Google to launch open source browser!

[Decode]

Google to launch browser to compete with Microsoft

Chrome intensifies the battle between the tech giants and continues Web software's drive to supersede the operating system.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Bidding to dominate not only what people do on the Web but how they get from site to site, Google Inc. plans to release a browser today to compete with the likes of Internet Explorer and Firefox.

It's yet another salvo in the company's intensifying battle with Microsoft Corp., which last week released a beta, or test, version of Internet Explorer 8 that makes it easier to block ads from Google and others.



"This is the first truly serious threat that Microsoft has faced from a well-funded platform," said technology analyst Rob Enderle, president of the Enderle Group.

A beta version of the Google browser, called Chrome, will be available for download by Windows computer users in more than 100 countries. Chrome will offer features that make it easier, faster and safer to browse the Web, the Mountain View, Calif., search giant said in a blog post (http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/fresh-take-on-browser.html) Monday.

Google has long ruled how people search the Web. Now it is going after how they navigate it, analysts say.


"We like this move by Google and believe it can help to increase or at least maintain its leading search market share," Needham & Co. analyst Mark May said in an e-mail. "As the starting point for nearly every user's Internet experience, the browser is important online real estate. The market share gains by Firefox in a short period of time show to us that users are looking for better browser experiences."

One feature will allow consumers to run Web-based applications independently, which means that if one program crashes it won't take down the browser.

By improving the reliability of such online services, Chrome could mark another step in the browser's drive to supersede the computer operating system in importance, said Matt Rosoff, analyst with Directions on Microsoft, a research firm focused on Microsoft products and strategy.

Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft holds a virtual monopoly in operating systems, but their importance in the computing landscape is diminishing as Web-based programs become the starting point for many users.

Chrome will be an open-source product, meaning anyone can modify the software code and add features.

Internet Explorer General Manager Dean Hachamovitch called the browser market "highly competitive" and said he remained confident that consumers would stick with Microsoft's product.

Google executives have expressed concern over the years that Microsoft could use its dominant browser to route consumers to its own search engine, which has sputtered despite years of effort and billions of dollars in investment.

Explorer 8 enables a user to surf the Web without the sites he or she visits being tracked. Google and other Internet companies -- including Microsoft -- use such information to finely target the ads they display. People who use Chrome could give Google even more information about their online habits.

Launching a browser war with Microsoft is a bold move for Google because Microsoft controls nearly 75% of the market. It also could cause trouble for Firefox, a free browser that is gaining popularity but still trails far behind Explorer.

The nonprofit Mozilla Foundation, which manages Firefox, has benefited from engineering help and money from Google. In 2005, Google hired the lead engineer behind Firefox, who splits his time between Google and Mozilla. Just last week, the two extended their partnership, which makes Google the browser's default search engine, through 2011.

Also potentially vulnerable are Opera and Apple Inc.'s Safari, which have captured much smaller fractions of the user population.

News about Chrome broke Monday after the website Google Blogoscoped reported receiving a comic book from Google that outlined the details of the new browser. A Google blog post later explained that it had inadvertently released the news. "We believe we can add value for users and, at the same time, help drive innovation on the Web," the post said.

The browser, which Google says was built from scratch, has been in the works for two years. It is intended as a "modern platform for Web pages and applications" that can run faster and be more responsive, the post said.

Even coming from a universally known brand such as Google, the browser might not catch on. Google may encounter resistance from consumers, who typically switch browsers out of frustration, not for new features, Enderle said.

Rosoff said Google will attract its share of "curiosity seekers" and can rely on distribution deals to increase its market share.

"I think this could be a real contender," he said.Sounds interesting, and it sounds as if the browser will be like firefox :)

Moved by ShawnFTW (Forum Moderator) from World News, Politics, Religion and Philosophy: This thread is better suited here. :)

[Describe1]

Looks good, but unless its faster then firefox, maybe looks better I dunno if i would switch :P

[Flisker]

#Hmmm, not sure if i will use that, firefox suites my needs

[Blue]

They even have a little comic :)

http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/

[Florx]

It is supposed to release today... at some point :P

[IDontKnow]

Screenshots - http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-09-02-n72.html

Videos - http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/01/first-public-screen-captures-of-google-chrome/

Looks sleek, but to be honest, it's 'just another browser'!

