Most of MindSay's members use either Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox to browse the Web.  But this week Google has rolled out a Web browser of its own - Google Chrome - that offers a fairly different approach to surfing the Web, and it's getting a lot of good reviews, including one from yours truly (aostrow)

One of the more interesting features of Chrome is the way it prevents crashes.  Each tab works independently, so if something goes wrong, only that tab closes versus the entire browser crashing.  Chrome also makes much more efficient use of space, showing you more of Web pages without having to scroll.  The URL bar is also different than a traditional browser - you can type in either a Web address or a search term, which, will naturally search Google.  In my tests so far, all of this leads to a much faster browsing experience that also makes the Web much prettier.

As cosina pointed out, Google first announced the project through a comic they leaked to the media drawn up by famed illustrator Scott McCloud.

You can download the new browser here.  Have you tried it out yet?  Let us know what you think.
 
   

 


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SaikotikGunman on
Re: Sick of Your Web Browser? Google Has a New Alternative
Yep, I've installed it on one machine, going to install on another, and run a real test of it.  So far, I've noticed that the rich text editor in MindSay doesn't work with Chrome.
sarcasmsvoice on
Re: Sick of Your Web Browser? Google Has a New Alternative
Similar to what SaikoticGunman posted, rich text editor does not work. I do like the speed of the browser but hate that my FF plugins do not work. Also, addons like RealPlayer don't work with Chrome either.

It has potential, but right now, I suggest Beginner and Intermediate users stick with FireFox.

And why in the world would you use a Porcine browser like IE anyway???
silverfire85 on
Re: Sick of Your Web Browser? Google Has a New Alternative
Be careful if you're an artist and submit things to a site using Chrome.  I found this posted by a friend on DeviantArt, and if you submit things using Chrome, you're giving Google permission to do whatever the hell they want with your stuff, regardless of copyright.  Needless to say, I will NOT be using Chrome.
myclette on
Re: Sick of Your Web Browser? Google Has a New Alternative
That's good to know!
Andreux on
Re: Sick of Your Web Browser? Google Has a New Alternative
Does Firefox not have the same rights? Just curious, I sincerely have no clue.
silverfire85 on
Re: Sick of Your Web Browser? Google Has a New Alternative
No, not in the way Google has mentioned.  No where, does Mozilla say anything about you giving them the right to alter any of your submissions in any way, at any time.  Here's a link to Mozilla's EULA.
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/legal/eula/firefox-en.html
Andreux on
Re: Sick of Your Web Browser? Google Has a New Alternative
Awesome, thank you for the link. You are really good at this lol =)
silverfire85 on
Re: Sick of Your Web Browser? Google Has a New Alternative
Thank you! Apparently Google is remedying the situation.  I went to look at the original article where I first heard this, and it has been edited to say that Google is in the process of fixing the EULA.  The original article is here, with the update: http://tapthehive.s483.sureserver.com/chrome.html
Andreux on
Re: Sick of Your Web Browser? Google Has a New Alternative
It will probably say the same thing but in different, nicer words
MakenZero on
Re: Sick of Your Web Browser? Google Has a New Alternative
hmm hopefully they'll work it out even better. It sounds like a good idea though I might have to try it out.
g0ld on
Re: Sick of Your Web Browser? Google Has a New Alternative
Positive:
Speed of browser
Start-up browsing history view
Tabs in window title

Negative:
Lack of plugins
Lack of customization possibilities
RSS feeds !?
aostrow on
Re: Sick of Your Web Browser? Google Has a New Alternative
yea, those are pretty much the negatives I see too ... RSS feeds missing is a sorta big deal for me, but not a huge deal-breaker.

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