Google Chrome

croxis

First post from Google's new web browser!: [url]http://www.google.com/chrome[/url]
I must say, some of these features are quite nifty

Space Ghost

I'm giving it a try now. Thanks! :)

Stingray

Just what the world needs, another browser war. ;)

C_Mon

tried it a bit. it's quite fast, but there are featuress I use daily that I got on opera so isn't going to switch yet. :)

Vertigo_1

I really like it. The interface is clean and nifty.

However I really dislike Google as a company. Using their search engine and other services is just so easy and efficient, yet I know I'm paving the way for a worse monopoly than Microsoft.

Yet I can't bring myself to switch the default search engine back to Windows Live in IE7 (my main browser). Sigh.

Eclecticonaut

[url]http://tapthehive.com/discuss/This_Post_Not_Made_In_Chrome_Google_s_EULA_Sucks[/url]

A2597

some features, awesome. Others..not so much.

It loads fast, and is lightweight, and does better on the Acid3 test than Firefox3.

But it has no extentions. So it fails.

wiseguy

[QUOTE=Eclecticonaut;175464][url]http://tapthehive.com/discuss/This_Post_Not_Made_In_Chrome_Google_s_EULA_Sucks[/url][/QUOTE]

[QUOTE]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. [B]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.[/B] 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. [/QUOTE]

made me giggle real hard :p

*pats firefox and his little minion extensions*

croxis

They are going to remove part 11: [url]http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080903-google-on-chrome-eula-controversy-our-bad-well-change-it.html[/url]

Eclecticonaut

But that's not all, folks: [url]http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10031661-56.html?tag=newsLeadStoriesArea.0[/url]

Falcon1

Firefox will suffer big for this. Most of their income stems from pointing their search engine box at google.com which they've renewed with G until 2010 (I think). But I would imagine all bets are off after that.

Safari will also take a big hit but then their Windows effort hasn't really achieved much since its release.

Mundane

Happy with Internet Explorer 8 beta 2 :)

Freeze

[QUOTE=Mundane;175483]Happy with Internet Explorer 8 beta 2 :)[/QUOTE]

But then again, some people idolised Stalin, too ;)

* Happy with Firefox 3.0.1 *

croxis

Mozilla has been working on other sources of revenue for a while now, but I think it is both in their best interest to continue to be in this relationship. Google's real target is Microsoft which has been wanting to get more into internet search and advertisement.

A2597

If it had advertising blockers, and extentions (eg. firefox, I love you) then it might win me over.

As of right now? Hell no.

Sanfam

Everyone seems to think this is google's attempt to enter the browser war. It's not. It's their attempt to push for the standardization of certain technologies and protocols across the competition to make *their* web applications and interests more accessible. They've apparently caused Microsoft to look into extending functionality of IE8 to include some of Chrome's feature set, so I do believe it is achieving this goal.

Vertigo_1

[QUOTE=Sanfam;175522]Everyone seems to think this is google's attempt to enter the browser war. It's not. It's their attempt to push for the standardization of certain technologies and protocols across the competition to make *their* web applications and interests more accessible. They've apparently caused Microsoft to look into extending functionality of IE8 to include some of Chrome's feature set, so I do believe it is achieving this goal.[/QUOTE]You say that now. I'll come back when they release their OS.

Sanfam

They are no doubt planning to establish a platform, but I believe their larger goal is to still minimize the effort and workload necessary to achieve a state where their apps can run across as many platforms as possible. Chrome has set the bar high, and both IE8 and Firefox are set to match.