Google Launches New Browser

[SmootSmack]

Google Chrome

Anyone plan on trying it out?

[That Guy]

looks awesome... i doubt i can use my firefox extensions though... some of which do the same things, but platypus and greasemonkey will be dead :/.

[saden1]

It's cool but kinda memory hog. They built Google Gears into the browser which should make things interesting.

[BDBohnzie]

I'm skipping this one for now...they already have a major security flaw, one that Apple patched with Safari 2 months ago (Chrome is built on Apple's WebKit engine). I may eventually try it out, but for now, I've got Firefox right where I want it, and I'm starting to rediscover Opera (used it a lot in college).

[GhettoDogAllStars]

I'm satisfied with Firefox, but I'll give it a try. Google always impresses me, so I like to check out everything they do.

Bohnzie, good to know about the security flaw...

[BDBohnzie]

Just be sure to read the fine print...

It's bad enough I have Gmail as my personal email...not sure I want Google knowing everything I'm surfing...

[onlydarksets]

Google has retroactively rescinded that term. This guy also has a post about what Chrome sends back to the mothership.

The browser is pretty nice - seems faster than Firefox, and just feels less intrusive. The search memory feature is pretty awesome (it "remembers" how to invoke a website's own search page from the omnibar), although I'm sure it's just a matter of time until there is a FF plugin for it.

[MTK]

I just downloaded Chrome last night to check out, anyone use it on a regular basis? Pros/cons? It seems pretty fast.

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

I just downloaded Chrome last night to check out, anyone use it on a regular basis? Pros/cons? It seems pretty fast.

pro: fast/simple
con: a lot of things were developed for other browsers and never tested in chrome

[BDBohnzie]

I have Chrome, but purely for testing purposes. I'm a Firefox junkie and can't let go, especially with all the extensions. But now that Chrome supports extensions, I may have to revisit.

[Longtimefan]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Google Chrome

Anyone plan on trying it out?

I downloaded Google Chrome a while back, it has some features I like but won't use it as my default. I still use IE and MSN-butterfly. Google Chrome just recently added the feature that allows downloads to Real Player, and because of it's speed I do use it at times.

[Longtimefan]

What's with the Adobe Acrobat plug-in associated with the warpath website? The first time I tried Google Chrome, came to our website there was an Adobe plug -in requierement drop-down at the top of the browser, can anyone explain?

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by Longtimefan

What's with the Adobe Acrobat plug-in associated with the warpath website? The first time I tried Google Chrome, came to our website there was an Adobe plug -in requierement drop-down at the top of the browser, can anyone explain?

I've had that happen before too.. can't remember the browser but likely IE or FF

also not on my computer so I didn't really look into it

[MTK]

No idea. Never seen that.

[Longtimefan]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

No idea. Never seen that.

I was just wondering Matty because I use IE-8 and MSN the majority of the time and had never gotten that particular message before. For whatever reason I couldn't download the plug-in though not doing so had no affect on the sites operational function. After checking further I discovered Adobe Acrobat is not a free- plug-in.