Let's Go Blues

New browser from Google.
Beta version now available for download.
http://www.google.com/chrome

Seems pretty cool at first glance...although it is ugly as sin. Gotta download some skins when they become available.

There is an "Incognito" feature, where you can open up a new window and browse in incognito mode, and there will be no record on that computer of sites visited.

Pretty cool, if it works.

However, they do mention:

You've gone incognito. Pages you view in this window won't appear in your browser history or search history, and they won't leave other traces, like cookies, on your computer after you close the incognito window. Any files you download or bookmarks you create will be preserved, however.

Going incognito doesn't affect the behavior of other people, servers, or software. Be wary of:
- Websites that collect or share information about you
- Internet service providers or employers that track the pages you visit
- Malicious software that tracks your keystrokes in exchange for free smileys
- Surveillance by secret agents
- People standing behind you

I like it quite a bit, but can't use it full time because I have to have Firebug. Though, Chrome does have something similar to Firebug, but it's not quite as robust. The best feature in Chrome is that you can turn any website into an application. So now I have Gmail as a shortcut in my quick-launch bar that opens up inside it's own application window instead of my browser. Click the little paper icon to the right of the address bar and click 'Create application shortcuts' to test it out.

dude, this shit is tight!!! i just d/led it and im using it, after about 10 min of playin with it, i am very impressed. yet to find all the quirks that will piss me off yet, so we will see...one of them seems to be the scrolling isn't quite as smooth...

I'll pass until they clean up this part of the license:

11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling Google to display, distribute and promote the Services and may be revoked for certain Services as defined in the Additional Terms of those Services.

11.2 You agree that this license includes a right for Google to make such Content available to other companies, organizations or individuals with whom Google has relationships for the provision of syndicated services, and to use such Content in connection with the provision of those services.

I like it. It also has a spell checker feature that has never existed on this forum... or basically any forum I have ever visited. Spell som e stuff wrong and I get da red skwigglies! SHWEET!

One of things I like about it (besides the speed) is its simplicity. I like the fact it is so basic. Less clutter equals more viewing space.

License be damned, I'm gonna try it out for a while.

Portland Blues wrote:I'll pass until they clean up this part of the license:

11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling Google to display, distribute and promote the Services and may be revoked for certain Services as defined in the Additional Terms of those Services.

11.2 You agree that this license includes a right for Google to make such Content available to other companies, organizations or individuals with whom Google has relationships for the provision of syndicated services, and to use such Content in connection with the provision of those services.

Well they seem to be editing the EULA.

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dude, this is kinda pissing me off...i dont really have an option to type and search a specific website quickly. like, i could type 'ebay blues sweater' into the search bar of chrome, but in IE you just have to click a button...this is what my IE browser looks like, im sure i didn't have the most search providers of anyone, but i have a good amount and find that part really convenient. this spell check feature is pretty sweet though

the zoom is kinda pissing me off too...like, the IE zoom tool zooms the whole page including pictures and shit (not some flash stuff, though) but the one in chrome is only a text zoom tool. i run at 1920x1200, so i can't always see shit on web pages...

marco wrote:I like it. It also has a spell checker feature that has never existed on this forum... or basically any forum I have ever visited. Spell som e stuff wrong and I get da red skwigglies! SHWEET!

One of things I like about it (besides the speed) is its simplicity. I like the fact it is so basic. Less clutter equals more viewing space.

License be damned, I'm gonna try it out for a while.

You don't use Firefox's spell checker??

stinkdified wrote:the zoom is kinda pissing me off too...like, the IE zoom tool zooms the whole page including pictures and shit (not some flash stuff, though) but the one in chrome is only a text zoom tool. i run at 1920x1200, so i can't always see shit on web pages...

yea, besides the seamless browsing (read: fast as shit) and beautiful control of tabs and general control of what is the mayhem that is associated with browsing the shiternet, the zoom feature is beginning to anger me. otherwise, beautiful

Prngr44 wrote:

marco wrote:I like it. It also has a spell checker feature that has never existed on this forum... or basically any forum I have ever visited. Spell som e stuff wrong and I get da red skwigglies! SHWEET!

One of things I like about it (besides the speed) is its simplicity. I like the fact it is so basic. Less clutter equals more viewing space.

License be damned, I'm gonna try it out for a while.

You don't use Firefox's spell checker??

Didn't know they had one. I'll look harder next time.

So far, so good.

It's simple and not obtrusive. It reminds me of the experience that comes with using Safari on a Mac. The closest thing I've had to that on Windows was IE7, but I already like Chrome much more.

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