What hell does Google do with Chrome browser?

[chumeo_di_hia]

My picture says everthing. Google's philosophy is "Simply is the best" but now Google is getting worse! Why, Google?

 

 

[Max Norris]

You can toggle the old style bookmark menu via chrome://flags with "Enable Enhanced Bookmarks" (disable that). Not a fan of it myself, very difficult to work with a large number of bookmarks, never mind organizing them, can't even sort. Personally I just disable the user switcher, I'm the only one who's allowed to even be in the same neighborhood as my primary desktop anyway, also via flags. I like Chrome's engine but not so much the interface.. if they could get Mozilla's interface/flexibility with Chrome under the hood I'd be a seriously happy camper.

[+Zlip792 MVC]

Simply copy paste these coded links in chrome omnibox and disable them each.

 

For the first:

chrome://flags/#enable-new-profile-management

and

chrome://flags/#enable-new-avatar-menu 

For the second:

chrome://flags/#enhanced-bookmarks-experiment

[Dick Montage]

Google's philosophy is "Simply is the best"

 

It is?

[Xenon]

Chrome is really becoming bloatware. I am serious considering going back to firefox. 

[cork1958]

Chrome is really becoming bloatware. I am serious considering going back to firefox. 

 

Between the bloatware and general lack of security, as we all know what Google does with any info they can preen from you, I've never liked it anyway! 

 

Never used to like Firefox either, but it is MUCH better than it used to be.

 

IMO,

Chrome has been the absolute worst browser that anyone could want to use since day one.

[MikeChipshop Member]

It is?

 

He's clearly got Google and Tina Turner mixed up. Easily done.

[Astra.Xtreme]

Chrome is really becoming bloatware. I am serious considering going back to firefox. 

How exactly is Chrome becoming bloatware?  It's about as slim of a browser as it possible can be.

So much that the recent Firefox updates made it almost identical to Chrome.

 

I'm not a Google fan, but Chrome is still the best browser for customization and extension options.  Firefox is getting better, and IE is not even on the same universe as those two.

[Barney T. Administrators]

Moved to Web Browser Discussion area.

[Max Norris]

How exactly is Chrome becoming bloatware?  It's about as slim of a browser as it possible can be.

So much that the recent Firefox updates made it almost identical to Chrome.

In the interface perhaps, but not in resource usage by any stretch of the imagination.. although it's a byproduct of being a multi-process setup, unavoidable.  Just for example, on this system I'm on now, both Chrome and Firefox have the same pages open, both have a similar set of extensions installed, and Chrome's already pulling far ahead in memory usage:

 

Open a few more pages and I can easily get Chrome using well over a gig. Not that that's anything new.. it's not "becoming" bloatware, it's just a heavier browser by design. As far as extendability goes, Chrome is still behind Firefox when it comes to what extensions can do, and Chrome's customization is near non-existant. Not that I'm bashing Chrome mind you, there are a few things it does a lot better.. raw performance (although Firefox is rapidly catching up), handles multimedia better, etc.

[chumeo_di_hia]

You can toggle the old style bookmark menu via chrome://flags with "Enable Enhanced Bookmarks" (disable that). Not a fan of it myself, very difficult to work with a large number of bookmarks, never mind organizing them, can't even sort. Personally I just disable the user switcher, I'm the only one who's allowed to even be in the same neighborhood as my primary desktop anyway, also via flags. I like Chrome's engine but not so much the interface.. if they could get Mozilla's interface/flexibility with Chrome under the hood I'd be a seriously happy camper.

 

 

Simply copy paste these coded links in chrome omnibox and disable them each.

 

For the first:

chrome://flags/#enable-new-profile-management

and

chrome://flags/#enable-new-avatar-menu 

For the second:

chrome://flags/#enhanced-bookmarks-experiment

 

Thankyou so much. It's really work. Now I can happy with Chrome as before.

