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Not a bad start in the right direction for Google.

It seems pretty lean and light.

Firefox used to be lean and light....but now it's getting heavy like IE and others.

The GUI is pretty cool too.

Looks nice and it's fast (faster than firefox), but I won't be changing from Firefox till I get my add-ons support :) (need my adblock like many others)

The"Google" branding next to the minimize/maximize/close button annoys me as well. Would rather it was on the left side (or not there at all heh).

Firefox definitely needs to get native glass support rolled out pronto, and a better theme...

Seems like a failure to me so far. Released way too early.
I disagree. It seems like a good product for a beta, and especially since this is their first browser... Can you imagine what IE, Firefox, and Opera were like when they first came out?
I disagree. It seems like a good product for a beta, and especially since this is their first browser... Can you imagine what IE, Firefox, and Opera were like when they first came out?

I agree. While I'm having some issues, it's their first browser. Just because it's Google doesn't mean they are, or should be expected to be, perfect on a first release.

It's nice, but it seems like they're trying to do away with the menubar which doesn't work very well (for me). Instead of just clicking 'Bookmarks, History, etc' in the menubar, you have to use a keyboard shortcut or click the wrench button.

That's actually exactly they way I already have fx setup so I digg it.

Make sure you've got it set for the OS. It wouldn't work until I did this in a command line: proxycfg -u (for importing IE settings in Windows XP only) and netsh winhttp set proxy proxyaddress:proxyport (for Windows Vista)

Still fails :(

Does the installer not work with a proxy? It won't download at work. And I can't find a full installer anywhere to download. What a pain.

The installer downloads a file off of the googlevideo.com domain. If your employer blocks access to googlevideo.com, you're done.

IMO, pretty stupid decision.

Still fails :(

The installer attempts to download this file. http://cache.googlevideo.com/chrome/instal...e_installer.exe

If your employer blocks access to googlevideo.com, then you're stuck. Pretty stupid decision by Google.

I disagree. It seems like a good product for a beta, and especially since this is their first browser... Can you imagine what IE, Firefox, and Opera were like when they first came out?

It's not like they had to start from scratch anyway. ;)

The installer downloads a file off of the googlevideo.com domain. If your employer blocks access to googlevideo.com, you're done.

IMO, pretty stupid decision.

The installer attempts to download this file. http://cache.googlevideo.com/chrome/instal...e_installer.exe

If your employer blocks access to googlevideo.com, then you're stuck. Pretty stupid decision by Google.

Ah, yeap, that's the culprit. Employer blocks 'video' sites. Bad move, Google. But I'm guessing they did it because the bandwidth on those servers would support the immense requests, I'm sure.

Can somebody mirror that exe somewhere? Maybe it's workable as a stand-alone install?

Hate how the status bar blends in with Neowin's color scheme. :s

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I thin it added GoogleUpdater and GoogleTalk to my startup items. :o Did I miss a check box during install? Those weren't in there for sure.

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