Google Chrome

[Raider]

Has anyone tried it

its very good i'm thinking its better than firefox

[Mistress Sheena]

Well, I looked it up and it seems to also have stolen Opera's Speed Dial component. It's pretty much a clone of IE 7, Opera and FireFox built into one; with their own spin on it.

So I wouldn't really say it's better or worse. It's just there.

[Fishie]

Based on how it looks, Toph's right. It does look like it ripped off certain styles of the other browsers. I just viewed the Youtube sample of what the browser is like and it looks like a simple browser. It doesn't have too little nor too many features. Basically, I see it as a normal browser without the perks like Firefox has. It's a pretty simple browser.

[Lowlf]

I told this to many others. I am to lazy to download this. Also I wont use it.

[Raider]

but its so much faster and looks good, besides its only in beta testing, so it'll get better and probably have other quirks such as add-ons etceter

[Pete]

I'm using it, and I like it quite a bit. I don't really care who they've stolen from. I'm just happy that there aren't 150+ different buttons to look at, which all take up screen space. I don't ever use anything overly fancy for the net, so I'm not really about all these special features. I want something that works fast and works right. So far, this does the trick. I also like the idea of the incognito mode.

The one thing that I don't like so far is the lack of an itunes player addition, like foxytunes on Firefox. That was the shit. It was pretty much a little wiki for every song, complete with lyrics and even a brief song history. Plus it docked right in Firefox, with a little mini player.

[winterborn86]

It does look ok, but Ive only had firefox 3 for a little while so i think i will keep it, im happy with it.

[Omega Weapon]

My brother is using it and he is very pleased with it.

I must say that everything Google makes is great and they definitely deserve credit for the simplicity they’ve built-in to this web browser. It's simple, fast and easy to use. In fact, I agree with everyone who says that it's faster than FireFox but it lacks all the cool add-ons that Firefox has. So yeah, I think I am not ready to switch to Google Chrome yet.

[Sean]

I installed it.

I like the GUI, it's nice.

I hate the fact that I run two monitors, one at 1680x1050 (widescreen, 22" LCD) and the other at 1280x1024 (typical sized 19" LCD)

If I open the browser on the 1024 monitor and double click the titlebar to maximize, it extends beyond the reach of the monitor, to a 1680 resolution. Obviously that means I can't see a large section. Scroll click on the mouse button also does not activate a scroll function to move the cursor up/down/left/right.

I uninstalled it after a minute of use.

Lack of ad blocking via addon or built in blocking also makes this browser suck for me.

[Dragon_Jiriki]

I've heard and seen the articles and reviews about Google Chrome but why use it when I am happy with my current browser Firefox? It's endlessly extendable and it has everything I need in a browser. Google's going to have to really top themselves if they want to convince me to switch.

[Merlin]

Originally Posted by Mistress Sheena

It's pretty much a clone of IE 7, Opera and FireFox built into one; with their own spin on it.

You forgot Safari. It has the same "Carpet Bombing" vulnerability. Why? Because Google's Chrome is nothing more than a mishmash of open source code, most notably an outdated version of Apple's Webkit.

Google Chrome... a giant COPY+PASTE job of already written code by other people. The correct phrase for this 'invention' is: "Nothing to see here. Move along."

[Raider]

I completely disagree with the above, granted it has a lot of thing copied but its only in bet and its so fast and looks coll that's worth some waiting till the first no beta goes active, do you not think?

[Silver]

I think the same as Tech Support.
I tried it, I disliked it, I'll be sticking with Opera.

The discreet mode in Google Chrome does bugger all...
Sure it stops the sites from being added to the history, but it still accepts cookies and the like, meaning anyone with even a little knowledge could find the sites you visited anyways. And yeah, it still saves your google searches so when you try googling something in a non discreet tab, it'll show still.

[Sean]

I've been using Firefox since it was Firebird .5, which is a VERY old beta client, and even then it was a much better browser than Chrome. I remember getting so excited when Firefox RC 1.0 hit the site, and even more excited when the first official 1.0 version launched and Firefox really started to catch on since it was no longer a beta.

I fully agree w/ Merlin's post. I started looking more into it because I had heard about the supposed security advances, and found that article Merlin linked to.