Google has released the very first beta of their new web browser, Google Chrome. Chrome is a browser that, for now at least, is focused on offering a full browsing experience within a minimalistic user interface. To skip past the P.R. phrasing, Google Chrome is designed to be simple to use without sacrificing any of the features required for daily web browsing. To get a little more in depth, Google Chrome uses the same rendering engine as Apple's Safari browser, named Webkit. In recent history, the developers of Webkit have made great strides in creating what is, as of today, the fastest browser engine in terms of rendering speed. Google Chrome, currently version 0.2.149.27, seems to use a slightly older build of Webkit (version 525.13, to be precise), however, so some of the recent Webkit development gains will not have made it into the first release of the browser.
Other features of Chrome include a dynamic tab system which allows you to drag and drop tabs inside and outside of the browser window, an "incognito mode" in which the sites you visit are not added to your browsing history, and a feature similar to Opera's Speed Dial, in which you are presented with your nine most visited websites, in thumbnail form, when opening a new tab.
If you wish to give Google Chrome a try, click the download link below. It's an early beta, though, so don't expect it to be perfect.
Link: Google Chrome
Download: Google Chrome 0.2.149.27
Screenshot: View
Here is the direct link:
http://dl.google.com/update2/installers/ChromeSetup.exe
I also found that the installer adds a AutoUpdate application to the system startup.
I don't like to have apps load at startup and staying in memory. Removed it using msconfig.
Last edited by Express on 02 Sep 2008 - 20:18
Same here
Same
XP SP3
+1
XP SP3
EDIT: If you go to the webpage and click the download buton and then install from there it will work.
That hotlink above does not work, go via Google web page as Exotoxic suggests.
Vista Business
It's lightweight, very lightweight in fact, but too lightweight for my taste. There are very few options, and even fewer menus. It lacks a status bar too, which annoys the hell out of me as you don't know how much of a page has been downloaded.
I do like the tabs though, I like the idea of having them at the top.
I'll stick with my Firefox for now, Chrome is decent if you don't do much with the web, but it lacks a lot of very basic functionality.
The status bar, unlike other browsers, appears only when it is needed. This may be where you are confused. When a page is loading, the status bar actually does appear. When you are loading images, it even shows a progress bar. When you are downloading files, it shows their progress with a pie and even lets you toggle whether you will open them in advance.
It really does have the same functionality, without the bloat.
How else do you know, for certain, where a link is pointing to? That's the main point of a status bar for me as my net is too fast to wonder how long pages will take to load.
Tabs being in separate processes is a new idea that IE8 is also incorporating, yes. I don't believe Firefox does this though. Google has many techniques such as these (plugins in processes) that reduce memory footprint in the long-run - these techniques do not exist in other browsers.
// Viktor Brange.
Last edited by Express on 03 Sep 2008 - 01:17
// Viktor Brange
also, the download link doesn't work and probably wont as its not the link that your browser uses to download
As for RSS... who cares. I want a web browser to browse the web. I use an RSS feed Reader to Read RSS feeds.
So far so good.
sssssssstttT thats for sure. some stuff needs adding in due course. But certainly i like it so far!!!You've gone incognito. Pages that you view in this window won't appear in your browser history or search history, and they won't leave other traces, like cookies, on your computer after you close the incognito window. Any files that you download or bookmarks that you create will be preserved, however.
Going incognito doesn't affect the behaviour of other people, servers or software. Be wary of:
Websites that collect or share information about you
Internet service providers or employers that track the pages that you visit
Malicious software that tracks your keystrokes in exchange for free smileys
Surveillance by secret agents
People standing behind you
Learn more about incognito browsing.
Sweeeeeet!
You mean that single process browser that Chrome has just made obsolete?
Safari has had privacy mode for a while now so I don't see how it can be a ripe off of IE.
IE8 will also automatically block webtracking urls in InPrivate mode which other implementations don't.
Also, if you want to always launch IE8 in InPrivate mode. Just add -p as a command-line in the shortcut.
Chrome has no such option.
Last edited by Express on 02 Sep 2008 - 21:33
IE8 is multiprocess. Each tab is hosted in a seperate process.
