An interesting browser project of google (opensource)

JCV · Post by **JCV** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 5:01 pm

http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/

Foz · Post by **Foz** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 9:33 pm

get it here : http://www.google.com/chrome

Rook Zimbabwe · Post by **Rook Zimbabwe** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 9:51 pm

Got it... I like the sandbox idea... the comic book was interesting but I think the Joker shuld be a darker character!

berryoxide · Post by **berryoxide** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:10 pm

How did you guys miss out on Flock aka web 2.0 browser?
Flock is based on Gecko/Firefox, has super cool features like the media bar and web clipboard, integrates with Facebook/MySpace/YouTube/all other crap

Kale · Post by **Kale** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:25 pm

OMG, Chrome is amazing!!! I'm typing this from within it now. I thought for web design i can't live without firefox + firebug but right click and goto inspect element and its nearly all there! Just a bit of tweaking and this browser is going to be the web standard.

It's fair to say im impressed.

P.S. OMG its fast!!!

pdwyer · Post by **pdwyer** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:43 am

I haven't touched it yet but I read the comic, I like some of the things they are trying to do. It was interesting to see their testing methods using their own database of popular websites from people searches.

I will probably give this a go.

The comic was a nice touch, lots of real information about what happens under the hood and why they are doing it, the problems that they set out to solve with the changes etc

newcoder · Post by **newcoder** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:55 am

Yeah, Chrome is kinda nice. I have always been fond of simplicity. The

The interface is as simple and uncluttered as it gets. Another hit from
GOOGLE

Heathen · Post by **Heathen** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 1:05 am

I just decided to download it and I must say, this browser seems pretty sweet. I have just found a bug involving input as I type this message, but overall, I'm very impressed. The speed is incredible.

JCV · Post by **JCV** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 1:19 am

It uses less memory compared to IE and FF. Very nice browser!

Heathen · Post by **Heathen** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 1:22 am

Does this have addon support? I would love to see an adblock for this.

JCV · Post by **JCV** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 1:29 am

From the comics yes they will add plugin support. Its still beta.

sharkbate24 · Post by **sharkbate24** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 1:29 am

Hey everyone,

Just thought I'd let you know I've tried chrome, and it is very fast. It also looks great. It's worth downloading it.

Thanks.

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:09 am

i'm impressed of the stability since its only a beta. It seems to run great, and its damn fast. And enjoyable simple interface design.

Foz · Post by **Foz** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:16 am

Of course, GMail is still classified as a beta.

I think they just label it as such so when it does something screwy, they can blame the fact it is a beta.

Mistrel · Post by **Mistrel** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:34 am

I think it's great but I hate the funky blue interface. Just give me the standard OS window and let me theme it.

What? And I can't middle-mouse-drag to scroll??