[Kieran]

Its realeased today when the American's wake up apparently.

[VistaBoy]

I think it will be one of them RAM lovers (using a lot of it) but it done look nice.

[Agnostic Bear]

This is going to be the best browser ever.

[Trinity]

This is going to be the best browser ever.

Agreed. (Unless you were being sarcastic)
I wasn't sure about switching over at first, but I'm reading through the comic and it sounds rather awesome.

[Agnostic Bear]

Agreed. (Unless you were being sarcastic)

I wasn't, it is going to be the best.

[Kevin]

Cant wait! xD.


http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/index.html

Theres a comic about google chrome :]

enjoy

-Kevin

[HotelUser]

Google Chrome is an open-source browser, that uses components of Apple's WebKit and Mozilla's Firefox. The posts says it will be reminiscent of the "clean" design of Google's home page.
http://www.timesoftheinternet.com/1274.html

Well, I think most of us here are smart enough to use something faster than IE..lets see if Chrome will beat Firefox or Safari.

[Andys]

it looks horrible

[darkchicken101]

That comic makes the makes the browser sound really great. I hope it is as fast, secure and user friendly as they make it out to be. However, if anyone can, it'll be Google.

[Mario]

I like the sound of that 'incognito' tab no more deleting cookies for me :D

the way they've build it from scratch, all the changes - this sounds like a new start for browsers.

[HotelUser]

it looks horrible

I wasn't aware of any pictures of the browser being released :rolleyes:.

[Cixso]

Looks **** imo.


I wasn't aware of any pictures of the browser being released :rolleyes:.
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-09-02-n72.html

[Mario]

I wasn't aware of any pictures of the browser being released :rolleyes:.

Google it.

[Andys]

I wasn't aware of any pictures of the browser being released :rolleyes:.
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-09-02-n72.html
please read the whole thread next time, thanks.

[Mario]

Looks **** imo.

Your entitled to your own opinion, but im sure over half of the people on this forum prefer speed and performance over looks. (in places other than and aswell as the internet) :p
But i quite like the looks anyway, it looks sleek and simple.

[DaveTaylor]

Hurry up google, I am curious about this one to be honest.

[mat64]

I doubt it's going to win my heart from Firefox for various reasons but we shall see what Google has come up with. It took me sometime to move from Opera to Firefox so I guess the same could happen again.

[Mario]

I doubt it's going to win my heart from Firefox for various reasons but we shall see what Google has come up with. It took me sometime to move from Opera to Firefox so I guess the same could happen again.

i'll probably keep firefox installed and install Chrome, if i like/use it more that firerfox then i'll uninstall firefox.

[Florx]

I intend to install Chrome, just to test it out, however I will not get rid of Firefox for testing purposes. :)

[timROGERS]

I'm waiting for it as well :P

[Mario]

Apparently its not coming out till tomoz, but i wish it'd come out today.

[The Professor]

Your entitled to your own opinion, but im sure over half of the people on this forum prefer speed and performance over looks. (in places other than and aswell as the internet) :p
But i quite like the looks anyway, it looks sleek and simple.

Opera, of course, has both :P

Chrome reminds me of the netscape browser, I can't say I was terrible keen on that either. Unless its considerably faster than Opera I can't say I'll be switching.

[timROGERS]

BBC is claiming tomorrow but many think it is gonna be today.

[Florx]

Well it does say on the google blog, today :P

EDIT: IT'S OUT :) http://www.google.co.uk/chrome

[MrCraig]

http://gears.google.com/chrome/index.html

is going to be the download page, cant work out file path from the javascript though :( (if theyve uploaded it yet)

EDIT: oooerrr its outtt :D

[Mario]

OMG PLEASE GET RELEASED TONIGHT

Edit:Dont toy with me.

