Comments on: Google’s Chrome out of beta, but only Windows-friendly

By: dH

dH — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:48:11 +0000

Chrome is a nice concept. I’m using it every day for work without problems. Much faster than FF.

By: beijing classifieds

beijing classifieds — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:12:44 +0000

I have not swifted my Fireforx browser to Google’s Chrome but most of my colleages have. Their comments focus on the improved audio and video performance, bookmark features and privacy controls. And I am thinking about swifting one to have a try.

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 04:50:48 +0000

I like FF better because I can use AdBlocker to filter out annoying ads,banners, and pictures. I’ll consider Chrome when a plug-in like AdBlocker is available for it – although the chance of that is highly unlikely because Chrome is from Google and Google gets its revenues from ads.

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 04:47:18 +0000

To Elle: “I am a granny who doesn’t do anything even remotely naughty or ill-advised on the computer … I will either hack the registry or revert to Firefox 2″

Doesn’t compute … a granny that hacks the registry? You must be a very computer literate granny … kudos to you.

By: Anthony M

Anthony M — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:40:11 +0000

Alisa:

The chrome application itself is the search bar….just type your search query in the space for the url and thats how you get your google results!….space saving cleverness, cant wait for mac version as firefox 3 is horrendous, truly.

By: Peter Melzer

Peter Melzer — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 15:29:48 +0000

The success of chrome will mainly depend on whether the developers manage to devise software that allows the user to load flash animations faster than with competing browsers.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 22:29:16 +0000

I think for the most part, the Google-heads, techies and true nerds are the ones for now that are going to switch over. I for one, love using the innovations that Google releases, and am a fan of Google as a successful company and as a story of American success.

I think the browser has a couple things going for it…
The ability to maintain its clean design while at the same time providing powerful and comprehensive functionality. The only problem I have come across, and it may be related to my system was the random “Popping” out of my tab when I would switch over to chrome from another application. The tab that I click to rollover to chrome sometimes pops out.
The other problem that I expierence randomly is the slow, curtain fall style loading of pages. Randomly through out the day, I will click over to a tab, and this slow, waterfall like effect takes over, as the page slowly loads and reveals itself from top to bottom.

That so far has been the two things that have bothered me most. The boomarking is fine, and I enjoy the clean interface it provides, and the movable tabs.

By: Diggerjohn

Diggerjohn — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:11:52 +0000

I’m sticking with Firefox. It has never failed on me and I have all my bookmarks are favorites on there. I have also heard that Google uses your data to get you “pertinent ads”. No thanks.

By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:03:38 +0000

The folks commenting here seem to have a distinct knowledge of the field, and their opinions are probably a good indicator of the reliability of the products mentioned. That said, I don’t think that your average Joe or Jane is ever going to care that much about the intricacies of their browser, and will stick with Microsoft in the long run.

By: Mac

Mac — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:54:10 +0000

Chrome is great, I just hope it doesn’t become bloated over subsequent releases like some of the other open source offerings. Really like it tho