Google Chrome Browser

[+Neyht Subscriber²]

Oh, look at that....you can change the search provider. It looks good on vista. We'll see how it runs.

[_neutrino Veteran]

too me it seams to load pages like neowin a bit slow compaired to firefox however i do say that i like how it looks and the way it works. However i hope that i can find a way to change the colour to something other than blue.

[thealexweb]

Is that a question?

Sorry yes it is.

[Dujun]

Why is it running one process for the browser itself, then one for shockwave and then one for each tab?

Mine is currently running 5 processes with 3 tabs open.. I don't like that :(

[Maximum Error]

google mail absolutely flies now! I am really, really impressed with the UI in vista. Definatley looks better in windowed tho. Loving the application shortcuts idea - i now have a shortcut to google mail that will launch just like a stand alone program.

Thank you google.

[Rappy Veteran]

Could you post a screenshot for us of what it looks like in Windows Vista? I use Windows XP and got the lame blue skin.

[-KJ]

I hope they have a way to skin it without the use of plug-ins.

[giga Veteran]

Why is it running one process for the browser itself, then one for shockwave and then one for each tab.

Mine is currently running 5 processes with 3 tabs open.. I don't like that :(

I'm assuming you didn't read the comic..

http://blogoscoped.com/google-chrome/

[thealexweb]

Another candidate for the browser wars, Mozilla will have to get a move on.

[magik]

Sexy!

[Aahz]

Not good.

It feels like a Fisher Price product.

It's rendering slowly (false alarm was just Neowin lol), screen tearing all over the place (looks to be image heavy sites which tear...probably a smooth scroll issue as with IE/FF), extremely limited in terms of settings, it managed to import my search engines and bookmarks but totally lost all of my RSS feeds and I can't even find where to set the homepage. (not that their default one isn't interesting I'd just much rather use my own)

It really feels like I'm stuck in friggin baby mode or something. :no:

On the good side: you can right click on the tab bar and see a task manager which seperates out tabs and even has nerd stats like mem usage (their words not mine), I love the status bar, and the new homepage is kinda growing on me although I'd still prefer my own. (it feels kinda like the bookmarks section of the Opera browser on the Wii)

Overall it's quite limited and I can't forsee it replacing Firefox without a lot of work put into it. Firefox with addons actually changes the way in which people experience the web and Chrome looks to be more of a Safari clone but even further simplified.

A solid effort that my grandma will like but not for a poweruser as of yet.

Edited September 2, 2008 by Aahz

[WastedJoker]

Looks nice. Options look a bit basic but the layout is neat and minimal. Nice subtle effects with smart fade-outs and the text in the menu and bookmarks bar is nice.

It also did a good job of importing passwords and bookmarks from FF3.01.

Hopefully the extended functionality from plugins will add to the Chrome experience and provide most customization options.

[Blindlabel013]

Thanks! You're right, it does look much better in Windows Vista. I'm pretty jealous of it!

[ViperAFK]

Where have you been though? Because Neowin is horribly slow. Try some other sites. Load times are ridiculously fast for me, just like with Webkit.

Also, you shouldn't have any Firefox type memory leak because of the multiprocess design.

yeah neowin is going pretty slow in ff for me.

[sin-ergy]

What the hell......javascript error when I hit the download button. Where you guys getting your copy of the browser? o_O

[Ayepecks]

Could you post a screenshot for us of what it looks like in Windows Vista? I use Windows XP and got the lame blue skin.

Screenshot

[Julius Caro]

the fact that it is sexy as shiz in vista is a PLUS. not even mozilla got it together, although there's an amazing add on :D

but it's slow. and neowin is VERY slow :(

[magik]

I can't seem to download it. They should have posted an offline install. ;)

[Keito]

I really like it so far, it's actually pretty fast on my end

[Lasker]

Piece of ****, I installed this on my mom's xp computer and the quality is just garbage, this should be an alpha quality version, not even a beta.

[Fred Derf Veteran]

(My) 1st post from Chrome!

For posterity, it was post #34,889.

Umm. It seems slow.

[Veedems Veteran]

There's no font smoothing and no smooth scrolling, but, otherwise, it's already a better browser than Safari (PC), if you ask me.

[Septimus]

Soooo sloooowwwww. Well, compared to Safari 4 or Firefox 3. Seems about as quick as IE8.

Promising start though. Everything Google wise works very well unsurprisingly. Shame about the rest of the net.

[ObiWanToby]

Anyone have a direct download link, instead of the link to the 475kb file. It keeps erroring :(

[Keito]

again, no slowness for me, Neowin loads pretty much instantly, believe it or not, as fas as iGoogle does.