Last edited by Express on 02 Sep 2008 - 21:31
IE8 is multiprocess. Each tab is hosted in a seperate process.
[citation needed]
tried googling it, almost all the result are Google Chrome related. where did you see that piece of info?
IE8 is multiprocess. Each tab is hosted in a seperate process.
[citation needed]
tried googling it, almost all the result are Google Chrome related. where did you see that piece of info?
Perhaps you should try a different search engine
Anyway:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-...s-existing.aspx
The Internet Explorer frame and tabs run in separate processes.
- Extensions that use unsupported messaging techniques might no longer function correctly; those that use the standard COM interfaces will not be affected.
IE8 is multiprocess. Each tab is hosted in a seperate process.
[citation needed]
tried googling it, almost all the result are Google Chrome related. where did you see that piece of info?
The IE blog. http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2008/07/2...eliability.aspx
Edit: Beaten :p
Hosts file and Homer FTW
No way to add a homepage button (at least that i know)
Its simple
Videos at google dont work
There are some things to improve but I see potential.
Just my $0.02
i just installed .. happy happy
1. No Easy Access to my Google Bookmarks(although that is bound to happen at some point)
2. Adblocking would be the one firefox extention I would really want.
Overall very impressed
Some website - save password checkboxes did not seem to be visible.
The zoom option doesn't zoom like ff3 (and opera safari and ie before that) does
update: got it.. had to get it from the website for some strange reason.
Last edited by supernova_00 on 02 Sep 2008 - 23:04
This looks like some student taken webkit and wrapped it with the most simple GUI possible.
For those who are having issues downloading..
http://tools.google.com/chrome/?hl=en-US
run it from there, don't download and save, when prompted just run it and it will work.
Firefox 09/01/2008 Gran Paradiso Nightly: 5114ms
Google Chrome: 2846ms
What the hell?
Get 4786.8ms in Opera 9.52
Chrome is too lightweighted and simple. I need more features in my browser. Ok for a beta though.
Get 4786.8ms in Opera 9.52
Chrome is too lightweighted and simple. I need more features in my browser. Ok for a beta though.
Actually both Firefox 3 and Opera 9.5 are very fast in Javascript compared to just versions before, they made some major improvements here. It's just that Google's V8 engine in this one is even faster. Look at Firefox 2 or IE for "slow" (IE 7 or IE 8 Beta 2, make your pick, it doesn't matter that much).
It seems like Google's Javascript engine compiles code into machine code quite efficiently according to their docs, I think that's behind a lot of things going on here.
Firefox 09/01/2008 Gran Paradiso Nightly: 5114ms
Google Chrome: 2846ms
What the hell?
Sorry BB but seems something wrong with your computer , your results for all the browsers you mentioned are high
I get ~1600ms for chrome , ~1200 for latest opera weekly and ~1400 for minefield.
I get ~1600ms for chrome , ~1200 for latest opera weekly and ~1400 for minefield.
Lol, nothing is wrong with it. It's an old Athlon64 3700+ running at stock.
Firefox 09/01/2008 Gran Paradiso Nightly: 5114ms
Why are you calling it Gran Paradiso? That was Firefox 3. Firefox 3.1 is Shiretoko.
And no, V8 is not that much better than the updated engine in Firefox 3.1 - see for example http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/roadmap/arc...key_update.html
Shows as safari to most things
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/3254/imgha7.jpg
Last edited by brent3000 on 02 Sep 2008 - 22:04
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US) AppleWebKit/525.13 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/0.2.149.27 Safari/525.13
Shows as safari to most things
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/3254/imgha7.jpg
a phpbb3 forum on a site i help run shows as
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/525.13 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/0.2.149.27 Safari/525.13
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10_5_4; en-us) AppleWebKit/525.18 (KHTML, like Gecko) Vers
Looks like Chrome is using WPF since it's got very smooth animation and aero effect. I wonder what Language was it written and weather or not it used .Net framework 3.5 and WPF?
Last edited by noPCtoday on 02 Sep 2008 - 22:29
C++ apps can be written efficiently enough to also often provide smooth animations, and WPF is no prerequisite to do Aero interfaces. Check the Aero Glass API docs on MSDN. Microsoft Office 2007 also uses Aero effects, but is similarly written in C++.