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Google Launches New Web Browser "CHROME" - 9/2/2008 8:37:59 AM

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This from Information Week:

"Google is taking some features from Firefox, such as the tabs, and adding its own spin, placing them above the address bar rather than below it. The address bar will have an auto-complete feature, much like that of Firefox. The Chrome browser home page will offer a speed-dial feature, similar to the one seen on Opera's desktop browser.

My favorite feature is that Chrome will have a "privacy" mode. Surfing with the privacy setting enabled will create a new browsing window and allow you to browse with no history of what occurs in that window being stored on the computer. In other words, you can browse sites and no one will be able to track down where you've been on that machines.

A few other things include the ability to launch Web applications in their own browser window, absent the address bar, and tools to help fight malware and phishing.

This all sounds amazing so far. Google appears to be taking some of the great features of Firefox and Opera, merging them, and setting it up as an open source project.

Microsoft's Internet Explorer still has the lion's share of the market. Firefox and, to a lesser extent, Opera, have put a dent in that marketshare. Neither, however, has matched Microsoft.

How will Chrome compare? Can it stand up to such weathered competition? Will it really take marketshare away from Microsoft, or will it bleed users away from Firefox and Opera?

Only time will answer those questions. Until then, I am looking forward to taking Chrome for a test spin."

How long will you wait to try it?

edited to add:

This article raises some interesting business aspects of this move.

Google vs Microsoft

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RE: Google Launches New Web Browser "CHROME" - 9/2/2008 8:49:14 AM

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Some days it's just not worth getting out of bed.

Best case this is a real good and thoroughly tested browser and no quirky edge behavior will be exhibited but even in that best case it adds another broswer our testers have to test our apps using. We already have to test against IE, IE for Mac, Firefox, Opera, Konqueror, Epiphany and Safari.

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RE: Google Launches New Web Browser "CHROME" - 9/3/2008 8:54:34 PM

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I might test it out when they release a linux version, but, for normal browsing, I wouldn't want to do without my Firefox extensions, especially adblock... So yeah.

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RE: Google Launches New Web Browser "CHROME" - 9/3/2008 9:51:28 PM

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Chrome, its not just for grills anymore!

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RE: Google Launches New Web Browser "CHROME" - 9/3/2008 9:57:31 PM

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LOL I downloaded this and started using it...it beats the hell out of IE. I never used firefox but I have heard its still faster.

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RE: Google Launches New Web Browser "CHROME" - 9/3/2008 11:13:35 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Fnordstrum

I might test it out when they release a linux version, but, for normal browsing, I wouldn't want to do without my Firefox extensions, especially adblock... So yeah.

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I agree with this thought. I also don't know if I trust the "no history"
feature they are pushing. Because one of the things that my "NO Script"
Firefox extension blocks most often is "google analytics", trying to
collect information.

But I told someone else about it who was complaining about Firefox,
and she downloaded it and so far she loves it.

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RE: Google Launches New Web Browser "CHROME" - 9/4/2008 12:14:45 AM

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......i'm an avid non-early adopter. As an IT buyer once said to me, it's best to buy tech that's spent a year in the market......that way the early bugs have been ironed out. i may try Chrome next year.

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RE: Google Launches New Web Browser "CHROME" - 9/4/2008 12:52:06 AM

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philosophy,

You are a prudent man. There is the old saying.

"You can tell the pioneers.
They're the ones with the arrows in their backs."

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RE: Google Launches New Web Browser "CHROME" - 9/4/2008 1:20:04 AM

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With all the privacy issues I have heard about with Google, I am not so sure I want their browser, even if it does perform the way they say it will. One thing it is supposed to do is independently operate the open web page windows, & if one freezes up, the other windows won't, as sometimes happens with other browsers. That feature sounds great to me, but it isn't enough to make me jump up & get it.

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RE: Google Launches New Web Browser "CHROME" - 9/4/2008 3:30:09 AM

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Some links:
Google's Chrome Site
Google's comic book introducing Chrome

I've played around with it a bit and generally like it. It been stable and fast for me so far - although there are already a couple of discovered exploits. The underlying architecture tying tabs to separate processes may make using web applications more reliable, plus the task manager it enables is rather neat. That said, I don't see any really compelling reason to switch from my current browser, even if Chrome was currently available for my platform of choice.

Some other first impressions:
Ars Technica: Hands on With Chrome: Google's browser shines (mostly)
CNET Review of Chrome

quote:

ORIGINAL: DomKen
We already have to test against IE, IE for Mac, Firefox, Opera, Konqueror, Epiphany and Safari.