[Trinity]

Installing now, yay :)

Edit: http://www.tehupload.com/uploads/app-181471266170361161.png

[Mario]

Downloaded it, its so ******* incredibly fast.

[Wootzeh]

Downloaded it, its so ******* incredibly fast.
its slow as **** for me.

[madchild24]

if it gets a better layout then I'll switch..

[jackass]

Won't download for me!

[DaveTaylor]

It's bloody fast I tell you that :/

[Trinity]

Won't download for me!

What exactly is stopping you from downloading?

Also, anyone else noticed the crazy highlighting?
Edit: It needs a status bar at the bottom, just doesn't seem complete without it.

[Recursion]

What does it score on the ACID test?

[Mario]

Hmm odd, its going at least up to par with firefox 3 with me, and that goes fast, this seems faster.

i must say, the incognito feature is excellent, it seems Google is promoting internet pornography,
the only annoying thing for me is the lack of a middleclick-scroll feature, because the scrollwheel on my mouse is broke i usually just use that.

[Monopoly]

Hmm odd, its going at least up to par with firefox 3 with me, and that goes fast, this seems faster.

i must say, the incognito feature is excellent, it seems Google is promoting internet pornography,
the only annoying thing for me is the lack of a middleclick-scroll feature, because the scrollwheel on my mouse is broke i usually just use that.

That is exactly what I was going to say. :P

It seems sooo much faster, I don't know if I'm imagining it or not. :S

[Recursion]

:O IM IN LOVE.

[The Professor]

Faster than opera? the download button wouldnt work for me, can someone post a direct link?

[Mario]

I didnt see the need to make a new thread for this, but if anyone can find me a high detail image of the chrome logo (on its own, no text) thats transparent and link/send me a dl link i'll +rep u

Also, try and download something, a huge arrow appears and scrolls down, its so awesome!

[Recursion]

http://www.google.com/chrome

Posted link wouldn't work, but that one would.

OMG OMGOMGOMGOMGOMOMGOMGOMG POST EDITING IS SPEEDY!!!!!!!!!!111111111111ONE

[The Professor]

http://www.google.com/tools/dlpage/res/chrome/images/chrome-205_noshadow.png

[Joe!]

Christ, this is fast.

[Tomm]

Amazed at speed. Tis now my default browser ;D

[timROGERS]

I don't like the scroll, it scrolls too much :(

[The Professor]

The way its loading the pages is confusing me lol, but I have to agree its pretty fast!

[Fez]

Wow, bloody hell it's fast

[Mario]

i am seriously falling for this browser, its so quick and easy, and so ******* sleek.

[Recursion]

I just miss my click-scroll... apart from that :O jeeeesus.

[Decode]

Direct download- http://dl.google.com/update2/installers/ChromeSetup.exe

Im installing now.

[The Professor]

The UI will probably take some time to get used to though, I can't say I liked it instantly like I did with Opera.

[Hitman]

http://www.google.com/tools/dlpage/res/chrome/images/chrome-205_noshadow.pngOMG what are you doing spammin ma boardz?! :(

It's quite fast, I tweaked my Firefox so it was a tad faster... Opera didn't have a few things I liked, BUT ALEX, I did use it until about a week ago.

I like this secret tab thing, this made me laugh:

Going incognito doesn't affect the behaviour of other people, servers or software. Be wary of:

Surveillance by secret agents
People standing behind you

[Recursion]

Secret tab thing?!?!?! :O

[Mario]

OMG what are you doing spammin ma boardz?! :(



Hes not spamming, i asked for a high detailed transparent logo :P

Agreed with alex, the way it loads is confusing and a tad annoying, but all the awesome things about it make up for it.

[Fez]

Haha, I think Chrome is at least 4x faster than... tweaked Firefox. At least on my computer anyway.

Spellcheck is handy too.

[Trinity]

It's lacking an undo close tab, which I use a lot, so I'll be sticking to firefox.
But wow it's fast, I'm used to firefox slowing down everytime I open a tab, now I don't even notice it so I get confused :(

Yay resizeable text boxes.

Someone link me to a page with popups so I can test it?

