[lesfleanut]

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/fre...on-browser.html (http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/fresh-take-on-browser.html)

Launches tomorrow, might be cool.

[Craig]

I don't get how this could be any different from the ever useless iGoogle. I'll have to wait and see until I use it, I still don't get why this is being released at all.

[Rocketkiller]

Sounds amazing IMO. Finally a fast browser that's not a complete resource hog and that can do complex javascript properly. I also really love how each tab is its own process and how the rendering engine does every element in parallel, not inline like every other browser.

However I'm not gonna use it, I've grown too attached to all of my firefox extensions, and no doubt many features will eventually make it into firefox anyway.

[lesfleanut]

QUOTE (Masterkraft @ Sep 2 2008, 01:20)

I don't get how this could be any different from the ever useless iGoogle. I'll have to wait and see until I use it, I still don't get why this is being released at all.

Hah, skimmed it huh? Everyone should read the little comic book they linked, it's kind of long but it explains the browser in detail and there's a lot of cool sh*t they talk about.

@ rocketkiller: They made all this sh*t open source and freely available so that IE, Firefox, and Safari (webkit) would adopt it. You can be sure the next version of every browser is going to make use of at least some of google's code. If you read the comic the last part is basically a push to get all these developers to adopt these technologies to promote standardized web browers.

This post has been edited by lesfleanut on Tuesday, Sep 2 2008, 06:57

[Craig]

I get what they say, but there's far too much in terms of extensions and it's not like iGoogle is exactly old. I expect it'll be smooth but I don't see it as being all that special. I don't think I'll notice.

[lesfleanut]

QUOTE (Masterkraft @ Sep 2 2008, 01:54)

I get what they say, but there's far too much in terms of extensions and it's not like iGoogle is exactly old. I expect it'll be smooth but I don't see it as being all that special. I don't think I'll notice.

iGoogle and Crome are two different things, man. One is a home page and the other is a browser, it's like calling microsoft stupid for having both internet explorer and MSN.com.

[Craig]

Facepalm.

I really should read things before I speak. In this case then, it should indeed be interesting, starting over again seems a tad hazardous however. The interface on the webcomic reminds me of Safari for some reason...

[lesfleanut]

QUOTE (Masterkraft @ Sep 2 2008, 02:02)

Facepalm. I really should read things before I speak. In this case then, it should indeed be interesting, starting over again seems a tad hazardous however. The interface on the webcomic reminds me of Safari for some reason...

haha that's what I was getting at before. And yes, it is based on webkit, which is the engine that safari is based on. Even if the browser sucks, I really hope the other browsers pick up this technology. This is big for everyone, even if they never use chrome.

[Waddy]

Ill deffo be giving it a try.
DIdnt Google finance alot of stuff for Firefox a few years ago?

[OnePiece]

Once step closer to google owning the internet. Not that that has to be a bad thing.

[Campo.]

I'm going to try it out. Who knows, I'll probably love it.

[Svip]

QUOTE (Waddy @ Sep 2 2008, 08:17)

Ill deffo be giving it a try. DIdnt Google finance alot of stuff for Firefox a few years ago?

Talking about the dollar they give Mozilla whenever someone uses Google Search from Firefox's interface? I suppose so, yes.

This certainly looks interesting. And I assume, since it is open source, that we can expect it on several platforms. The process part is certainly interesting. The security features, however, already exists in Firefox and Safari. As far as I know.

[jelly]

Awesome. No longer will the entire browser with bucket loads of tabs crash when one sh*tty web 2.0 page f*cks up. No more slow javascript loading. And it probably isn't needed but it's nice that it's threaded. Makes all those multicore CPUs feel useful.

This was my first reaction

QUOTE

[12:39:52]    ~jallar: oh great, a google web browser [12:40:06]    ~jallar: first they try to compete with wikipedia, and now firefox [12:40:23]    ~jallar: don't they get it, these are the areas where we _already have_ excellent open source alternatives

I read the comic, then

QUOTE

[12:52:42]    ~jallar: okay, i take it back, this looks really nice [12:52:55]    ~jallar: lets hope it's really open source and not 'open source as google says' like android

I hope they implement something like Weave for all platforms, I want to sync my laptop and desktop.

[Girish]

The screenshots are looking quite impressive and being an open source would certainly add to its popularity. I just hope it doesn't turn out to be another Safari. But I'll most certainly give the beta version a try.

[agent17]

It looks like this could be a real Firefox killer. I will try though.

[Picolini]

Screen shots? Where?

After reading the comic I can't wait to try it out! Supposed to be out todaytomorrow, huh? Hope it does get released soon, because I don't want my enthusiasm to die.
Sounds like a huge step up in browsing.

Looks like everyone is going to have to watch out for Google... didn't they say they were even working on an OS?

edit: Ah, found some screens.
http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/007645.html (http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/007645.html)

This post has been edited by Picolini on Tuesday, Sep 2 2008, 16:58

[Girish]

Looks like Google is working on getting the download page up and running. Btw, just for your info, the download link is: (http://gears.google.com/chrome/?hl=en)

Currently, it redirects you to the Google search page, but it should be working when Google are ready to launch the beta version which should be at 11AM PDT.


Btw, anyone following Internet Explorer 8?

[Waddy]

Posting on Google Chrome.
Looks ok, nothing special.

It has a built in spell checker which is cool.

Seems nice and fast.

[Craig]

Seems I'm having trouble downloading it. I click Accept but nothing happens. The button disables upon clicking too.

EDIT: Got it working, I agree with Wads, it does seems quite fast. My only gripe is the horrid blue theme and the little bar that pops up telling me "waiting for gtaforums.com", I hope I'll either get used to it or I can turn it off.

This post has been edited by Masterkraft on Tuesday, Sep 2 2008, 19:21

[Tornado Rex]

Also posting on Chrome. I decided I'd throw some acid tests at it. Passed 2 with flying colors, 63/100 on 3. Not bad.

Seems to be ok overall. Like Waddy said, nothing special. I'll put it in the "potential" book though. It being open source gives a lot of room for improvement and third-party add-ons and the like. I think we'll know if we're looking at something real or just a "platform" in about a month.