Google Chrome

[Dieter]

Just installed the new browser Chrome from Google...

download: www.google.com/chrome

Anyone else?

I think the browser is really fast only with the absolutely necessary futures....

Dieter

[Monkey]

I downloaded it the other day.

Yes, it is fast and it's kinda nice but I'm not convinced yet.

Very basic as you say Dieter but it is still in Beta so maybe that will change.

I wonder what will happen to Mozilla's funding if people move over to Chrome?

[Guest]

Tried it, not impressed even though it's a beta. I'll stick with my Maxthon 2.

[PigDogg]

just downloaded it and it's the Thai language version and doesn't seem to work.

[stogie bear]

It's faster but not versatile enough.

[Monkey]

(PigDogg @ Sep. 04 2008,14:37) just downloaded it and it's the Thai language version and doesn't seem to work.

try here: http://www.google.com/chrome....n=en-GB

[post-op lover]

(stogie bear @ Sep. 04 2008,20:54) It's faster but not versatile enough.

Yes, but is it passable?

Can you make it stay on top?

[Torurot]

http://www.downloadsquad.com/

Has lots of Chrome stuff including a link to Chrome on a stick

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008....h-drive

[post-op lover]

Some have said it's rather bloated, and was clocked in record time. Others say that it is svelte and of passable quality.

Personally, I think Chrome = facade = warpaint. It's just a flashy exterior, and it's not until you get to know it that you learn where all the holes are.

POL

[Torurot]

German developers forge Iron from Chrome
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09..._iron_browser/
Browser transmutation for privacy fans

By John Leyden €¢

Posted in Applications, 26th September 2008 13:12 GMT

German developers had developed a cut-down version of Chrome that doesn't send usage data back to the Google mothership.

Iron is aimed at punters who like Chrome's fast JavaScript engine but baulk at the search giant's policies for collecting usage data.

SRWare forged Iron by taking out all the features privacy-sensitive punters might find objectionable. According to an English translation by Incomplete News, Iron is based on the Chrome source code minus elements including the absence of a unique user-ID and the removal of code that sends user-specific information to Google. In addition, application crash data is not sent back to Google and there's no Google updater, a function which if left undisturbed might put objectionable code back into the mix.

Windows XP and Vista versions of Iron are available from the SRWare's site here. http://www.srware.net/software_srware_iron_download.php Links to the 10.3MB download are in German, as are the installation instructions, but it appears with a English interface when loaded on a UK version of XP, at least.

A quick try-out suggests the browser is just as nippy as Chrome and that it seems to do what it says on the tin in terms of browsing privacy.

In all, it's an interesting coding exercise that shows the benefits of having a open source browser - doing something similar with IE is a non-starter. However, it's difficult to imagine that Iron will pick up much market share, and people unimpressed with the idea of handing over yet more data to the world's biggest ad broker are more likely to turn to Firefox or Opera instead. ®

*Comments
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09...wser/comments/

[DutchCowboy]

I tried for a weekend a while ago, nice look and feel, nothing much new functionality-wise, sticking with FF (Google just agree to 3 more yrs of funding for Mozilla ), but me no techy so not the best judge

[Monkey]

If you have it installed by default it leaves the updater running in the background, even if you don't ever use it.

I removed it from the startup but it reappears on reboot, not worried about Google but I don't like it out of principle.

Looks like an uninstall is soon to follow...

[SamplerDoc]

Is it really any faster? Or we talking about a micro second