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freebird73717
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Post Posted: Sep 01, 2008 20:38 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
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We owe a great debt to many open source projects, and we're committed to continuing on their path. We've used components from Apple's WebKit and Mozilla's Firefox, among others -- and in that spirit, we are making all of our code open source as well. We hope to collaborate with the entire community to help drive the web forward.


Think it will be worth checking out? Windows beta is out now with Mac and Linux version under construction.
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Post Posted: Sep 02, 2008 07:39 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Yeah, I'll check it.
I'm using Firefox 3.x now instead of IE, but even it has it's own annoyances (still not as bad as IE though!)
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Post Posted: Sep 02, 2008 09:47 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
for sure, i'll give it a chance. once it's out of beta. i gave up on all kinds of betas long ago. now i'm only a beta tester for m$ os's. they are always in beta no matter how long they've been released. smile.gif they never get them "right", stable, or finalized.

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Post Posted: Sep 02, 2008 12:47 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Wasn't Chrome the nickname for the last Netscape release?
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Post Posted: Sep 02, 2008 17:57 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Testing it now. It's really fast.

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Post Posted: Sep 02, 2008 22:06 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
I'm running it too and agree. Man, this browser flys ! I did experience what I guess is a bug with the transfer of favorites; only about 10% transferred and one entire folder was missing. Anyway, I'm liking it- so far.

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Post Posted: Sep 02, 2008 22:10 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
then again, I have CustomizeGoogle installed in Firefox in an attempt to keep Google's rather invasive snooping to a minimum.
Now they have their own browser to keep track of what you're doing?
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Post Posted: Sep 02, 2008 22:12 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Firefox already is a standard on all major platforms. MS Windows, Mac, Linux and other nix stuff including BSD.

We don't need another browser gumming up the works. What we do need is everyone on the same "page" so all websites look alike on all platforms. Firefox makes that possible now. No need for another browser!

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Post Posted: Sep 03, 2008 01:54 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
FulciLives wrote:
What we do need is everyone on the same "page" so all websites look alike on all platforms. Firefox makes that possible now. No need for another browser!


To be fair wikipedia is listing the Google Chrome browser as passing the Acid3 test, the only other one is Opera.
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Post Posted: Sep 03, 2008 02:00 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
thecoalman wrote:
FulciLives wrote:
What we do need is everyone on the same "page" so all websites look alike on all platforms. Firefox makes that possible now. No need for another browser!


To be fair wikipedia is listing the Google Chrome browser as passing the Acid3 test, the only other one is Opera.

I have no idea what this means?
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Post Posted: Sep 03, 2008 07:03 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
I suppose it's a good thing that a browser can display a web page the way it was intended. But it's the last thing I want. I don't want to see tiny fonts. I don't want to see red text on a green background. I don't want to see annoying animated ads. I override almost all these things. It messes up the formatting on a lot of sites but at least they're readable.

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Post Posted: Sep 03, 2008 07:20 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Well I've been playing with Chrome and while it is fast I do miss my add-on's that make firefox so enjoyable. Once there are some add-ons like adblock plus, flashblock, and others I might like it more. Will be nice when nix versions are out as well.
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Post Posted: Sep 03, 2008 14:55 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Why would you run Chrome knowing Google put it out there just for one reason to capture user data!! That's it pure and simple.

Every application they design is for capturing user data. Sure it might have other uses for the end user, but not for Google.
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Post Posted: Sep 03, 2008 16:00 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Stiltman - those are exactly my thoughts expressed in better words than I could come up with.
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Post Posted: Sep 03, 2008 16:27 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
It's a beta and has bugs, Cnet is reporting holes in it's security.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10031250-83.html?tag=txt

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Post Posted: Sep 03, 2008 16:40 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Now, before all you guys get excited, read this article:

Burned by Chrome - Google Chrome EULA Sucks:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/03/google_chrome_eula_sucks/

I like this paragraph:

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But you may be posting material via Chrome to your employer's site and it owns the copyright of anything you create in work time.
What then if Google adapts, modifies and distributes it? Your fan has brown stuff all over it but none of it sticks to Google.


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Post Posted: Sep 03, 2008 16:49 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
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Post Posted: Sep 03, 2008 17:44 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Wow, a bug in beta software. Imagine that.

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Post Posted: Sep 03, 2008 18:42 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
I doubt the EULA would hold up in a court of law. Agreeing to something and having something legally binding is not the same.

I ran tests with it today, and all of my sites display properly. Much like my time spent in Safari, that'll be the extent of my use. Same goes for IE, where I use IE5 through IE8 for testing.

I'm using Firefox 3 with a Firefox 2 skin, and a bunch of very useful plugins.
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Post Posted: Sep 04, 2008 04:29 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Damn it's quick. However without the raft of useful plugins I have running under FF3, I am not ready to switch over.

Interestingly, if you go into the Options dialogue, go under the hood, and attempt to change the proxy settings . . . . . . it opens Internet Explorer's Settings dialogue.

Maybe, once it is production ready, someone will write a FF plugin that lets me keep FF3 and all that is good about it, but lets me load and draw pages with the Chrome engine - if it is still this fast when it is finished.

Mind you, it is one ahead of Safari. Having used Safari on a Mac, I have no desire to ever install it on a machine that I own.
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Post Posted: Sep 04, 2008 04:45 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
It is fast and on the PC they gave me on my job (ancient pentium 4 at 1.5Ghz...), it might be a better option compared FF3 or even the latest opera.

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Post Posted: Sep 04, 2008 06:24 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Ooh, some seem easily excited by a bit of fizz and bubble techno-hype ...

What do you make of this (on top of its licensing fiasco) ?
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080903-google-on-chrome-eu ... ge-it.html

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Ina Fried of News.com points out, Chrome's "Omnibar" can also access all keystrokes a user types, and Google will store some of this information along with IP addresses.


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Post Posted: Sep 04, 2008 07:03 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
I uninstalled it because...where's my bookmarks? and, I type in "gmail" and I get fucking SEARCH RESULTS HUH?

ANd guess what, my Firefox & IE is fucked up now!

Google Chrome = GET FUCKED.

My computer's getting a total fucking anti-virus/anti-spyware/registry clean. Damn it! Google fucking cunts get fucked. What is it, a CIA front??

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Post Posted: Sep 04, 2008 07:19 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
question.gif What does a new web-browser has to do with videohelp.com question.gif

freebird73717
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Post Posted: Sep 04, 2008 07:43 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Just because this isn't video related doesn't mean it's not interesting info.
After all...you couldn't get to videohelp.com without a web-browser could you?
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Post Posted: Sep 04, 2008 07:47 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
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