Chrome 5 won't support AeroPeek...

[Owen W Veteran]

Chrome has jumplists..

Maybe its just me, but I dont really like the AeroPeek thing...

Neither. :)

[Kudos Veteran]

Then there should be an option to disable it, just like in IE 8. I am just stating a fact here: Opera, Safari and IE8 have full support for Windows 7. Chrome & Firefox don't....Now from all these browsers, who has an open source development model?

There's another thing Chrome and Firefox have in common that IE and Safari don't have to deal with, Linux support. Opera still hasn't shipped 10.50 for Linux.

Maybe it's the language barrier, but your reaction seems childish to say the least. Development teams have their own priorities, and I for one am glad that this isn't one of them.

[Petvas]

This is from another discussion on the beta forum of Chromium:

Comment 50 by [email protected], Mar 12, 2010 Thank you all for your comments.

The current AeroPeek implementation just emulates IE8 not only to make its change simpler but also to prevent this

change from hurting the rendering performance of Chrome. (Even though I tried hard to simplify my change, it was still

very complicated.) Therefore, I cannot integrate all of your requested features into this change, and I sincerely

apologize for it. Since I'm sure to continue working hard to implement your requested features one by one, it is

definitely helpful to file bugs for each of your request. (We will merge them if your issue is a duplicate. So, please

feel free to file new bugs.)

Sorry for those who are annoyed with this change and thank you again for your feedbacks.

Regards,

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=8036

It seems to me that the initial implementation was done not right and that now causes the big delay..It is a trade off after all, features or speed?

I prefer features with an acceptable speed.

I have nothing against the people developing Chrome, I am just very disappointed that they are not implementing Aero Peek. I can also not accept the argument that a proper Aero Peek implementation would make Chrome slower. Opera is faster than Chrome and has full support for Aero Peek.

[Owen W Veteran]

Yes but apparently the next dev version will disable it. The current implementation has too many bugs and it seems that Google decided not to fix them now but in Chrome 6.

I don't see how it's buggy, that's weird, but I don't really care anyways.

There's another thing Chrome and Firefox have in common that IE and Safari don't have to deal with, Linux support. Opera still hasn't shipped 10.50 for Linux.

Maybe it's the language barrier, but your reaction seems childish to say the least. Development teams have their own priorities, and I for one am glad that this isn't one of them.

Opera though? I think they should be focusing on increasing market share first tbh, not that many people use it...

[Petvas]

There's another thing Chrome and Firefox have in common that IE and Safari don't have to deal with, Linux support. Opera still hasn't shipped 10.50 for Linux.

Maybe it's the language barrier, but your reaction seems childish to say the least. Development teams have their own priorities, and I for one am glad that this isn't one of them.

There is no language barrier! I am just disappointed that Chrome won't offer Aero Peek support in the near future.

[Kudos Veteran]

There is no language barrier! I am just disappointed that Chrome won't offer Aero Peek support in the near future.

You can express disappointment without calling them amateurs. Remember, these guys had their first release 18 months ago, the next youngest browser, Safari, is still 5 years older than Chrome. Give credit it where it's due, the Chrome team have done an amazing job so far.

[Petvas]

You can express disappointment without calling them amateurs. Remember, these guys had their first release 18 months ago, the next youngest browser, Safari, is still 5 years older than Chrome. Give credit it where it's due, the Chrome team have done an amazing job so far.

Maybe I was a little harsh at them. Of course they have done an amazing job and I like Chrome very much. I just wish they supported Windows 7 better.

[CrossCheck]

I am sorry but i disagree. aeropeek for each individual tab is a waste of a feature and resources. why would i need to go to the taskbar to switch between tabs when i can just as easily switch between tabs in the browser itself. i can easily see that this is a low priority feature. and yes i am a win7 user (since beta) but i am also a firefox user. i would much rather see mozilla (same with chrome) focus on making the browser faster, use less system resources and be more secure before i even see them tackle the useless feature of aeropeek for tabs. wanting them to add support for it now is like saying "hey i got this new Mercedes i am so glad they added handsfree bluetooth but the brakes aren't very functional. well they can fix it later at least i can safely use my cellphone, the brakes aren't that important"

[eangulus]

Well I have no idea what everyone here is talking about.