Incognito is pretty:
http://www.tehupload.com/uploads/app-12989671270623151.png

[Wootzeh]

needs smooth scrolling and scroll wheel scroll

[Mario]

Secret tab thing?!?!?! :O

Ctrl+shift+N, anything that you do in that window will never appear in your history and when you close it your cookies for that session are cleared, perfect for somethings...

[Recursion]

YES WOO NOW MY BROTHER CAN GO THROUGH ALL MY NAUGHTY SITES.

[DaveTaylor]

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/3244/capturesd3.jpg

fails acid test 3!

[DaveTaylor]

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/3244/capturesd3.jpg

fails acid test 3!

[N!ck]

Woah, this is pretty awesome...

[Joe!]

Ctrl+shift+N, anything that you do in that window will never appear in your history and when you close it your cookies for that session are cleared, perfect for somethings...

its like they made it for that purpose..

[Tom-743]

It loads allmost instantly which is good because FireFox took around 20 seconds for me to load and as I am typing this message words are been spell checked!

[jackass]

I love it!

Its slick, the layout is awesome and simple!

And best of all, it is FAST! :P

[The Professor]

Haha, I think Chrome is at least 4x faster than... tweaked Firefox. At least on my computer anyway.

Spellcheck is handy too.

I tweaked opera earlier and now they're pretty much the same speed, maybe opera is .1 second slower but nothing noticable. I don't think I'll be switching to it for the forseeable :)

[Fez]

Ctrl+shift+N, anything that you do in that window will never appear in your history and when you close it your cookies for that session are cleared, perfect for somethings...
Awesome, never noticed that before, will be really good for my... special sites <_<

[DaveTaylor]

it doesn't pass acid test 3 and is built on webkit which is what safari is based on and it passes that's just not right :/

[Hitman]

Hes not spamming, i asked for a high detailed transparent logo :P

Agreed with alex, the way it loads is confusing and a tad annoying, but all the awesome things about it make up for it.

If you say so, I'll let him off this time! :$

It should stay fast at loading and not crash very much, I read the comic thing and it explained how some things worked. :8

[Coldplay]

Wows, Chrome is actually pretty amazing.. I like the way there are no obvious lines or anything, it's kinda like using f11 all the time.

And it's faster than FF, Definitely.

[Recursion]

Well, All I can say is.

GOOGLE PWN ONCE AGAIN.

[Trinity]

YES WOO NOW MY BROTHER CAN GO THROUGH ALL MY NAUGHTY SITES.

*Can't? ;)


It loads allmost instantly which is good because FireFox took around 20 seconds for me to load and as I am typing this message words are been spell checked!

Firefox spell checks too though.

[Recursion]

*Can't? ;)



Firefox spell checks too though.

Shush you XD yeh thats what i meant lolol

[Decode]

:O Its using 70% of my CPU.

[Monopoly]

Does anyone else, when they're using it feel like you're in like.. full screen mode?
I don't know how to explain it any better. :P

[The Professor]

*Can't? ;)



Firefox spell checks too though.

Tbh I take spell checker's personally, my typing is terrible :P So that'd be a feature I switched off if i were to use it.

[Recursion]

:O Its using 70% of my CPU.

LAWL. Its using 00% ;D


Does anyone else, when they're using it feel like you're in like.. full screen mode?
I don't know how to explain it any better. :P

Yes. Its just so sexy.

[Fez]

Deffo the best browser... just... even if it fails acidtest, it's still probably the fastest, easiest and most useful.

[Trinity]

Does anyone else, when they're using it feel like you're in like.. full screen mode?
I don't know how to explain it any better. :P

Yeah I found that very annoying at first, got used to it very quickly though :)

Edit: Aaaghh, can't delete history by pressing delete in the address bar like you can in Firefox, damn you Chrome :(
And yes I know about incognito mode, but still...

Any idea when Stumbleupon will be available for it?

[PaulMacC]

Yeah I do lol, probably because IE is clogged up at the top and bottom by the little bars.

[The Professor]

:O Its using 70% of my CPU.

