Topic: Google 'Chrome'

[WorldChampions]

Any idea when the mac version is out?

[I Like Boobs]

Any idea when the mac version is out?

It's shite, I wouldn't worry about it.

[cissepower]

Back in Beta mode. I gave it a download, Google say that they have increased the speed and I must say it is noticeably quicker than before. Some other features have been added too, still no RSS feed reader though which is a big let down for me personally.

http://chrome.blogspot.com/2009/03/google-chrome-has-new-beta_17.html

[coffeehead]

Its proper fast and great to use but I am a little wary of the way they store my internet history and also I hear its not so secure for internet banking - anyone else hear that at all?

Iron browser claims to be google Chrome (it's based on the same source) without the privacy issues. I've used it and it seems OK

http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron.php

[redpride9]

Not convinced.

[wacko]

Not convinced.

Google Chrome is 2 things. There is an open source core called Chromium that currently also runs on Linux and OS X. Chrome is largely a swish GUI on top of Chromium. That includes all the Google integration/tracking stuff.

In fact, when I can be arsed, I'm going to compile Chromium and use that instead of Safari, because it's not easily crackable like Safari, Firefox and IE.

I also need to get an ad-filtering proxy set up, because you can't even trust ads from Google anymore.

[gerrardspetal]

It seems the smileys are working on Chrome now   

they are not now with the new RAWK so am now using Firefox.

[Ben S]

WFM

[SP]

they are not now with the new RAWK so am now using Firefox.

They've worked for me with Chrome all weekend.

[gerrardspetal]

They've worked for me with Chrome all weekend.

Well they were definatley not working for me.   Might re install it.

[Surprise me.]

They've always been working, what didn't work for me was doing a quick edit on a post.

Edit: which works now, perfect.

[♠Dirty Harry♠]

Just converted over to Chrome very reluctantly from FF, anyone else finding FF 3.6 complete and utter dog shit? (I'm using W7 x64 Ultimate Genuine).

Have to say it's taking a while to get used to the tab-over-address layout (it's amazing how habitual browsing becomes and shows why UI development is so important). On the up side... Fuck me this thing can go in every way, it's even loading Facebook without a stutter however the fuck it manages it.

Now set as my main browser 'til Moz pull the fucking finger out.

[timiano]

It's blistering isn't it?!

Massive massive fan of Chrome. Look into the extensions too, as they're very good, and also run very fast too.

I'm just installing IE9 preview too.

[BazC]

Just converted over to Chrome very reluctantly from FF, anyone else finding FF 3.6 complete and utter dog shit? (I'm using W7 x64 Ultimate Genuine).

Have to say it's taking a while to get used to the tab-over-address layout (it's amazing how habitual browsing becomes and shows why UI development is so important). On the up side... Fuck me this thing can go in every way, it's even loading Facebook without a stutter however the fuck it manages it.

Now set as my main browser 'til Moz pull the fucking finger out.

FF has been utterly shite for me for months now. I might move to Chrome as I hate IE as well.

[Chakan]

Will give it a try when I get home, using FF with windows 7 and it (FF) crashes at least once a day. Doing my head in

[♠Dirty Harry♠]

It's blistering isn't it?!

Massive massive fan of Chrome. Look into the extensions too, as they're very good, and also run very fast too.

I'm just installing IE9 preview too.

It is very fast indeed.

I've installed Ebay extension, IE tab and Click N Clean so far, all great and inconspicuous to boot.

FF has been utterly shite for me for months now. I might move to Chrome as I hate IE as well.

The UI in IE has been terrible since 7, plus it's shite from a designers point of view too, I only use it now to see how it breaks my websites.

[BazC]

The UI in IE has been terrible since 7, plus it's shite from a designers point of view too, I only use it now to see how it breaks my websites.

Perfect use for it- as a stress test.

As a user, one of the areas it pisses me off in a lot is the way it handles BBC iPlayer. Fucking horrifically.

[timiano]

To be fair, IE8 is the best IE in a long while....if not ever. It just doesn't have the edge on Chrome. IE9 looks interesting, but it's a very early preview I've looked at.

[.adam]

Perfect use for it- as a stress test.

As a user, one of the areas it pisses me off in a lot is the way it handles BBC iPlayer. Fucking horrifically.

It handles Flash pretty horifically on a Mac (although most browsers do, to be fair). I tend to use FF for iPlayer - might end up cretaing a SSB to be honest.