Windows 7 Aero Peak is the feature that when you hover the mouse cursor over the little box on the right hand side of the taskbar it makes all open applications transparent so you can see the desktop.

I have Chrome 5.0.366.2 and it does exactly what Microsoft describes as aero peak.

It also has the multiple tabs open indication on the taskbar icon like IE does. It also shows each individual tab as a preview and has the right click functionality showing Most Visited, Recently Closed and task's and supports the pin feature in those lists.

Why is the a bunch of whining that the feature is not working in Chrome when it is clearly there and working?

[pezzonovante]

IE8 supports Aero Peek, Safari supports Aero Peek, Firefox Supports Aero Peek, Opera supports Aero Peek. Chrome doesn't. In fact they give the impression that it's too difficult to implement. This is ridiculous for a major company like Google. May be they should not be making desktop softwares after all. They should stick to what they are good at - online search.

Aero Peek is a killer feature on Windows 7. At the moment Chrome 5.0.366.2 has Aero Peek. As soon as they remove it - I'm back to IE8.

[Petvas]

Well I have no idea what everyone here is talking about.

Windows 7 Aero Peak is the feature that when you hover the mouse cursor over the little box on the right hand side of the taskbar it makes all open applications transparent so you can see the desktop.

I have Chrome 5.0.366.2 and it does exactly what Microsoft describes as aero peak.

It also has the multiple tabs open indication on the taskbar icon like IE does. It also shows each individual tab as a preview and has the right click functionality showing Most Visited, Recently Closed and task's and supports the pin feature in those lists.

Why is the a bunch of whining that the feature is not working in Chrome when it is clearly there and working?

You are mistaken: http://lifehacker.com/5077280/a-closer-look-at-windows-7s-aero-peek-feature

[bogas04]

Firefox 3.6 is not alone :D

Now Firefox has a strategic opportunity to throw 3.7 (its still in the roadmap , distinct , ≠ 4.0) earlier than Chrome 6 and have a lead over them , the alphas are doing great with thumbnail previews :D

[Calum Veteran]

It has been 7 months since Windows 7 came to the market and Chrome still doesn't support all the new great taskbar features of Windows 7. When Chrome 4 came out we all thought that Google would provide support, but they didn't. They said that they would provide support in Chrome 5...Well, guess what? It won't happen! Implementation of AeroPeek was moved to Chrome 6...

This is ridiculous and shows that amateurs are developing for Chrome...

[...]

If you don't find it ridiculous that Chrome still doesn't support Windows 7, then I am sorry for you.

[...]

Good developers order their priorities so the most important implementations are at the top. What some people forget is that Google Chrome is a relatively new browser and the first version was only released a year before Windows 7; Google have been playing catch-up since, adding the more important features (add-on support, themes etc).

[bogas04]

I am sorry but i disagree. aeropeek for each individual tab is a waste of a feature and resources. why would i need to go to the taskbar to switch between tabs when i can just as easily switch between tabs in the browser itself. i can easily see that this is a low priority feature. and yes i am a win7 user (since beta) but i am also a firefox user. i would much rather see mozilla (same with chrome) focus on making the browser faster, use less system resources and be more secure before i even see them tackle the useless feature of aeropeek for tabs. wanting them to add support for it now is like saying "hey i got this new Mercedes i am so glad they added handsfree bluetooth but the brakes aren't very functional. well they can fix it later at least i can safely use my cellphone, the brakes aren't that important"

You mean to say it's an useless windows 7 feature? I doubt as almost all softwares(not only browsers) are dying to support it.

