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musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
edited September 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
Googles new web browser.

Whats your take?

Is it better than Firefox?
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  • duggroduggro Posts: 1,343
    cant get it to install unfortunately

    doubt i'd leave firefox though
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  • NothingSoundNothingSound Posts: 198
    Gonna try it out tonight when I get home from work. I doubt I'll leave Firefox, but I'm sure it'll be better then IE.
  • know1know1 Posts: 6,794
    Only for Windows right now, so I'm only trying it on one of my computers. In some ways it's pretty cool, in others not so much. My initial impression is that I'd say I like Firefox better right now.

    I'm a big fan of the Ad Block Plus extension for Firefox, and this one doesn't seem to have that. I'm also a list person and I don't really like the way that Chrome displays bookmarks.

    In general, I do like the concept though, since I do not use any software on my personal computer except a browser and this is designed to work for that purpose (and also with all the Google programs I already use).
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  • spatspat Posts: 644
    i installed this the other day. i cannot compare it firefox, never used it, but its a little better than IE. more screen space, less clutter on the top and bottom, i like how you can put your favorite bookmarks up top, but i've found its still a little buggy. certain things while surfing the web don't work properly that should for some reason. i had trouble with hotmail, it always asks me to upgrade, and playing videos on certain sites like youtube, i can't move the little control thing for the volume or position, few other small things here and there, but its enough to keep me using IE for now :(
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  • PJ_LukinPJ_Lukin Posts: 2,055
    spat wrote:
    i installed this the other day. i cannot compare it firefox, never used it, but its a little better than IE. more screen space, less clutter on the top and bottom, i like how you can put your favorite bookmarks up top, but i've found its still a little buggy. certain things while surfing the web don't work properly that should for some reason. i had trouble with hotmail, it always asks me to upgrade, and playing videos on certain sites like youtube, i can't move the little control thing for the volume or position, few other small things here and there, but its enough to keep me using IE for now :(
    Get Firefox. IE sucks in comparison. Chrome has some work to do. I found it cumbersome and agree with the person about the bookmarks.
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  • mattcozeamattcozea Posts: 377
    spat wrote:
    i had trouble with hotmail, it always asks me to upgrade
    That's not a bug with the browser, Hotmail just doesn't recognize Chrome so it thinks you need a different browser. In fact, I'd bet that the vast majority of problems are exactly that.

    Chrome is outstanding under the hood, and there are a lot of cool ideas in the interface. I'm sure it'll be great when it goes final.
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  • FrankieJFrankieJ Posts: 602
    radiohead33 wrote:
    Googles new web browser.

    Whats your take?

    Is it better than Firefox?

    idk but i heard it was a bootlegged, scaled down version of firefox from one of my high school teachers.
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  • aNiMaLaNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    I almost got it the other day, then decided I didn't want to fuck with it. And Yeah, I have been a Firefox user for years, and do not see myself changing that.
  • mattcozeamattcozea Posts: 377
    FrankieG wrote:
    idk but i heard it was a bootlegged, scaled down version of firefox from one of my high school teachers.
    Ha! Some people just shouldn't talk about things they don't understand. It's open source software, the whole point is to use and build off of what other people have done. They took a few features from Firefox, but that's it. It's much closer to Safari since it uses the WebKit rendering engine, but nearly everything else is custom built.

    If you really want to know more about it, read this comic book style introduction of it:

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

    It's aimed at developers, so you may not understand all of it, but I think you should be able to get the gist.
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  • know1know1 Posts: 6,794
    I have used Chrome and, while I'm an early adopter and would love to switch to it, sadly it is not ready for primetime yet. Hangs up, no plug-ins, etc.
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  • Slip KidSlip Kid Posts: 1,175
    when they release a mac version i'll try it.
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  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    I like Cheetah Chrome better.
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  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    Gonna try it now. See what I think. Hadn't heard of it before strangely enough.

    Edit. Seems nice. I'll give it a test run for a few days.
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  • SnakeSnake Posts: 2,605
    Well firefox will always be the best, im going to give this a try. Im downloading it right now. Funny thing is, firefox wouldnt download it. I think its jealous :D


    EDIT: Just got it. Its cool, pretty simple, alot like apple computer stuff. I cant find a homepage button though :( this is causing me great distress. More later
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