[WorldChampions]

Everything works spot on for me on my mac, and loads instantly

[.adam]

Everything works spot on for me on my mac, and loads instantly

And sends the fans in to a frenzy in the process?

[WorldChampions]

And sends the fans in to a frenzy in the process?

Nope

[Harry_Wong]

imho...

Explorer, rubbish always has been.
Firefox, early versions used to be great, it's turned into slow-moving heap of crap.
Chrome, Google harvesting data from you.
Safari, the same problem as Chrome, but Apple rather than Google.

God bless the Germans:

SRWare Iron: The Browser of the future

SRWare Iron: The browser of the future - based on the free Sourcecode "Chromium" - without any problems at privacy and security

Google's Web browser Chrome thrilled with an extremely fast site rendering, a sleek design and innovative features.  But it also gets critic from data protection specialists , for reasons such as creating a unique user ID or the submission of entries to Google to generate suggestions. SRWare Iron is a real alternative. The browser is based on the Chromium-source and offers the same features as Chrome - but without the critical points that the privacy concern.

We could therefore create a browser with which you can now use the innovative features without worrying about your privacy.

We want our users to participate in our work and make the browser free to download under the name "SRWare Iron" into the net.

What does Iron makes different? Read here.

Privacy: Comparism of Iron and Chrome at privacy:

Client-ID
Chrome creates a unique ID through which a user can be theoretically identified.
- does not exist in Iron

Timestamp
Chrome remembers up to the second exactly when the software was installed.
- does not exist in Iron

Suggest
Depending on the configuration, each time you put something in the address line,this information is sent to Google to provide suggestions.
- does not exist in Iron

Alternate Error Pages
Depending on the configuration, if you have typed a false address in the adress bar, this is sent to Google and you get an error message from Google's servers.
- does not exist in Iron

Error Reporting
Depending on the configuration, details about crashes or failures are sent Google's servers.
- does not exist in Iron

RLZ-Tracking
This Chrome-function transmits information in encoded form to Google, for example, when and where Chrome has been downloaded.
- does not exist in Iron

Google Updater
Chrome installs a updater, which loads at every Windows in background.
- does not exist in Iron

URL-Tracker
Calls depending on the configuration five seconds after launch the Google homepage opens in background
- does not exist in Iron

Update Flashplayer to 10.1 beta 3, it's working well and far better than the crash-ridden, memory-sucking release currently being supplied (10).

http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/

http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/

[♠Dirty Harry♠]

imho...

Explorer, rubbish always has been.
Firefox, early versions used to be great, it's turned into slow-moving heap of crap.
Chrome, Google harvesting data from you.
Safari, the same problem as Chrome, but Apple rather than Google.

God bless the Germans:
Update Flashplayer to 10.1 beta 3, it's working well and far better than the crash-ridden, memory-sucking release currently being supplied (10).

http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/

http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/

Cheers for that Harry, whole feast of new browsers this week. Have downloaded that an will see how it runs.

[Harry_Wong]

And SRWare Iron takes many Chrome extensions (youtube downloader, zoom, mouse gestures...)

http://www.chrome-plugins.info/en/

One peeve, is the adblock has to be manually updated (though I suppose one for Chrome may work).

The manual update is simple enough:

http://www.fanboy.co.nz/adblock/iron/

Just save the 'Main List' adblock.ini (Updated: 17 Mar 2010) to the directory where SRWare Iron is installed (by default)  -- C:\Program Files\SRWare Iron\   -- then restart Iron.

One bug in identified, patched, but to be fixed in next version:

Adblock.ini 2500 lines bug
http://www.srware.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=1313

[Zizou]

Wow, Firefox went downhill pretty damn fast! Used it for years without a real issue, then the past couple of months I've had endless random crashes, hogging the shit out of my ram..just generally being a massive pain in the arse. I'm liking Chrome..take a bit of getting used to, but seems pretty slick..shame Google will steal all my details and no doubt sell them the world over, but what can you do.

[biratl]

Opera's the best out there, IMO.

[Harry_Wong]

Worth a look:

Secunia Personal Software Inspector (PSI)
The Secunia PSI is aFREE security tool designed to detectvulnerable andout-dated programs and plug-ins which expose your PC to attacks. Attacks exploiting vulnerable programs and plug-ins are rarely blocked by traditional anti-virus and are therefore increasingly "popular" among criminals.

The only solution to block these kind of attacks is to apply security updates, commonly referred to as patches. Patches are offered free-of-charge by most software vendors, however, finding all these patches is a tedious and time consuming task. Secunia PSI automates this and alerts you when your programs and plug-ins require updating to stay secure.

