I'm Google Chrome's latest fan!

**avgas** · 18th October 2010, 12:38

Originally Posted by rie

I only date guys who use Chrome.

So you date gay rich guys?
Whats wrong - the latex feel uncomfortable?

**avgas** · 18th October 2010, 12:43

Originally Posted by p.dath

There is only a single bar. Either type a URL or a search query ...

Yeah I had that when I tried it.
But somethings you just want to search......not have the keywords combine and give you the first site on the list......
or even worse - the site with that URL name.

so instead you have to go "s pawn takes king" and if you forget your gonna be sorry.

What about the skin - can ya change it yet? Like I said before Smashing Pumpkins didn't sing "Shake down to 1995, cool kids never have the time"

**sil3nt** · 18th October 2010, 12:48

Originally Posted by avgas

Yeah I had that when I tried it.
But somethings you just want to search......not have the keywords combine and give you the first site on the list......
or even worse - the site with that URL name.

so instead you have to go "s pawn takes king" and if you forget your gonna be sorry.

Are you talking about chrome?

Anything typed into the address bar that is not an address goes straight to google with that search query. The only thing that is a pain is when you actually want to search an address not actually go to it. But even then its easy enough to do.

Chrome is awesome. Firefox is ass. Opera is even worse.

But hey each to their own!

**Suntoucher** · 18th October 2010, 23:19

Originally Posted by avgas

Its not.
It kept the local i.t. guy employed for about 2 weeks straight.
Conclusion : put firefox on everyone's client setup. I have no idea who gave him that idea after 2 weeks of fucking around

Heh, that's your own fault for installing a beta and expecting it to be flawless. Had a couple issues with the JS engine not running functions but otherwise it's actually pretty quick and very clean, rather enjoying it.

Do occasionally have to fire up Firefox if I need something JSey and it just refuses to run it, but that'll all be ironed out on release as they've rebuilt their JS engine from scratch.

Overall it's the first time I've ever said anything good about IE, and in the process of migrating to it. Reckon it will be permanent once it actually releases.

**scott411** · 19th October 2010, 07:22

i have been using Chrome for about a year on my work pc, i love it works great, looked at this thread last night and downloaded it on my mac at home, works great on that as well,

about the only trouble i have is a nz goverment site that will not work on it, so i keep ie there for that site only

**JohnJumper** · 19th October 2010, 07:40

Originally Posted by sil3ntwar

Are you talking about chrome?

Anything typed into the address bar that is not an address goes straight to google with that search query. The only thing that is a pain is when you actually want to search an address not actually go to it. But even then its easy enough to do.

Chrome is awesome. Firefox is ass. Opera is even worse.

But hey each to their own!

Does it not do the I'm feeling lucky thing sometimes that firefox does? I quite like having the go to what is most relevant in the URL bar on FF then the normal google search on the right

**ckai** · 19th October 2010, 07:52

Originally Posted by rustyrobot

Speaking of giving it a try. Have you seen this interactive music video made especially for chrome? Very smart.

That IS seriously cool. I thought I'd give it a go on Safari first and they didn't play nice. I can see why they warn it's intensive.

**Pixie** · 19th October 2010, 11:49

Originally Posted by bogan

opera ftw, quick search feature sold me on it, just type the key letter followed by search term into address bar

ie:
g bikes
will load a page showing a google search for bikes
w honda
will go straight to the honda wikipedia page, on my setup, right click any search text and you can add you own

also it shows transfered data/rate etc for each page, and all round awesomness is also good.

Plus the inbuilt mail client with such a good search function you don't need filters or folders

**Urano** · 24th October 2010, 20:53

tried.
but on macs safari remains the best choice.
i've got firefox as secondary.

unfortunately on WCs safari runs like shit, but what doesn't?...

**gammaguy** · 24th October 2010, 20:57

Originally Posted by p.dath

I use Firefox most of the time, and a little bit of Internet Explorer. Decided to take a look at Chrome again. Been two years since I looked at it last (was a late beta then).

What an improvement.

I really like the architectural differences in Chrome. First, each tab runs in a separate process space. So a flash app going slow in one tab does not slow down any other tab. Or if a flash app is running slow in one tab the other tabs continue to run at full speed.

Chrome has a "Task Manager" so we can see how much resources each tab on your browser is using (effectively, how much resources every web site consumes).

And it is nice and fast!

If you haven't tried Chrome yet I'd say it is well worth a try.

and have you tried the "inspect element"option on the right click drop down?lots of resources in there including the option to save all the unsaveable bits of any web page.neat and verry useful

**Winston001** · 25th October 2010, 19:35

I'm sure you are right about Chrome but personally, having just used it on my kids pc, I can't see the attraction. I was devoted to Opera for a long time and then switched to Firefox (for the extensions) about 5 years ago. Its taken a long time to sniff out the add-ons which work for me and I'm damned if I'm going to a new browser and start all over again.

**Suntoucher** · 25th October 2010, 22:27

Originally Posted by Winston001

I'm sure you are right about Chrome but personally, having just used it on my kids pc, I can't see the attraction. I was devoted to Opera for a long time and then switched to Firefox (for the extensions) about 5 years ago. Its taken a long time to sniff out the add-ons which work for me and I'm damned if I'm going to a new browser and start all over again.

Now get off his lawn, you young whippersnappers