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« on: September 03, 2008, 02:40:51 PM »

Offline NicaraguanFan

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I wonder if anyone else has used Google Chrome.  I am using since yesterday and it looks very good to me.
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Re: Chrome
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2008, 02:49:43 PM »

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I'm sticking with Firefox. Chrome has a lot to do to overtake Firefox in my book.
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Re: Chrome
« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2008, 03:00:43 PM »

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Im using it right now lol i like it alot ported over everything i had from firefox nicely. I like how it does tabs with showing all the recent pages and ability to rip the tabs. I also really like how i can use the address bar basically as google. The apps part is also quite nice i use it for meebo/gmail/etc im still looking into all its features but its pretty good so far
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Re: Chrome
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2008, 03:06:11 PM »

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it smokes IE

to bad that like meastro i use firefox.

that said, i like it. i'm sticking with firefox, but if google keeps refining it, mabey i'll grab it when it's "tungston" or whatever metal is 3 or 4 versions past chrome.  ;)
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Re: Chrome
« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2008, 03:20:19 PM »

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Keep in mind this is an early beta or whatever... version 0.2 or so. It's clear that it needs extensive work, but for a start it looks very good.
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Re: Chrome
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2008, 03:22:33 PM »

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Quote from: BudweiserCeltic on September 03, 2008, 03:20:19 PM
Keep in mind this is an early beta or whatever... version 0.2 or so. It's clear that it needs extensive work, but for a start it looks very good.

oh, totally agree. once they get it tuned up, i'd be happy to give them another shot. the foundation is nice.

plus, it has privacy browsing, which im a fan of. fire fox needs to follow suit on that.
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Re: Chrome
« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2008, 03:29:35 PM »

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While it is work in progress I think it is very nice.  Firefox will continue being my main browser but I will use Chrome sometimes.

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« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2008, 03:32:16 PM »

Offline NicaraguanFan

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By the way current release is

Build oficial 1583
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US) AppleWebKit/525.13 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/0.2.149.27 Safari/525

More than a Beta this is an Alpha version  ;)
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« Reply #8 on: September 03, 2008, 03:40:51 PM »

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I've been reading about Chrome the past couple days while on the john at work... meant to try it out last night.  The article I read today was a thorough review from someone who's been using it for 2-3 weeks now and I'm guessing I'll echo most people here.... great potential but sticking with Firefox for the time being.  Not sure if I'll like that each tab is it's own page or that there are no menu buttons.
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Re: Chrome
« Reply #9 on: September 03, 2008, 04:49:21 PM »

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Quote from: Big Ticket on September 03, 2008, 03:40:51 PM
I've been reading about Chrome the past couple days while on the john at work... meant to try it out last night.  The article I read today was a thorough review from someone who's been using it for 2-3 weeks now and I'm guessing I'll echo most people here.... great potential but sticking with Firefox for the time being.  Not sure if I'll like that each tab is it's own page or that there are no menu buttons.

My understanding is that each tab being its own browser process is for performance enhancement. It still will look like one browser with multiple tabs...

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« Reply #10 on: September 03, 2008, 06:30:55 PM »

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I agree with the general consensus about sticking with Firefox but...

Chrome is eventually going to surpass Firefox. It's pretty much impossible for a company like Mozilla to compete with Google. Google has infinitely more development resources and much more influence to promote it.

What's primarily keeping me with Firefox right now are the extensions. Developers have built a huge library of extensions that make Firefox much powerful than Chrome... for now.
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« Reply #11 on: September 03, 2008, 07:35:10 PM »

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Quote from: banty19 on September 03, 2008, 06:30:55 PM
Chrome is eventually going to surpass Firefox. It's pretty much impossible for a company like Mozilla to compete with Google. Google has infinitely more development resources and much more influence to promote it.

What's primarily keeping me with Firefox right now are the extensions. Developers have built a huge library of extensions that make Firefox much powerful than Chrome... for now.

Perhaps, but couldn't you make the same argument about Microsoft?  I mean, they're not exactly a small company, have plenty of resources, and install their web browser on millions of machines that run their operating system.  And yet, Firefox manages not only to compete, but to excel.
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Re: Chrome
« Reply #12 on: September 03, 2008, 07:47:37 PM »

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all your data are belong to g00gle

read their eula (in that nice 100X100px box) before downloading their beacon..i mean browser

ignorance is strength

its ok...google's not evil
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Re: Chrome
« Reply #13 on: September 03, 2008, 10:09:19 PM »

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Quote from: Roy Hobbs on September 03, 2008, 07:35:10 PM
Quote from: banty19 on September 03, 2008, 06:30:55 PM
Chrome is eventually going to surpass Firefox. It's pretty much impossible for a company like Mozilla to compete with Google. Google has infinitely more development resources and much more influence to promote it.

What's primarily keeping me with Firefox right now are the extensions. Developers have built a huge library of extensions that make Firefox much powerful than Chrome... for now.

Perhaps, but couldn't you make the same argument about Microsoft?  I mean, they're not exactly a small company, have plenty of resources, and install their web browser on millions of machines that run their operating system.  And yet, Firefox manages not only to compete, but to excel.

You are totally right Roy.  Anyway, I would not be surprised if down the road Firefox and Chrome merge...


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« Reply #14 on: September 03, 2008, 10:12:56 PM »

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i've been sold on firefox for some time, so as nice as chrome might become, i'll have to be sold on it before i head that direction.  firefox is great to work with...
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