So I see where T-Bob is using this. So am I. Who else is using Google Chrome Beta? What do you think about it? I totally LOVE it! It makes going to my favorite sites a LOT faster and easier. And it's graphically pleasing.
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I heard about it, and it seems interesting. BUt I think I remember there was some drawback to it the article mentioned.
i like the way any application you are using runs in its own stand alone environment not causing other open tabs to slow down if it gets burdened. and yeah speed is king. very clean design naturally from google and its open source so we can expect a great number of add-ons. it seems they learnt a great deal from mozilla and indeed one of the lead engineers on chrome was from firefox.
sort of feel sorry for firefox in a way, they earn most of their revenue from google and from looking at the figures, chrome took a chunk of firefox users. IE is still hovering around the 70% market share. but hopefully more of their users will be persuaded to use chrome as it gets more coverage. i think it was always going to be firefox users who would adopt/test chrome first anyway. i'll still switch between them all though.
check out ctrl F for a nifty inline search. and about:internets if your using xp for an easter egg. Ctrl+Shift+T for opening a recently closed tab..i know i'll be using that alot, frickin butter fingers. but yeah, why no google toolbar?
sort of feel sorry for firefox in a way, they earn most of their revenue from google and from looking at the figures, chrome took a chunk of firefox users. IE is still hovering around the 70% market share. but hopefully more of their users will be persuaded to use chrome as it gets more coverage. i think it was always going to be firefox users who would adopt/test chrome first anyway. i'll still switch between them all though.
check out ctrl F for a nifty inline search. and about:internets if your using xp for an easter egg. Ctrl+Shift+T for opening a recently closed tab..i know i'll be using that alot, frickin butter fingers. but yeah, why no google toolbar?
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Firefox is great, but it has been known to seize up.
I would welcome a simple, sleek browser, but I'm using an old machine with 512 RAM and I don't want to upgrade every five minutes (plus I have an Asus eeePC with similar limitations) so it's all a question of memory usage.
I would welcome a simple, sleek browser, but I'm using an old machine with 512 RAM and I don't want to upgrade every five minutes (plus I have an Asus eeePC with similar limitations) so it's all a question of memory usage.
Doesn't chrome have the usual google-habit of recording any 'facts' about you that it can find? Do all sites you visit get recorded somewhere in googles virtual cupboards for instance? I hate having my privacy being invaded... and google is really good at doing that. At least on all it's other software. Is this browser any different then?
(Or in other words: what does the tiny print say; and what isn't even printed but still happening?)
(Or in other words: what does the tiny print say; and what isn't even printed but still happening?)
katnik, right click in the address field and click edit search engines and untick the box that says use a suggestion service etc...also go into tools in the top right corner, go to options, then "under the hood" and make sure the box that says "help make chrome better etc...." is unchecked.
Wow. You know this browser already! I tried getting it to display Java animation of hurricanes from the National Hurricane Center -- and it said I didn't have the plug-in. I followed the instructions on what to do. Still nothing. So it has gone to the back of my list, behind Mozilla and IE.
These are computers! They should offer yes-no check boxes and then do the work themselves. Don't ask users to do anything beyond checking a box. My first Google browser rant.
These are computers! They should offer yes-no check boxes and then do the work themselves. Don't ask users to do anything beyond checking a box. My first Google browser rant.
I've got the add ons. Wonder why it didn't work for you? Still using Windows 3.0? 
I do have the most up-to-date Java console, so I'm not sure why Chrome didn't pick up on it. IE and Firefox have no trouble.
P.S. Better answer the question. I updated to Win95 some time ago.
Kidding. I use XP on a laptop.
P.S. Better answer the question. I updated to Win95 some time ago.
Kidding. I use XP on a laptop.
i use a BBC Micro...what are you people talking about!?
im on the comodore 64.. my partners on the zxspectrum 48k.. the posh version with the plastic hard keys not the rubber..
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Off topic, but the above brought back memories. I started with the Commodore 64, wrote several programs in BASIC that sold around the state and even some nationally, then bought an SX64 (the "transportable" model that I still have and took on vacation to write a novel).
Back then, we could have an Atari 400, Radio Shack Trash 80, C64, Timex Sinclair or the IBM PC Jr. 300-baud modems that sometimes worked. Add-on speech programs. Even a Movie Maker to use on the C64. Doodle. Koala Pad. EasyScript without word wrap! Then free SpeedScript with word wrap.
We've come how far, baby?
Back then, we could have an Atari 400, Radio Shack Trash 80, C64, Timex Sinclair or the IBM PC Jr. 300-baud modems that sometimes worked. Add-on speech programs. Even a Movie Maker to use on the C64. Doodle. Koala Pad. EasyScript without word wrap! Then free SpeedScript with word wrap.
We've come how far, baby?
wow bob, you keep busy...cant forget about my old Texas Instruments 99 
...no-one could believe I had an "arcade machine" in my house. my brother one it in a contest. first of its kind in my country.
...no-one could believe I had an "arcade machine" in my house. my brother one it in a contest. first of its kind in my country.
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