Google set to release Chrome

[captain_andrey]

Been using it for a day now, pretty good. I like the element inspector. Found a problem with this site, clicking the uploaded images doesn't bring them up. (Seems to open and close the page instantly)

[musicman]

Been using it for a day now, pretty good. I like the element inspector. Found a problem with this site, clicking the uploaded images doesn't bring them up. (Seems to open and close the page instantly)

I've found that too.

Also, does it get the time wrong for anyone else? When I browse KB on Chrome all the times have moved forward an hour, if I change to IE all the times move back to the actual time.

EDIT: I posted this at 5:30 but it says that I posted it at 6:30. See screenshot attached.

[avgas]

does anyone know if the Java side of things on Chrome is similar to IE? rather than cut down like Firefox?
I have some web browser IED's things that just never work properly in Firefox. Other than that i only use firefox - i have it running on a min 5mb and a max of 60mb......but it seems the newish one is rather top heavy.
Still i like firefox as it only takes me 5 seconds to kill......MAX

[Bren]

alas for me there is no linux version yet. i have tried installing under WINE (windows emulator) but no luck....oh well..FF does me well!

[xwhatsit]

does anyone know if the Java side of things on Chrome is similar to IE? rather than cut down like Firefox?
I have some web browser IED's things that just never work properly in Firefox. Other than that i only use firefox - i have it running on a min 5mb and a max of 60mb......but it seems the newish one is rather top heavy.
Still i like firefox as it only takes me 5 seconds to kill......MAX

Are you talking Java or JavaScript? If you're talking about Java, I don't know what you mean by cut-down -- browsers just link to an appropriate plug-in which comes from the host OS's installed Java VM. JavaScript; well one of the fancy new features of Chrome is supposed to be the JavaScript engine, called V8. Supposed to be über-fast for all this AJAX shit, and more reliable.

alas for me there is no linux version yet. i have tried installing under WINE (windows emulator) but no luck....oh well..FF does me well!

Yeah I saw all the frantic activity on the Wine AppDB page I don't know why they're bothering, the Linux version is on the way and the source code is open anyway (is it out already? Haven't looked for it yet), so even if they drag their feet for a year or more releasing a Linux version like they did with Google Earth, somebody will do a rough-and-ready native port anyway.

I had a play with it on my sister's WinXP laptop; very slick. What I liked about it was what I've been doing with Firefox and other apps for years; the maximisation of actual application viewing space. Nothing shits me more than opening up a new copy of a word processor or virtual terminal or browser and having toolbars and menus take up 30% of the screen. That's the worst thing about GUIs -- always getting in my way. CLI is the perfect paradigm, heaps of horsepower, but tucked neatly away until I need it. I've got my address bar and menus and everything on one single toolbar at the top on Firefox, with a minimalist set of icons to take up as little room as possible. Chrome has got that out of the box, with that nifty overlaid status bar that only comes on when there's activity. Google's got their priorities straight

[Slyer]

http://www.vitalsecurity.org/2008/09....html?from=rss

[Winston001]

I've got my address bar and menus and everything on one single toolbar at the top on Firefox, with a minimalist set of icons to take up as little room as possible.

Yeah? If I close Stumbleupon I've still got Tabs across the page, Navigation above that, and Taskbar bar above that, with the Firefox blue bar above that at the very top. Keen to learn, can I reduce those further.

[Ixion]

I've got the same as the Persian Gentleman. One bar, menu on the left, buttons in the middle and address bar on the right. Using one of the Tiny Fox themes.

Just get a really small theme , and right click on the toolbar area, select cusomise and drag things around

[xwhatsit]

I accidentally the whole Mozilla is this bad?


Ixion pinched my browser setup.

The theme I'm using is Classic Compact. TinyFox doesn't match the precise shade of my nail polish.

Hit F11 in Firefox 3.0 and you'll be greeted by a much more usable full-screen window with auto-hiding tabs.

[Gremlin]

I accidentally the whole Mozilla is this bad?

Ixion pinched my browser setup.

yee gads... I just got more screens... triple on work and home...

sheesh... some people aye, why make the browser interface small when you can add more screens

[Slyer]

Yeah, I got two widescreens.
I got plenny o room for anything!

[xwhatsit]

yee gads... I just got more screens... triple on work and home...

sheesh... some people aye, why make the browser interface small when you can add more screens

Ah, like with motorcycles, I have a perverse joy in taking old `worthless' shit hardware and making it useful. This laptop, with home-soldered, cable-tied power adapter and missing battery (there's duct tape for the WiFi adapter too), only does 1024x768 and I'm not quite sure where I'd put the other screen (or if the humdinger Intel integrated graphics would cope).

Besides, when does one use the GUI bit (other than the actual content of course)? Ctrl-L, Ctrl-T, Ctrl-Shift-T, Ctrl-F4, Ctrl-Tab, Ctrl-Shift-Tab, Alt-Left, Alt-Right. All I need is very occasional access to the Edit/History/Bookmarks menus. I don't even really need the Google search box, a Quick Search set as `g *search term*' handles that, but the search box has Suggest (type `18 inches in cm' there -- don't press enter though).

[vindy500]

Tried Chrome last night on a few pages...

The thing that turned me off (and back to firefox) is that using the scroll function on my touchpad will only scroll down but not up....really f**king annoying!

same deal here, usb mouse is fine but synaptics touch pad wont scroll up

[yod]

the new opera is mint....and you can modify the ini to have as many speed dial windows as you want

seems like they've fixed a few of the functionality issues too

[Winston001]

I accidentally the whole Mozilla is this bad?


Ixion pinched my browser setup.

The theme I'm using is Classic Compact. TinyFox doesn't match the precise shade of my nail polish.

Hit F11 in Firefox 3.0 and you'll be greeted by a much more usable full-screen window with auto-hiding tabs.

Harruummpphh not enough buttons for me! I like to have Stumbleupon, Google, New Tab, Secure Login, Wikipedia, Tinyurl, mmmm must be some others I can add too....

Hadn't thought about using F11 but while I'm only working in one tab, that is a good suggestion. The trouble is I tend to bounce around about 10 tabs when browsing.

But thanks, I'll give it a whirl. Always been annoyed by the real estate taken up by toolbars etc. If I'm on someones elses comp and get the chance I turn off or uninstall Yahoo Toolbar, AVG Toolbar, sometimes Google TB and any others I find. Usually the owner has no idea what they are or how they got there.