Google Chrome
Google to release beta of their browser, Google Chrome, today. Anyone got a copy yet?
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September 2nd, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Are there versions for Linux and Mac?
September 2nd, 2008 at 2:17 pm
we don’t even know if there’s a version for real computers yet.
September 2nd, 2008 at 2:27 pm
Not yet, apparently.
Gonna be interesting.
September 2nd, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Not today, but eventually.
September 2nd, 2008 at 2:35 pm
They were going to post an update to their blog when it would be ready to download. They scrubbed the cache to the download page they had which now directs you back to their main page.
September 2nd, 2008 at 2:44 pm
VAPORWARE!
September 2nd, 2008 at 3:03 pm
It’s go time! Download here.
September 2nd, 2008 at 3:03 pm
Just downloaded it. Pretty nifty so far (as in, it hasn’t crapped out my PC)
September 2nd, 2008 at 4:09 pm
Interesting. Not particularly impressed by most of the features, as compared to FireFox, but it’s interesting to see someone else in the field. Kinda feels like some sort of unholy offspring of IE and Opera, but most everything at least looks fairly good.
Running it Windowed and with one tab still wastes a fugly amount of space, one complaint I have with both IE’s newer versions and Opera. The find (ctrl+f) feature is nice, but the New Tab side looks like it’s destined to be a cluttered piece of junk.
Has only borked a few smaller websites.
September 2nd, 2008 at 4:18 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
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:02 pm
On a slightly related note, Picasa is also supposedly receiving a full version upgrade today as well.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:04 pm
downloaded it today, cant run it at work, the proxy wont let it browse.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:11 pm
welp, im stupid, it works fine
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:12 pm
Ironically I just happened to put on my shirt I received from when I worked on Microsofts project Chrome. That was a project to kill Netscape which was shelved, in part, because of fears of the Justice Department.
The shirt has been getting some comments and I have to explain the shirt a litle bit here in the halls of the Borg.
September 2nd, 2008 at 8:36 pm
Playing with it now. Seems ok. Tabbed browsing – where have I seen that before?
One thing that would be interesting to know is if the “incognito” window search/browse histories are still stored at Google, if not on the machine.
Gonna have to play with it until it breaks, then try some more.
September 2nd, 2008 at 10:26 pm
i would be more intrested if Adobe put out a browser. When you compare the word processor google has and the word processor Adobe has you can see the difference.
google documents
adobe buzzword
September 2nd, 2008 at 11:19 pm
A fantastic browser. Very technically advanced. The fact that each tab runs in its own processes prevents on tab from interfering with another tab. And its fun seeing what websites take up a lot of RAM and CPU in the task/process viewer.
September 3rd, 2008 at 2:21 am
I’ve been playing with it for the last few hours. It’s nice, it’s clean, and I think it’s probably gonna become my new choice for working on other people’s computers. I think I’m a bit to much of a power-user of browser features to use this for most of what I do. I have Firefox tweaked just how I like it right now, little things like mouse gestures, and password protected saved passwords. I have a lot of bookmarks, and I’d hate to have to type at least part of them in to make all my e-stops every day.
Also, adblock. I can ‘t see Google adding adblock support, somehow.
Still, interesting. At least someone’s trying new things in browser design. I’ll check it again when it’s out of beta.
September 3rd, 2008 at 8:37 am
I got it yesterday afternoon, and I have been playing around with it a little bit. Most of the engineering was done on the back end – stuff you don’t see. It is like Google’s own little OS in a browser with its own Task Manager, etc. It clearly is still a beta product. It didn’t import all my Bookmarks, doesn’t appear to support RSS feeds, and has had problems with a few web pages. However, I am still testing it out.