.php

Google Chrome without the call home BS.

Nice find, I will try it out here soon.

Post by **mhyde71** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 8:13 am

Does anyone know how to have all your favorite show up in chrome, versus just the most recent... i.e. like with IE, you can go to fav's and drop down the entire list to choose from.. anything like that in Chrome???

denim · Post by **denim** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 8:08 am

You can drag and drop your favs in the bookmarks bar (just below the tabs).