Wow that's impressive :P Its not registering as using any CPU with me :P

[Leetzgirl]

Is it really good?

It been on the friggin news all day so..download link pls

[Hitman]

Does anyone else, when they're using it feel like you're in like.. full screen mode?
I don't know how to explain it any better. :P

Indeed, it feels as if it's in full screen. It's because it's got no clutter at the top and nothing at the bottom, so it's simple.

[Coldplay]

Yes Dec, I feel like that definitely, which is weird, but I definitely prefer it.

Just gotta get used too it.

[Fez]

Yeah, I can see just about, the whole of the screen thing. All the others seem a bit too cluttered with search bars and task bars and Irish bars.

[DaveTaylor]

PROFESSOR ALEX GET ON MSN!

[Hitman]

Is it really good?

It been on the friggin news all day so..download link pls
You didn't want it a minute ago!

It's using 00 - 03 CPU for me.

[Leetzgirl]

DOwnliaduing noww wowowo

[Decode]

Does anyone else, when they're using it feel like you're in like.. full screen mode?
I don't know how to explain it any better. :P

Its because they have scrapped the load bar at the bottom. But I like the way it only appears when you need it :)

[fweggy]

Saw this in the paper, is it good?

[Recursion]

PROFESSOR ALEX GET ON MSN!

Tutut a MOD going off topic! :P

This browser is so awesome, I don't even need any plugins :O

[Trinity]

Saw this in the paper, is it good?

Definitely.

Edit: The history takes just slightly too long to show up in the autocomplete box thing.

[Leetzgirl]

Mine crashed?

[Fez]

Yeah, I thought I'd have to re-install them all when I switched from Firefox, like when I did with I.E -> Firefox, but I think they're already there

[Neil]

It's nice but I hate it in full screen, donno why but it looks nice in a smaller window, nothing seems load that fast for me, it takes quite a while to load Habbox compared to Opera, some things load pretty quick but since I'm mainly on habbox it makes no sense to use a browser that doesn't seem to load it as fast as my current xD

[Coldplay]

It is quite good, crashing a slight bit.. Each tab is a separate process though, so only the tabs crash.. AND !! If you hover over the minimze button, it says Minimise! WITH AN S!!

[Recursion]

No it doesn't... its Minimize on mine.

[Leetzgirl]

WOW

IT ******* HOT!

[Recursion]

See, it was totally worth it :8

[Hitman]

No it doesn't... its Minimize on mine.
Minimise on mine, maybe you got the American version or something.

[The Professor]

Methinks it looks like its on fullscreen because the tabs bar is wadged together with the bar at the top that I don't know the name of (with minimize, close etc on it). Took me a while to notice that :P

[Leetzgirl]

It an s for me :D

[Leetzgirl]

It almost the same as fire fox but faster -,-

Edited by SyrupyMonkey (Forum Super Moderator): Please do not double post, simply edit your previous post.

[Monopoly]

It's an s for me but if that's the only problem I can find with it I'm really not complaining. :)

[Recursion]

Minimize is English US according to Wiktionary.

[Fez]

S for me lol, now we're just nitpicking

[Recursion]

Meh, its fun! :D

[Coldplay]

http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/9423/31831292eb1.png

S is English, Z is American.

S is the correct spelling :)

[Trinity]

I liked the Organize Bookmarks thing on firefox, made it much easier to go through my hundreds of bookmarks.
Silly chrome lacks it again :(
But I understand it was meant to be simplistic, mehhh.

[Coldplay]

I liked the Organize Bookmarks thing on firefox, made it much easier to go through my hundreds of bookmarks.
Silly chrome lacks it again :(
But I understand it was meant to be simplistic, mehhh.

Don't have hundreds then? You're only supposed to have them for favourite web pages.

And it does have a drag and drop thing with bookmarks.

[Trinity]

Don't have hundreds then? You're only supposed to have them for favourite web pages.

And it does have a drag and drop thing with bookmarks.

Yeah but I tend to use a lot of them quite often.
And it wasn't the drag and drop thing that I miss, it's having the bookmarks in a separate window, unless chrome has this and I just can't find it :(

[Coldplay]

It's just go so many features, like if you right click > View source, it takes you to a proper page and shows you the proper Cascading Style Sheet.

