Google's New Chrome Browser
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Danzig
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Been playing with it all day, seems fast.
Google is famous for minimalism and speed.... Nothing really impresses me (been using Firefox and Safari)...but, being able to have one box to enter URLs or search terms does speed things up...saves a few tabs to get to the right box--or back if I overshoot.
The_Twisted_Ear
A proud Conservative!
So far - it is OK. I really like FireFox (especially being able to control when I see Flash, etc.). The court is still out on Chrome.
GWguy
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No Linux version. Firefox for me.
What is funny (strange - not ha ha) is that lots of non-Microsoft stuff runs much slower on recent MS OSs and yet the actual program is not hogging CPU or memory and System Idle Process is using most CPU.
I have Java code that run 43 times faster on Fedora 8 Linux than on Windows XP.
Makes me wonder if Microsoft isn't doing something to purposely slow down competing products on MS OSs.
GWguy
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Interesting concept. However, I'm sure competitors would have figured that out by now during their own testing and filed anti-trust suits.
The other part of that is that portions of the MS OS are still proprietary, and "outsiders" just can't take best advantage of the code.
Sun did and won. Remember? But the same Java code runs 43 times slower on XP than Linux. That is significant.
Microsoft hasn't had a good OS since DOS 3.3.
NeonImpact
How You Doing?
I've been using it since Launch, and it puts Firefox to shame. (atleast to me)
I recommend visiting Google Chrome - Index and view what they have to offer as far as plugins and all that other stuff.
I recommend visiting Google Chrome - Index and view what they have to offer as far as plugins and all that other stuff.
The_Twisted_Ear
A proud Conservative!
I've been using it since Launch, and it puts Firefox to shame. (atleast to me)
I recommend visiting Google Chrome - Index and view what they have to offer as far as plugins and all that other stuff.
I must be missing something - how about all the "add ons" that you can get with FireFox?
cwo_ghwebb
No Use for Donk Twits
Tried installing it on Vista 64 Premium - no go. Won't even install. Will try on my XP machine.
BOP
Well-Known Member
Digging up old threads
So, I downloaded the latest version of CCleaner, which I've been using for years, and it came with Google Chrome included. Since I didn't see anywhere to not allow GC, I figured "no way would they microsoft me that way." Wrong.
Now normally, companies that microsoft (auto download with no opt out feature) me really pizz me off, and I immediate stop doing business with them. I also biatch them out, for all the good it does.
But, I figured, what the heck; google's not my favorite, but let's try it out. So far, it seems faster than IE8. It's more bare-bones than IE8, but that's okay. Time will tell if it works for me or not. I suddenly realized that some setting in IE8 is why I haven't had spell check, because it's suddenly back with Chrome.
So, I downloaded the latest version of CCleaner, which I've been using for years, and it came with Google Chrome included. Since I didn't see anywhere to not allow GC, I figured "no way would they microsoft me that way." Wrong.
Now normally, companies that microsoft (auto download with no opt out feature) me really pizz me off, and I immediate stop doing business with them. I also biatch them out, for all the good it does.
But, I figured, what the heck; google's not my favorite, but let's try it out. So far, it seems faster than IE8. It's more bare-bones than IE8, but that's okay. Time will tell if it works for me or not. I suddenly realized that some setting in IE8 is why I haven't had spell check, because it's suddenly back with Chrome.
twinoaks207
Having Fun!
lnmarsh
Love * Luck * Faith
IE died for my computer a long time ago. Ive had Google Chrome for a while now. I like it. Only thing I dislike is when trying to view pictures in Hotmail (idk if it does this for yahoo, gmail, etc or not) it must first download them to the browser before you can open them. It takes all of 3 seconds, but it gets annoying when you receive an email like multiple pics.
TWL
Kernel panic: Aiee.......
Where did you d/l it from? I just d/l it from piriform.com, the creator of CCleaner, and the only thing related to Google during install was the Google Toolbar, which you can uncheck to not install the toolbar. It's possible, if you d/l it from a site other than piriform.com, that they may have included Chrome.
