Google Chrome

[dissonance]

Damnit, windows only? Really?

[Algor]

So far I have a mixed bag of impressed and unimpressed opinions. It seems really fast when you're not doing much, but I noticed when compiling maps and stuff at work while watching videos, it just can't keep up and will freeze. Firefox seems to go on through just fine. It's also missing the basic ability to scroll when I click & hold the mouse wheel and drag up or down. It does, however, score a 78 on the Acid3 test, where Firefox only scores a 69. As for now, I'll stick with my trusty Firefox.

[Cybbe]

I'm experiencing some occasional hangups while posting on forums, namely this? Where nothing will happen, and then after a while, everything I've typed will just pop up on the screen. Smilies stop rotating and whatnot too. It's possibly due to the spellcheck.. Or it just doesn't like our smilies :X

Still a sexy browser though.. But if this continues, I won't be able to cope :x

[kleinluka]

guys remember this is still only in beta...so there will still be some problems..

i had one today on facebook while i was browsing a photo gallery, i was clicking on an image and it would keep bringing me to image 29 instead of the image i clicked on... that was kind of weird.

but yeah im sure they will fix this stuff for the full release...

[Bic-B@ll]

if you use street view with google maps the arrows on your keyboard dont do anything

[Thrik]

I've given it a good go (well, an evening), but in all honesty I'm finding it difficult to see any incentives to use it over Firefox or Opera.

To me it just seems like a cut-down Firefox, which is really saying something considering how lean Firefox is. It's quite speedy, but I wouldn't say it's significantly faster than Firefox when tweaked a little, and it's definitely not faster than Opera from what I can tell.

They've done a good job with the interface; it looks nice on Vista. It's not enough to hide the screaming lack of features though, compounded by its inability to support add-ons which give Firefox a pretty much unlimited scope of features.

Perhaps I'm being overly critical here, but it seems like a lot of people are accepting a relatively mediocre browser just because it has the Google name on it. If this browser came from some random company and was exactly the same, I bet nobody would even give it the time of the day.

Being completely honest, Firefox and Opera both seem like far superior browsers at this time. Give them a go if you haven't already. :wink:

I look forward to seeing how Google take it forward, though. Their current features will end up in every other browser within months, so they're going to have to keep pushing forward the boundaries if they want to stay in the game.

[Thrik]

There's a good compilation of Chrome reviews and such here, for those who want to know a bit more about it before they give it a go.

[Steppenwolf]

I guess this will never have a customizegoogle plugin so no thx.

[Cybbe]

Uh, they plan to add support for plugins. This is still a beta. Also, all of it is open source, so I don't see why something of the like shouldn't become available.

I've noticed a few more bugs while using it today. It's (obviously) unpolished.. But I think it looks really promising. As long as google keep their promises...

[kleinluka]

well after testing a little and fighting with a few bugs I've decided to go back to Firefox for the time being. Chrome is a good browser but needs more polishing before it really makes sense to use it.

[Bic-B@ll]

it's brand new damnit

[twiz]

Just installed, this is the first place to go. Seems fast... I don't know if I like how it looks too much though. Opera looks more professional. Internets is serious business, after all. I think even just a grayscaled version would be a big improvement. But anyways I'll report back when I have a more in depth opinion other than "durrrrr i dont like how it looks"

[Ginger Lord]

Astute Reg readers have pointed out a Chrome condition of service that effectively lets Google use any of your copyrighted material posted to the web via Chrome without paying you a cent.

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

[Thrik]

it's brand new damnit

Right, which is exactly why there's no reason to use it instead of Firefox or Opera. As it stands, both are much superior browsers. Just because it's Google doesn't mean we have to go all starry-eyed and use it in the hope it'll get better one day — I'll use it once it is better than its competitors.

This Google loyalty thing is weird. As I said, if this came from anyone other than Google nobody would be even remotely impressed because it's not a particularly impressive browser.

All IMO of course!!

[twiz]

it's brand new damnit

Right, which is exactly why there's no reason to use it instead of Firefox or Opera. As it stands, both are much superior browsers. Just because it's Google doesn't mean we have to go all starry-eyed and use it in the hope it'll get better one day — I'll use it once it is better than its competitors.

This Google loyalty thing is weird. As I said, if this came from anyone other than Google nobody would be even remotely impressed because it's not a particularly impressive browser.

All IMO of course!!

Oh I agree, and I'm sure I'll be going back to opera. But I'm definitely interested in kicking the virtual tires, particularly because it is Google. They've certainly proved that they have some brilliant ideas, so I'm trying it out to satisfy my curiosity about it.