AND You can even set it up so it opens up pre-set web pages on launch.

That's SO COOL!

[Leetzgirl]

Oi Oi, We cant block ads?

[Trinity]

Haha, when you try to uninstall:
http://www.tehupload.com/uploads/app-844377286112474634.png

[Coldplay]

Omg, You can even open things in an "Incognito" window, so it doesn't appear in your history.

[Tom:GC]

Doesn't work with Hide My Browser Free.

I'm gonna stick with Firefox for now methinks,

[Leetzgirl]

I sticking with firefox as well

I cant use view change style "/

[Coldplay]

It has only just been released, it will only improve and improve :)

[darkchicken101]

This is going to become my main browser as soon as they release it on OS X.

[Mario]

Indeed, for a browser pretty much completely coded from scratch and that has just been released, its pretty damn awesome.

[Fez]

Haha, this browser's full of jokes, just been looking in the settings and stuff xD

[--ss--]

http://www.google.com/tools/dlpage/res/chrome/images/chrome-205_noshadow.png
It's a pokeball? O.o

Downloaded it and it's actually quite good :o

[Trinity]

Aaggh, I uninstalled it in the hope that it would remove all the stuff I previously imported from Firefox, but it's still there :(

Anyone know how to completely clear browsing history?

[Coldplay]

Haha, this browser's full of jokes, just been looking in the settings and stuff xD

=F I know lmao.


http://www.google.com/tools/dlpage/res/chrome/images/chrome-205_noshadow.png
It's a pokeball? O.o

Downloaded it and it's actually quite good :o

It's amazing, and GO Google Ball!


Aaggh, I uninstalled it in the hope that it would remove all the stuff I previously imported from Firefox, but it's still there :(

Anyone know how to completely clear browsing history?

Tools > Clear browsing data


If you guys want to have the home icon, you can click the little wrench, options then it's there, just click "enable home button"

[Tomm]

Another joke:

C:\Documents and Settings\<your username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\Plugins\gears

Look at the description of the gears.dll file ;)

[Recursion]

Another joke:

C:\Documents and Settings\<your username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\Plugins\gears

Look at the description of the gears.dll file ;)


Gotta love Google

[Coldplay]

I lol'd.

[Hitman]

When I use the incognito tab, it records my history even when I restart chrome...

[alexxxxx]

chrome is rapid. anyone agree?

[Recursion]

Agree'd.

[Leetzgirl]

best thing i seen so far in the past year

[Hitman]

When I use the incognito tab, it records my history even when I restart chrome...
Anybody else having this...? I'm not cluttering up the forum with chrome threads so I'll post in here.

[Coldplay]

I'm not having that problem with Incognito, however when you scroll over things like threads, it shows the contents instantly, Is it possible to change it so it last a bit longer?

[N!ck]

best thing i seen so far in the past year

Yeah, loving it. Something to draw my attention away from writing my personal statement anyway :P.

[Hitman]

I'm not having that problem with Incognito, however when you scroll over things like threads, it shows the contents instantly, Is it possible to change it so it last a bit longer?I think I must have visited the site whilst I wasn't on incognito... anywho, that shows in Firefox too, I'm not sure how to do that...

[Trinity]

Tools > Clear browsing data


If you guys want to have the home icon, you can click the little wrench, options then it's there, just click "enable home button"

Doesn't completely clear it.

Anyone else?

[Coldplay]

It should do, If you check all the boxes?

Does for me.

[Technologic]

Downloading/installing now :]

From what i hear, it's good

[VPSwow]

Taking ages to download im guessing lots of people are downloading.

[Technologic]

Taking ages to download im guessing lots of people are downloading.
Lol? It took me like 5 seconds

[VPSwow]

Lol? It took me like 5 seconds

Il cancell and restart then :)

[Nussan]

I went on google this morning and saw it and downloaded it, I like it more than FireFox. Im sure Mozzila is crapping their pants right now ;)

[PaulMacC]

Lol, It's now my main browser even though it's still in BETA, it's so much faster for me anyway than FF and IE and I love the interface.

