An interesting browser project of google (opensource)

milan1612 · Post by **milan1612** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:23 am

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

Absolutely not here! I have 3 tabs open and there are 3 chrome.exe processes
in the taskmanager using a total of 77 MB. The same tabs in FF3
are using 60 MB only

But the speed clearly outweighs the extra memory consumption...

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:42 am

speed AND stability. If one tab crashes, due to whatever like a faulty script, bugs, bugs in plugins etc. only that tab goes down.

milan1612 · Post by **milan1612** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:12 pm

Just found this very interesting function in the code of Chrome.
It checks if there are any 'troublesome' DLLs loaded and if any are found it silently unloads them.
There's only one DLL predefined yet, the hook DLL of Spyware Doctor 5

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// Try to unload DLLs that malfunction with the sandboxed processes.
static void EvictTroublesomeDlls() {
  const wchar_t* troublesome_dlls[] = {
      L"smumhook.dll",  // spyware doctor version 5 and above.
      NULL              // Must be null. Here you can add with the debugger.
  };

  for(int ix = 0; ix != arraysize(troublesome_dlls); ++ix) {
    if (!troublesome_dlls[ix])
      break;
    HMODULE module = ::GetModuleHandleW(troublesome_dlls[ix]);
    if (module) {
      LOG(WARNING) << "dll to evict found: " << ix;
      if (::FreeLibrary(module)) {
        DCHECK(NULL == ::GetModuleHandleW(troublesome_dlls[ix]));
      }
    }
  }
}

Interesting approach: If your code is incompatible with an anti-spyware utility,
you just kill the program instead of rethinking your code... :roll:

PB · Post by PB » Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:21 pm

Just tried Chrome and the first bug I found was the Options window being
hidden behind the Browser window, making it impossible to access without
minimizing the Browser one. I guess y'all gonna say that it works fine for
you, but it don't for me.

Kaeru Gaman · Post by **Kaeru Gaman** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:23 pm

milan1612 wrote:... If your code is incompatible with an anti-spyware utility,
you just kill the program instead of rethinking your code... :roll:

seems this is the approach for the ultimate spyware...

Post by **Polo** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:33 pm

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

Biggest missing feature, along with the ability to disable the history, I just can't see the use of it, at least for me...

moogle · Post by **moogle** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:23 pm

Anyone bothered to read the EULA?

http://tapthehive.com/discuss/This_Post ... EULA_Sucks

pdwyer · Post by **pdwyer** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:27 pm

how do you organise your favourites/bookmarks?

after importing I have a god awful mess with no organise feature and I can't find any files to rearrange either. I have to delete one at a time

Hey, writing this post I found one feature and one bug:
- feature is that the bottom right corner of this edit box is a resizer to make it bigger
- bug is that sometime as I type text goes invisible. if I select it then it comes back

(Changing languages is nice)

pdwyer · Post by **pdwyer** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:34 pm

moogle wrote:Anyone bothered to read the EULA?
http://tapthehive.com/discuss/This_Post ... EULA_Sucks

scoff, most of the time when you post in a forum the content then belongs to the forum so I haven't got any rights to pass them and this "You confirm and warrant to Google that you have all the rights, power and authority necessary to grant the above license."

means everyone is in breach of license from the first time they post somewhere where they don't have rights to give to google... :roll:

if it's a real worry then the lawyers will work it out I'm sure. it will get solved or the browser will just go away

moogle · Post by **moogle** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:36 pm

exactly, would be nice if they removed that useless bit of the EULA. All your PB code you post through their now belongs to them

Looks good though but yeah that bit will spoil it if it stays.

Rook Zimbabwe · Post by **Rook Zimbabwe** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:10 pm

Just tried Chrome and the first bug I found was the Options window being
hidden behind the Browser window, making it impossible to access without
minimizing the Browser one. I guess y'all gonna say that it works fine for
you, but it don't for me.

That doesn't happen in mine... opened right up on top!

My beef is... You can tell it to run a tab in incognito mode... but any windows that open from THAT incognito window look like they are standard REPORT EVERYTHING TO GOOGLE windows...

If I am boosting porn... er... browsing incognito... I want ALL windows incognito!!!

Looks good though but yeah that bit will spoil it if it stays.

Yep... Cyberdyne/Skynet... er GOOGLE will have to pee in it to change the flavor, that is the way of all product development!

Heathen · Post by **Heathen** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 7:46 am

thefool wrote:speed AND stability. If one tab crashes, due to whatever like a faulty script, bugs, bugs in plugins etc. only that tab goes down.

Paste this into the chrome URL box:

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garretthylltun · Post by **garretthylltun** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 8:17 am

Yeah, right, if one tab crashes, the others stay.. My butt! I pasted that into a separate tab and the whole thing crashed, not just the one tab. ROFLS.

Oh well. Over all though, so far it's not a bad browser. A bit featureless though.

the.weavster · Post by **the.weavster** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 8:23 am

I think it was MrJiles who asked about the feasability of a browser OS and I think that maybe the ultimate destination for Chrome.

Perhaps the Google vision is everyone using Google Apps and Google APIs from thin clients running Chrome.

pdwyer · Post by **pdwyer** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:53 am

nice rendering though for a first version

could be grabbing market share in 12 months if they get the bugs fixed quick