People still use IE for Mac? Really? That's a scary thought...
Since Chrome - like Safari and future Epiphany versions - uses WebKit, the additional compatibility issues it brings will hopefully be at least somewhat limited.

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ORIGINAL: outlier
I agree with this thought. I also don't know if I trust the "no history"
feature they are pushing. Because one of the things that my "NO Script"
Firefox extension blocks most often is "google analytics", trying to
collect information.

I wouldn't worry much about Incognito mode being secretly nefarious, or conflate it with Google Analytics. While a privacy mode is no longer particularly differentiating (Firefox extensions, Safari, and IE 8 already offer similar features), it is a nice feature. The open source nature of the Chrome project should help reassure even the paranoid that it works as intended.

Google Analytics is a separate issue, it's something website operators can add to their sites to collect data about usage patterns. It uses some cookies to keep track of how frequently you visit a site, for how long, and how you got there. This information is arguably a bit more invasive than typical server logs, but it isn't more personally identifying than the IP address you leave on logs regardless of whether cookies are used or not - unless you've resorted to something like anonymizing proxies, perhaps. Incognito mode does block access to existing cookies and deletes any cookies set during the private session, so it handles this sort of thing reasonably well too.

Some legitimate privacy concerns have been raised about the way the combined address/search bar sends data to facilitate completion suggestions under the default settings and when not in Incognito mode, but it's pretty easy to turn off if you are concerned. Some more information:
Google's Official Privacy Policy for Chrome
EFF: We're concerned about Google's Omnibox
Google's Omnibox could be Pandora's box

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RE: Google Launches New Web Browser "CHROME" - 9/4/2008 7:52:24 AM

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Google have responded to the section 11 copyright part of their agreement.

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/150637/google_amends_chrome_license_agreement_after_objections.html

Quote: Google will dump a section of the licensing agreement for its new Chrome browser after some Internet users objected to its copyright implications.

Google said Wednesday it would dump one section of the end-user licensing agreement that gave the company "a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through" the new browser.

Several Web users raised copyright and privacy concerns about portions of the licensing agreement shortly after Google launched Chrome Tuesday. Some critics suggested the language would allow Google to use any Web content displayed in Chrome without getting copyright permission.

Google said it borrowed language from other products, "in order to keep things simple for our users," when it inserted the copyright provision in the Chrome license.

"Sometimes, as in the case of Google Chrome, this means that the legal terms for a specific product may include terms that don't apply well to the use of that product," Rebecca Ward, senior product counsel for Chrome, said in a statement. "We are working quickly to remove language from Section 11 of the current Google Chrome terms of service. This change will apply retroactively to all users who have downloaded Google Chrome."

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RE: Google Launches New Web Browser "CHROME" - 9/4/2008 10:44:10 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: outlier

philosophy,

You are a prudent man. There is the old saying.

"You can tell the pioneers.
They're the ones with the arrows in their backs."

Outlier

......almost made me spit my coffee laughing.......

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RE: Google Launches New Web Browser "CHROME" - 9/4/2008 5:58:07 PM

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Yes, I am going with the wait and observe tactic before purchasing Chrome.

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RE: Google Launches New Web Browser "CHROME" - 9/4/2008 6:14:39 PM

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*There IS no Mac version yet.

*The browser is free.

The other browsers are adjustments to what came before. Google is able to come into a new, later environment and start a fresh design. When there is a Mac version, I'll definitely give it a spin.

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RE: Google Launches New Web Browser "CHROME" - 9/4/2008 6:17:12 PM

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I installed Google Chrome and played around with it a bit. I didn't like the looks of Chrome. I ended up removing Chrome and back to using Firefox. As for my browsing history, I use a another program that wipes out my browsing tracks fairly efficiently.

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RE: Google Launches New Web Browser "CHROME" - 9/4/2008 6:49:28 PM

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Free can be a good thing. However, I am waiting for feedback from my techno-geek friends about OS crashes and incompatability issues.

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RE: Google Launches New Web Browser "CHROME" - 9/4/2008 7:14:38 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: shallowdeep

Some links:
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quote:

ORIGINAL: DomKen
We already have to test against IE, IE for Mac, Firefox, Opera, Konqueror, Epiphany and Safari.

People still use IE for Mac? Really? That's a scary thought...
...

That IS scary, considering MS yanked the product three years ago. Even then it was outdated compared to the other offerings.

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RE: Google Launches New Web Browser "CHROME" - 9/4/2008 7:52:11 PM

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Chrome is a fine browser, minimalist, intuitive, fast, compatible. It only lacks the essential add-ons like ad-blocking and mouse gestures.

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