[Technologic]

Dammnn this is rapid

[Trinity]

It should do, If you check all the boxes?

Does for me.

It removes it all so I can't view it in the View History thing, but it still shows up in the address bar.

[msb.]

sounds cool

wots acid test?

[Recursion]

ACID test is basically how well a browser renders a page on a scale from 1 - 100, the higher the number, the better.

[msb.]

ACID test is basically how well a browser renders a page on a scale from 1 - 100, the higher the number, the better.


cool have the announced real date for proper release?

[Recursion]

Not yet as far as im aware!

[Leetzgirl]

ahaa, gonna take a few good old months :p

[msb.]

so

who owns firefox - mozila? or is it mozzila?

now who owns google ???

[N!ck]

so

who owns firefox - microsoft?

now who owns google ???

Nah, Microsoft don't own FireFox babe.

[msb.]

Nah, Microsoft don't own FireFox babe.
mozzila

i meant/

Edit: mozila - ff?
google - ????
ie - - microsoft
opera??? - is it mac?

[Trinity]

mozzila

i meant/

Edit: mozila - ff?
google - ????
ie - - microsoft
opera??? - is it mac?

It's chrome - google if you stick to the way you've done it for FF.

[Coldplay]

Opera is owned by Opera.
Mac own Safari
Google - GoogleChrome
Mozilla - Firefox
Microsoft - IE


Been having some slight trouble loading pages first time recently, but that is possibly down to my PC because FF does it also.

[Technologic]

Hmm there's something about i dislike

[Coldplay]

You're not used too it, so it looks strange, It's really growing on me though. The look.

[Mounta1nGoat]

I'm using it right now its quite good. I like the fact that clicked links that used to open in a new window now open in a new tab and you have the option to open them in a new window.

[madchild24]

I'm using it right now its quite good. I like the fact that clicked links that used to open in a new window now open in a new tab and you have the option to open them in a new window.
firefox can do that..

If someone releases a good theme for it. i will change.

[Coldplay]

Yeah firefox does that.

And the basic chrome theme is fine? Fantastic if anything.

[Florx]

I agree.

And unless I have missed some option somewhere, there is no autocomplete :(

[Calon]

I agree.

And unless I have missed some option somewhere, there is no autocomplete :(
Welcome back.

On topic: It's plain and in like Version 1 beta.. Sure their is most likely going to be more features in the future :P

[Florx]

Tarrr :)

I keep forgetting its a BETA, cause it's just THAT good.

[Hazza]

Faster than opera? the download button wouldnt work for me, can someone post a direct link?
I dont think its faster than Opera :P

+ The incognito feature is also on IE8 ;)

[Coldplay]

I've never used Opera so yeah..

Feel free to steal my sig if you want!!

Also, I just got this nice pop-up from google whilst on imagshack saying;

WARNING - VISITING THIS SITE MAY HARM YOUR COMPUTER

Then it was telling me it detected Malware, I was quite impressed.

[Florx]

Stolen!

Thankies.

[Coldplay]

Oh, I am so loved :) lol]

Notice it links to the google chrome download site ;)

[Florx]

So does mine.

Btw I forgot to +rep you :P

EDIT: Just noticed the dodged up upload fields:

http://www.tehupload.com/uploads/app-447660206446487163.png

[HotelUser]

http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-09-02-n72.html
please read the whole thread next time, thanks.
Please don't tell me what to do next time, thanks.

Edited by SyrupyMonkey (Forum Super Moderator): Please do not feed the trolls, thank you.

[Coldplay]

Yeah, Shame about the image thing, happens on Imageshack too, They'll probably fix it soon enough, is only a BETA remember!

[Wootzeh]

http://gizmodo.com/5044871/google-chrome-eula-claims-ownership-of-everything-you-create-using-chrome-from-blog-posts-to-emails

not so sure about it O.o

[Coldplay]

Seems to be going slower today, gonna switch back to FF for now. esp because of that above post :)