I'd like to see it pass Acid3 eventually. But yeah, it's just a beta...initial public release at that...so I expect great things for the future.
Originally posted by: videogames101
Originally posted by: Lonyo
Some parts are nice, some parts are not so nice.
It's fast, the tab location is good (at the very top), the history page is very nice.
What I don't like is that it's not Firefox (e.g. addons don't work with it), it doesn't have mouse gestures (Opera comes with them by default AFAIK, and FF with an addon), some things are more difficult to use than they should be (bookmarks menu, download details, e.g. download speed). There's no way to scroll by clicking middle mouse.
It's not very customisable (not just addons), you don't seem to be able to move/add elements, like the new tab button, you can't add a new window button, there's no home page button etc etc.
Some things are done so it's simpler/cleaner, but they don't offer the opportunity to add them back which is the problem for me.
And it's not perfect at rendering.
http://xs131.xs.to/xs131/08362/error467.png <- the example I've found so far.
And i just reported the website to google (it has a built-in bug report system), it's a beta, so hopefully some rendering will be fixed.
Originally posted by: Soviet
Dont like having bookmarks as a menu instead of a bar.
Dont like how my middle mouse button does nothing when pushed, i dont know what its called when i push it in FF but a scroll thing appears.
Dont like how i cant move things like the bookmarks etc over to the left.
Dont like the order that new tabs open in.
Apart from those 4 minor things it seems pretty promising, i like gmail, and google earth is awesome, so ill definately be following chrome to see how it pans out in the end, i will leave firefox for it if the above 4 items are sorted out.
Originally posted by: zikronix
i under stand that ie is the system wide settings. but that doesnt negate that fact that it doesnt work unless ie is installed.
I know fire fox works becuase it has its own network settings. Ive seen browsers that are very light (fit on a floppy kinda light) that have their own network settings. i really think google missed the boat on that one.
To show independance from M$ and IE and allow users to have choice then they should have put their own network system in place instad of relying on IE.
Other than that the browser is pretty good, it has it quirks, and it is in beta so maybe they will fix it.
Originally posted by: MadAmos
For me.. after reading the EULA it is a definite NO!! they have left themselves to many loopholes that I am not comfortable with. Some info and more if you do some searching. JMHO
I will stick with Firefox for the present.
Amos
Originally posted by: The Keeper
I don't use any Firefox extensions so switching to Chrome won't be difficult to me. Chrome greatly reminds me of pre-1.0 Firefox days when the browser was still no-frills lean and fast browser. After using it 1.5 hours, I haven't found any problems or features I miss from Firefox. Chrome will be my default browser from now on. Best of all, Chrome's rendering and javascript speed runs circles around Firefox.
I heartily welcome a browser that can make WebKit rendering engine widely adopted. Safari failed, perhaps Chrome will succeed.
Originally posted by: Pretty Cool
No way will I install Chrome. To me, implementing something like this is completely unacceptable.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1386...-56.html?tag=mncol;txt
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Provided that users leave Chrome's auto-suggest feature on and have Google as their default search provider, Google will have access to any keystrokes that are typed into the browser's Omnibox, even before a user hits enter.
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Originally posted by: Pretty Cool
No way will I install Chrome. To me, implementing something like this is completely unacceptable.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1386...-56.html?tag=mncol;txt
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Provided that users leave Chrome's auto-suggest feature on and have Google as their default search provider, Google will have access to any keystrokes that are typed into the browser's Omnibox, even before a user hits enter.
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Originally posted by: JonnyBlaze
what would you be typing in that bar that's so private? it's to send information out, not a place to type passwords or anything.
Originally posted by: Pretty Cool
Originally posted by: JonnyBlaze
what would you be typing in that bar that's so private? it's to send information out, not a place to type passwords or anything.
Nothing because I have to plans to install the browser. Personally, I see no benefit on my part when someone has the ability to capture what I type before I hit the ENTER key. In my opinion if somebody else implemented such a feature, everyone would yell malware. However since it is Google, the browsing habits of users will be questioned instead. Anyway, I simply choose not to support such a product.