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Offline Bobboau

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Re: Google Chrome (new web browser) released.
google has been getting bloodied lately, people are starting to see them as a company and not as a altruistic internet being. it started with google video/acquisition of youtube.
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Offline Ransom

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Re: Google Chrome (new web browser) released.
Chrome's been my default browser for a bit under a day now and I'm really liking it. Aside from the speed and stability, the interface has me impressed. Very pleasant and minimalist.

I'm a bit disappointed with the lack of smooth scrolling and middle-click scroll, but it's early days yet.

 

Offline CP5670

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Re: Google Chrome (new web browser) released.
This looks interesting, but I'll need to see some equivalent of Adblock before I consider switching.

  

Offline Scuddie

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I'll need to see some reason of switching over to it before I even consider looking at it.
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Offline Colonol Dekker

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Re: Google Chrome (new web browser) released.
Thats like saying you'll never try a Mars Bar because Cadburys galaxy is fine......

Give it a try  :nod: :p
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-Ribos: The aftermath / -Retreat from Deneb
-Sol: A History
-TBP EACW teaser
-Earth Brakiri war
-TBP Fortune Hunters (I think?)
-TBP Relic
-Trancsend (Possibly?)
-Uncharted Territory
-Vassagos Dirge
-War Machine
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Offline Fury

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Re: Google Chrome (new web browser) released.
I'll need to see some reason of switching over to it before I even consider looking at it.
It's a long ad more than anything but still gets the facts down about Chrome:
http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/

 

Offline Scuddie

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Re: Google Chrome (new web browser) released.
A multiple PID browser?  That's interesting.  However, with that many processes and renderers open (I often have at least 10 tabs open in FF), it can't be good for GDI resources.

What scares me though is that they advocate JavaScript of all things.
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Offline Thor

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Re: Google Chrome (new web browser) released.
I spent about 5 minutes with chrome, and it was alright, but there's nothing compelling about switching from firefox.  and i told them so when it opened IE (grumbles i hate when they do that!) to give me a survey of what i disliked.  and i found out about the EULA after i dumped it, so now i like it even less.

I really hate this "oh google is so nice"  attitude people have.  Google runs a large percentage of the advertising on  the internet, they're programs have such un interesting and counter intuitive interfaces (from my point of view, it suits some.) .  i have gmail, but never use it.  my MS Live mail blends seamlessly with msn, and the interface is nice.  if someone had a nice open source software that gave me the same level of sophistication then i'd be all for it.  Google makes claims at this, but i don't believe them any more i believe in microsoft, and their motto "Don't be evil" is so untrue its laughable.  I do hope that Firefox gets the separate processes and other security ideas and puts them into FF4 or what not, but leave the interface behind. 

This chrome is none too shiny at all!
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Offline Mars

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Re: Google Chrome (new web browser) released.
I really do find that Chrome is loading some web pages in a third of the time it takes Konqueror and Firefox.

 

Offline S-99

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Re: Google Chrome (new web browser) released.
Bleh chrome. I'll stick with my firefox and opera, or konqueror if it gets better than the one in kde3.
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Offline Ransom

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Re: Google Chrome (new web browser) released.
What scares me though is that they advocate JavaScript of all things.
Yeah, that bothered me too. They're not joking about how much faster they've made it, though.

 

Offline Nuclear1

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Re: Google Chrome (new web browser) released.
I'll second that.

I'm using it right now, and I love it.
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Offline Fenrir

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Re: Google Chrome (new web browser) released.
And they've modified part of the EULA now so that it's a little less crazy.

 

Offline Androgeos Exeunt

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Re: Google Chrome (new web browser) released.
Google provides funds for Mozilla.
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Offline bash

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Re: Google Chrome (new web browser) released.
Given the fact that everything else Google makes reports back to the mothership have Google actually said that their browser doesn't send details of your surfing habits back to them?

No, they don't because chrome actually does forward your browsing data or at least some of it to google. To quote from their own privacy policy:
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You do not need to provide any personally identifying information in order to download and use Google Chrome. When you download Google Chrome or use it to contact Google’s servers, Google receives only standard log information including your machine’s IP address and one or more cookies. You can configure Google Chrome to not send cookies to Google or other sites as explained here.

To my knowledge, the chrome transmits at least your IP address, some cookies and something that looks like a GUID or something, and of cause, despite the ability to turn that off, it's enabled by default.
About my personal browsing experience I can say little because google hasn't released a Linux build yet. I wouldn't predict it a bright future in Linux anyways simply because of the fact that google is a data monger and its company slogan "Don't be evil!" doesn't really apply any more.

 

Offline S-99

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Re: Google Chrome (new web browser) released.
Why not a linux build? They eventually provided a linux build of other stuff like google earth.
Every pilot's goal is to rise up in the ranks and go beyond their purpose to a place of command on a very big ship. Like the colossus; to baseball bat everyone.

SMBFD

I won't use google for you.

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Offline Fury

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Offline Mars

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Re: Google Chrome (new web browser) released.
They're working on it

EDIT:

Fury's faster

 

Offline bash

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Re: Google Chrome (new web browser) released.
... and that is exactly the reason why I used the term "hasn't been released yet" ;)

 

Offline Colonol Dekker

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Re: Google Chrome (new web browser) released.
I noticed Chrome has an inbuilt auto spell-checker. My words keep turning up Red when i type froop or squkkle or other bizzareness.......

COOL :yes:
Campaigns I've added my distinctiveness to-
- Blue Planet: Battle Captains
-Battle of Neptune
-Between the Ashes 2
-Blue planet: Age of Aquarius
-FOTG?
-Inferno R1
-Ribos: The aftermath / -Retreat from Deneb
-Sol: A History
-TBP EACW teaser
-Earth Brakiri war
-TBP Fortune Hunters (I think?)
-TBP Relic
-Trancsend (Possibly?)
-Uncharted Territory
-Vassagos Dirge
-War Machine
(Others lost to the mists of time and no discernible audit trail)

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That one time I got permabanned and got to read who was being bitxhy about me :p....
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