It makes it very simple to see which programs need updates/re-installation, including links to where those can be found.

Browser comparison...

secunia.com Vulnerability Reports:
SRWare Iron 4.x
0 Secunia advisories
0 Vulnerabilities
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.x
1 Secunia advisories
10 Vulnerabilities

Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x
7 Secunia advisories
57 Vulnerabilities

Google Chrome 4.x
3 Secunia advisories
18 Vulnerabilities

Google Chrome 3.x
5 Secunia advisories
16 Vulnerabilities
Opera 10.x
5 Secunia advisories
9 Vulnerabilities
Apple Safari 4.x
6 Secunia advisories
32 Vulnerabilities
Internet Explorer 8.x
10 Secunia advisories
42 Vulnerabilities

Since every browser ends up with Flashplayer ...

Flash Player Help >

Settings Manager
The Adobe Flash Player Settings Manager lets you manage global privacy settings, storage settings, security settings, and automatic notification settings by using the following panels:

- To specify whether websites must ask your permission before using your camera or microphone, you use the Global Privacy Settings panel.
- To specify the amount of disk space that websites you haven't yet visited can use to store information on your computer, or to prevent websites you haven't yet visited from storing information on your computer, you use the Global Storage Settings panel.
- To view or change your security settings, you use the Global Security Settings panel.
- To specify if and how often Flash Player should check for updated versions, you use the Global Notifications Settings panel.
- To view or change the privacy settings for websites you have already visited, you use the Website Privacy Settings panel.
- To view or change the storage settings for websites you have already visited, or to delete information that any or all websites have already stored on your computer, you use the Website Storage Settings panel.

How do I get to the Settings Manager?
The Settings Manager is a special control panel that runs on your local computer but is displayed within and accessed from the Adobe website. Adobe does not have access to the settings that you see in the Settings Manager or to personal information on your computer.

[Gigantic Lamb]

Opera's the best out there, IMO.

Dont talk rubbish

I have to say after a month I think Chrome is the dogs bollox...

Very fast and has replaced my once loved Safari on my MB and Imac

[Pheel]

Just downloaded SrWare Iron. quick as! Thanks Harry..

[myrlas]

to those who use the mac version;

Have you tried out http://glimmerblocker.org? It blocs ads.

[BazC]

Just started using Chrome, as when I was watching iPlayer in Firefox yesterday it was stuttering (not due to the internet connection). I installed Chrome there and then, which took a few seconds, then stuck the same programme on. Turns out it was still shite on that (worked in IE though...) but I'm using Chrome now and it's way slicker than FF let alone the clunky IE.

I like it.

[Paul-LFC]

Just started using Chrome, as when I was watching iPlayer in Firefox yesterday it was stuttering (not due to the internet connection). I installed Chrome there and then, which took a few seconds, then stuck the same programme on. Turns out it was still shite on that (worked in IE though...) but I'm using Chrome now and it's way slicker than FF let alone the clunky IE.

I like it.

Firefox always seems to do that for me, it'll work fine for a while and then will start randomly freezing for about 5 seconds at a time, and then working, then freezing again, while the rest of the programs I have open work just fine. I check task manager and the thing is using near enough a gig of memory.

I would switch to Chrome, it's great and there's none of this freezing, but it doesn't have some of the Firefox extensions yet. That's the one thing keeping me using Firefox, because to be honest, it's rubbish these days.

[buzzing]

Will get cained for it. But I prefer IE8 over FF and Chrome. FF is shite now, and Chrome, despite what Google say does crash "Ooooopps. Something went wrong"!!!

[timiano]

Will get cained for it. But I prefer IE8 over FF and Chrome. FF is shite now, and Chrome, despite what Google say does crash "Ooooopps. Something went wrong"!!!

It does, but rarely. And even when it does, each tab is a separate process.

[Bob Loblaw]

You all must be bad mongs if you're FF is crashing or is slow.

[timiano]

You all must be bad idiots if you're FF is crashing or is slow.

Your. Glass houses and all that.

[buzzing]

It does, but rarely. And even when it does, each tab is a separate process.

Fair enough. But my IE8 hardly ever crashes either. Crashes less than Chrome for me anyway.

[John C]

Can anyone tell me how to ensure that when I refresh the page in Chrome it keeps me at the point I was rather than going back to the top of the page?
Ta.

[BazC]

You all must be bad idiots if you're FF is crashing or is slow.

Yup, I'm a bad idiot. At least I'm not a nob though