[Xenon]

How exactly is Chrome becoming bloatware?  It's about as slim of a browser as it possible can be.

So much that the recent Firefox updates made it almost identical to Chrome.

 

I'm not a Google fan, but Chrome is still the best browser for customization and extension options.  Firefox is getting better, and IE is not even on the same universe as those two.

 

In the beginning Chrome was supposed to be a simple no nonsense browser. Then they started add feature after feature. The latest feature added with the bookmarks is basically a prime example of how to make something simple into bloat.

 

Also open a couple of tabs and then open your task manager with chrome. Then do it with Firefox. Check out memory usage and CPU usage. I can't say people will get the same results that I get, but chrome eats ram.

[Boo Berry]

No bloat here. I've got a ton of RAM and a high-end CPU, I don't care about the resource usage of browsers as long as it gets the job done.

[tsupersonic]

In the interface perhaps, but not in resource usage by any stretch of the imagination.. although it's a byproduct of being a multi-process setup, unavoidable.  Just for example, on this system I'm on now, both Chrome and Firefox have the same pages open, both have a similar set of extensions installed, and Chrome's already pulling far ahead in memory usage:

 

Open a few more pages and I can easily get Chrome using well over a gig. Not that that's anything new.. it's not "becoming" bloatware, it's just a heavier browser by design. As far as extendability goes, Chrome is still behind Firefox when it comes to what extensions can do, and Chrome's customization is near non-existant. Not that I'm bashing Chrome mind you, there are a few things it does a lot better.. raw performance (although Firefox is rapidly catching up), handles multimedia better, etc.

Chrome does hog the most RAM (compared to any browser I've seen). I generally don't mind, as I'm happy when all my RAM is put to use, and I typically use computers with >= 8 GB of RAM (except Surface Pro 2). Chrome is also by far the fastest browser (in terms of loading pages/content) compared to Firefox or IE. Chrome is a pain in the ass on laptops, since it destroys battery life (in a bad way) compared to other browsers. I actually revert to using Firefox or IE when I'm on battery power, and it does make a difference.

 

I like using Chrome for personal browsing. For work, I prefer using IE (even though we're not limited to using IE) - it just integrates so damn well with Sharepoint!

[chrisj1968]

I think there's too much whining about chrome.

 

 

I have no clue as to what the problem is anaylzing the OP's screenshot. Simpler is better. true, But does the op know that as features get added, through the chromium work, things change. if you want simple go back to the first versions of Chrome. if it looks awful or is too complicated, go to another browser... I hardly use all the features you find offensive. I do simple browsing anyway.

[Mockingbird]

BTW, has anyone else noticed that scrolling with touch really lag in Chrome?

[+InsaneNutter MVC]

I must admit i find the new bookmark manager very unfriendly. Also I never really got the point of the profile feature been made some prominent too, given people likely have their own user account on the device anyway.

 

Either way both can be disabled, along with the apps button on the bookmarks bar. As long as I have the option to disable it i'm not too bothered.

[tsupersonic]

BTW, has anyone else noticed that scrolling with touch really lag in Chrome?

It was bad when I bought my SP2, but Google has improved it over the versions. It still isn't as smooth as IE (Modern/Metro IE).

[Anibal P]

Between the bloatware and general lack of security, as we all know what Google does with any info they can preen from you, I've never liked it anyway! 

 

Never used to like Firefox either, but it is MUCH better than it used to be.

 

IMO,

Chrome has been the absolute worst browser that anyone could want to use since day one.

 

 

Oh noes!!!! 

My datas that I let Google have, how evil of them to use it !!!11!!!!OMG!!!11!!!!BBQ!~!!1!!!!1!!!!

 

 

Not sure what you mean by "lack of security" because it is the complete opposite here in reality land 

[chrisj1968]

BTW, has anyone else noticed that scrolling with touch really lag in Chrome?

 

no clue, my laptop has no touchscreen