After about 3 hours of use I have switched to Chrome as my default browser. Read all about it. Some are skeptical. But, I'm tired of the "Application Not Responding" :-) Also, I just ran a quick test of SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark Results, and Chrome was 2 X the speed of Firefox 3.01 beta.
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Posted on: September 3, 2008 12:38 AM, by Razib
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Chrome is remarkably fast. But I've grown used to ad-blocking in firefox. All the space saved by Chrome's UI is lost by previously invisible ads.
Chrome is very nice though. Still, I'd almost forgotten how distracting it is to see ads constantly moving and shifting while I'm trying to read.
Google makes great tools, but I guess I shouldn't expect DoubleClick to make an ad-blocker.
Posted by: jim | September 3, 2008 8:46 AM
I won't make the transition until some key plugins are available.
That said, Chrome looks very promising.
Posted by: Milan | September 3, 2008 12:27 PM
I have a gmail address and use several google services to good effect. However, (1) gmail is buggy as hell - works great for awhile and then the server goes all slow and funky (if you are using the pop interface) and (2) there is NO HELP....period.......for any google service. If you are having trouble with their maps or gmail or any other google service you have only their faq and their forums. And help on their forums is very iffy and not at all reliable since they have several freaks that cruise their forums giving out false advice.
So, while google does many things good, if you need something to work everyday the same way with good support, google is NOT that thing.
Posted by: Oldfart | September 3, 2008 12:40 PM
Just wondering if you read the portion of he EULA below.... If you posted this blog using chrome... it belongs to them now....
11. Content license from you
11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling Google to display, distribute and promote the Services and may be revoked for certain Services as defined in the Additional Terms of those Services.
11.2 You agree that this license includes a right for Google to make such Content available to other companies, organizations or individuals with whom Google has relationships for the provision of syndicated services, and to use such Content in connection with the provision of those services.
Posted by: Mike | September 3, 2008 3:10 PM
Yeah, It's pretty sweet -- the design is something I've kinda been wishing on for a good while now, and it's clean and fast. But the lack of an ability to block things (i.e. flash ads or sites I don't want to be tempted to dick around on) is a big drawback, so i'm kinda waiting for someone to write the requisite plug-in before I switch completely.
Posted by: Matt McIntosh | September 4, 2008 8:56 AM
And Jesus, that link to Greg Laden is ... man, I knew anti-Microsoft partisans can be mildly warped, but how can anyone not comprehend the obvious market logic of concentrating on Windows development fist and foremost? The Google guys know which way the wind blows and this is a pretty obvious stepping stone in the slow strangulation of Microsoft. I mean really -- when everyone's accustomed to using web-apps via a Google-made browser for everything they do, it's just a tiny step from there to a completely web-based architecture for everything -- the death of the OS, pretty much.
Posted by: Matt McIntosh | September 4, 2008 9:02 AM