Google Chrome

Have you heard the buzz? Well, until yesterday I hadn't
either. Yesterday afternoon Google released its new web browser Chrome. I was a
bit hesitant to download it, but after reading about it and hearing positive
reviews from Dylan and my dad I decided to give it a try today - and I'm liking
it! The pluses: it's clean looking, fast, open source (kind of) and so far it's
been playing nice with the computers and the websites I've been using. The
negatives: it isn't (yet) customizable in the way FireFox is which takes away
some functionality for me. It is still in baby beta though, so I'm sure more
good things are on the way. For now, I'm running Chrome and FireFox side by
side - long term, I don't know.

I found the following two website the most helpful in
learning about it:

Have you tried it? Will you? What do you think?

Last updated: September 3, 2008 - 8:24pm by anna

Chrome on Public Computers?
Comment by: dylan; September 4, 2008 - 10:07am
Like you, I'm running both Firefox and Chrome together and toggling between them. Firefox still has the power and customization that Chrome doesn't have yet, but Chrome has speed and simplicity -- making them different enough in my book to run both. On a different note, once Google works more of the kinks out and graduates Chrome from "baby beta", it could be an excellent browser for public computers, simply because of the simplicity. Obviously many websites still require Internet Explorer, but it would be interesting to provide it as an alternative for patrons.

hmmm
Comment by: amy; September 4, 2008 - 11:51am
Thanks for the great Chrome insights! I imagine that I'm not alone in not being able to install it at work, but I will try it at home!

chrome and vista
Comment by: Anonymous; September 11, 2008 - 8:32am
i noticed that when i installed chrome on my vista os that it didn't ask me for permission to install even though i did not change any of the settings. anyone know why?

Chrome Beats Vista
Comment by: dylan; September 11, 2008 - 10:50am
I noticed the same thing: Google Chrome does not trigger the User Account Control (UAC) in Windows Vista, unlike most other program installs. I haven't figured out exactly how they accomplished this, but I'm fairly certain it was intentional.

I smell something fishy with
Comment by: James Expert (not verified); January 9, 2009 - 10:45am
I smell something fishy with the UAC thing. Chrome is starting to be too intrusive since its beta test. It can actually track your web history. How's that for privacy, eh?

short chrome review :-)
Comment by: ultimate texas holdem (not verified); March 10, 2009 - 1:20am
Google chrome is not that good. Sure it’s got some neat features, but the fact that Google owns it, it will *never* have the ability to block ads.

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