As far as performance of firefox is concerned , i think at least "visually" 3.7 alphas are as fast as chrome , and Opera although renders fast , i can see that the page doesnt look well (components are scattered) which makes me feel that first proper support is important and then performance. Anyways , these are my opinions . LOL at ur example :D here goes mine, "If Firefox is a fully loaded SUV , then Chrome is mere F1 car to me , and Opera is alien spaceship , fast(maybe fastest) but not according to generic standard of UI , others are not in this race, keeping IE9 aside"

[eangulus]

You are mistaken: http://lifehacker.com/5077280/a-closer-look-at-windows-7s-aero-peek-feature

I don't see how my comment is invalidated seeing I am mentioning more then one part of Aero.

But in anyway, I think I trust Microsoft to know what they are talking about when it comes to there own products. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-AU/windows7/products/features/aero-peek

[Ci7]

Then there should be an option to disable it, just like in IE 8. I am just stating a fact here: Opera, Safari and IE8 have full support for Windows 7. Chrome & Firefox don't....Now from all these browsers, who has an open source development model?

firefox do

look at latest nightly of 3.7

- jumplist check.

- aeropeak check.

-aeroglass check.

-Hardware acceleration(D2D/DW)? check.

you fail!

[Petvas]

firefox do

look at latest nightly of 3.7

- jumplist check.

- aeropeak check.

-aeroglass check.

-Hardware acceleration(D2D/DW)? check.

you fail!

Look at the quality of the thumbnails in Firefox...It just sucks...

Look at how Opera, Safari and IE do it...

[Petvas]

I don't see how my comment is invalidated seeing I am mentioning more then one part of Aero.

But in anyway, I think I trust Microsoft to know what they are talking about when it comes to there own products. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-AU/windows7/products/features/aero-peek

http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/ff_aero_peek.asp

Anyway, we all know what we really mean. It is the lack of support for tab thumbnails on the taskbar.

[draklin]

Look at the quality of the thumbnails in Firefox...It just sucks...

Look at how Opera, Safari and IE do it...

So much anger over such a minor fluff feature in Windows 7. If it really bothers you that much just stop using Chrome. Everything has trade offs. You want AeroPeek then use IE8, you want a good browser then use Chrome. But really, all of your comments are simply childish. And yes, I use Windows 7 and Chrome and don't care about AeroPeek. If it works, fine, if not, fine.

[LightShadow]

The main reason is because many users did not like it. Since when they had loads of tabs it was just too much. And the Developers refused at the time just to put a option to turn it off in the Settings like in IE8. And since it had problems like showing just white screens etc.

[pezzonovante]

You want AeroPeek then use IE8, you want a good browser then use Chrome.

Wrong. It should be: "You want AeroPeek then use IE8, Firefox, Opera or Safari, you want to lag behind use Google Chrome."

[08993]

This is ridiculous and shows that amateurs are developing for Chrome...

:whistle:

[Ryoken]

Heh, people talking about what Opera supports like it's a real Browser, rather than a company that lives to complain and couldn't gain market share if they paid people :p

Anyway I'd rather they spend their time focusing on stuff that matters, Aeropeak is not one of them. I hate having it in a Browser. I just wanna click on the taskbar and be in the browser, not seekout my tab out of 20-50 others.

Oh and Google, when you add it back, make sure there is a checkbox to turn it off, for those of us who don't need the pointless flash.

Chrome has had bigger things to worry about, not just in their Windows version, but also in their Mac and Linux versions. They don't need to spend time working on adding features only one of those will be able to use, not till everything else is done.

One dev did, it didn't work out well, so they turned if off and put it back on the todo list.

I fail to see the problem.

And if you think the Programmer is so amature, then you program it. Chromium is an Open Source project, write the code yourself.. Oh, wait, that's what I thought.

[draklin]

Wrong. It should be: "You want AeroPeek then use IE8, Firefox, Opera or Safari, you want to lag behind use Google Chrome."

But only for AeroPeek. If you want a browser to handle other things like, um, loading fast or being safe, then chrome is a great browser to use.

[Kudos Veteran]

Wrong. It should be: "You want AeroPeek then use IE8, Firefox, Opera or Safari, you want to lag behind use Google Chrome."

Don't be so ridiculous. Overall, IE8 lags behind every other browser, including Chrome. They're only just getting to basic HTML5 and CSS3 support in IE9 and that's not even out yet.