Azrael Strife Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 Behold!!! the messiah has arrived! Trying it right now, the best browser I've ever tried in my life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimli Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 *cough* Check the other thread *cough* Still missing lots of functionality that I have in FF, but I'll keep using it until FF gets a new update, something went wrong with this one and half of my add-ons don't work properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 I'm comfy with FF, but having tried Chrome it's actually alright, very sparse and minimal. I approve, and may adopt when it gets more functionality and the bugs are gone. I had a Hell of a time vandalising Wikipedia last night using it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimli Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 And the EULA sucks... I'm not sure if they can hold you to it, though. So I was wondering if they could legally do anything to you and went to read some parts of it on my own. 2.2 You can accept the Terms by: (A) clicking to accept or agree to the Terms, where this option is made available to you by Google in the user interface for any Service; or (B) by actually using the Services. In this case, you understand and agree that Google will treat your use of the Services as acceptance of the Terms from that point onwards. 2.3 You may not use the Services and may not accept the Terms if (a) you are not of legal age to form a binding contract with Google, or (b) you are a person barred from receiving the Services under the laws of the United States or other countries including the country in which you are resident or from which you use the Services. Notice 2.2B and 2.2a... I'm wondering if they can legally do anything about 2.2B. Shouldn't I have to be presented with the EULA first in order to be able to agree to it or not? And 2.3a says that kids can't use Chrome. Brilliant. EDIT: Google will correct the EULA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 First webpage I tested looked like a complete mess (a fairly large Norwegian paper). Will give it another spin at some point, but I'll stick to Opera for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azrael Strife Posted September 3, 2008 Author Share Posted September 3, 2008 Well... it's a beta, and the first one.My FF3 takes around a whole minute to launch, so I'm ditching the damn thing as soon as Chrome has StumbleUpon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 I'd try Opera with the stumbleupon thingy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 I'd try Opera with the stumbleupon thingy... Because you won't shut up about Opera, I'm off to give it a try. *Wombles away across the rolling hills of Internet, shading his eyes against the glare of the server suns, looking ofr this mythical tower of Opera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Because you won't shut up about Opera, I'm off to give it a try. *Wombles away across the rolling hills of Internet, shading his eyes against the glare of the server suns, looking ofr this mythical tower of Opera.Success at last! Going this rate, my stock will be worth a billion in a lightyear or two... Seriously though, I think Opera is the best of the breed. Give mouse gestures and other things a try, and you'll speed up your surfing (not to mention it's likely the fastest of the browsers out there, not having compared it to Google's). Let me know what you think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azrael Strife Posted September 5, 2008 Author Share Posted September 5, 2008 Nothing is better than Chrome, nothing, it's fast, it's sexy, it's everything I've ever wanted in a browser Of course, let's remember it's a beta, the first one, and one that's been released two days ago, of course it won't work everywhere, but I already use it as my primary browser, even at work nothing's faster than this thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Trying Opera now, it is quite fast innit? Need to import my bookmarks though. *fiddles* One of the things about Chrome, it seems to open up multiple processes if you have multiple tabs open. Hmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimli Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 FA, it's not a bug, it's a feature! What this results in is that if something bad happens to one tab, it will not affect the other tabs. or so they say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 A likely story... Hogging my processor indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azrael Strife Posted September 6, 2008 Author Share Posted September 6, 2008 No performance difference over here, and there is a strong reason for it, and I think it's wonderful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 No performance difference over here, and there is a strong reason for it, and I think it's wonderful. You can't be trusted. You're emotionally involved and too close to this one. Back off. I'll assign someone else to the case. Don't make me suspend you. ...Alright, look, I hate to do this, but I'm going to have to ask for your gun and your badge. Come on, hand 'em over. And your back-up piece, yeah, the one on your ankle. Alright, now get the Hell out of here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimli Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 I have problems with flash. It occasionally freezes, which is usually not welcome... except in Gemcraft, I can create lots of gems instantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kizmiaz Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 I've just tried the IE8, FF3 and Chrome and still consider Opera the fastest and the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 I'll stick with FF3 purely because of all the plugins I use in my day to day web work (Measure It, Colour Picker, Firebug Developer Console, Timestamp Converter, XE.com Exchange Rate Converter). That saves me too much time to switch to anything else, though I agree Opera is a little shiny and speedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azrael Strife Posted September 12, 2008 Author Share Posted September 12, 2008 I'd say anything is faster than FF3 in launch time terms. You'll all see the light when Chrome gets its updates, this is pure wonder. FA you made my day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimli Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Right now I'm getting some nasty freezes on Chrome, so I'm skipping it until a few things are ironed out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 FA you made my day Alright, smart guy, that's suspension without pay. I'm too old for this shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NKF Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 So, Chrome is just setting out to do what Firefox set out to accomplish in its early days? Before long Chrome will get more updates, new features and extra stuff thrown in. Then another young no-frills browser challenger will arise to usurp its place. Then there'll be numerous updates. Then the whole cycle will repeat itself. Ah, but at least with a bit of competition more effort will be put into the old ones we've become far too accustomed to abandon. That's the good thing about competition. - NKF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matri Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 I'd be interested in seeing what IE8 can do. IE7 starts ups really slowly compared to IE6, but FF3 is indubitably THE slowest of them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azrael Strife Posted September 13, 2008 Author Share Posted September 13, 2008 So, Chrome is just setting out to do what Firefox set out to accomplish in its early days? Before long Chrome will get more updates, new features and extra stuff thrown in. Then another young no-frills browser challenger will arise to usurp its place. Then there'll be numerous updates. Then the whole cycle will repeat itself. Ah, but at least with a bit of competition more effort will be put into the old ones we've become far too accustomed to abandon. That's the good thing about competition. - NKFIf every iteration improves upon the previous one, I'm perfectly happy with that cycle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorondor Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 "If every iteration improves upon the previous one, I'm perfectly happy with that cycle"Real benefit to users is still the most significant issue in my opinion. We've had ample evidence in the past that competition has its ups and downs. The good bit is that, one way or the other, really great innovations will eventually be adopted by all major browser developers. The problem, however, is one of adoption - not by the everyday Johns and Janes who browse, but by the makers of web pages. I have my occasional bouts of web development, but even in my limited experience I imagine Pete will agree with me that all the browser sniffing and object detection, CSS hacking code bloat is something we all could do without for some time to come (unlikely as that is; see below). Novelty feels great and is very welcome anytime. Nonetheless, let's take a peek at some of the official statistics for a moment... Surprise, surprise, right? We're well into 2008 and Internet Explorer 6 is still right up there. Much to the dismay of IE7 in its struggle to top it off. Is IE8 coming to the rescue or shouldn't developers be worrying instead they soon have to accommodate for three versions of such ubiquitous little Microsoft web dumplings ? What then about already existing notorious version discrepancies in terms of their standards compliance ? Layout engines ? etc... The numbers say one thing first and foremost: you can't afford to ignore so many people in that audience. Not if you want to keep your job anyway... and that means sticking to the lowest common denominator for the most part; that subset all have adhered to and in a somewhat generous timeframe to be sure. I say it's a lot of gymnastics right here in the plain attempt to show all web surfers seemingly the same experience on the same page. :: I want a great browser that lets me do what I want to do quickly while staying out of the way. The question remains: even if I get it, how much progress does it actually get around to providing ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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