Google's Open Source Browser: Google Chrome

[iMav]

Chrome is a IE 8 rip off!

InPrivate; tabs as processes! Auto-fill & URL suggestions. Address bar a mix of IE 8 & FF 3's awesome bar. Speed dial of Opera.

So much for innovation.

 

[Garbage]

Downloaded... Still have to try it....

People, download it from *www.google.com/chrome

 

[RCuber]

@manan I didnt get the tone in which you said that but we dont want another borwser war.

 

[iMav]

The password save menu is the same as that of firefox 3. Appears on top with 2 options, click on one and it dis-appears into the top. Google could have done better.

 

[Indyan]

Google said in the press conf that they borrowed some code from Mozilla. Since both the products are Open Source I dont see what's wrong with it. In fact sharing code is supposed to be one of th biggest benefits of OSS.

Anyway, anyone managed to get the direct dload link? I cant possibly download the installer on my slow connection without a dload manager. Guess I will have to wait till tomm morning - gonna dload it from the college cyber.

 

[RCuber]

WTH!! its available only for windows?

 

[iMav]

@Indyan try this: *lin.cr/18o

The point is that if IE were to come out with anything remotely similar to anything Opera or FF or Safari the whole internet comes together and starts calling Microsoft incapable of innovation and a copy-cat. But when Google does the same, it's the best thing that could have happened!

@Charan other versions under way. Coding for Windows is simple, easy and hassle free.

 

[navjotjsingh]

Download its offline full installer from *rapidshare.com/files/142129854/chrome_installer.exe

 

[iMav]

First 10 minutes with Chrome:

Chrome is a shameless copy.

The speed dial - Opera

The address bar - IE 8 + FF3

Incognito - Safari & IE 8

Tabs as separate processes - IE 8

The name Chrome - Microsoft's codename for a multimedia browser years back.

Chrome consumes less memory (really very less) as compared to the resource hog - Firefox 3.

 

[navjotjsingh]

@Indyan try this: *lin.cr/18o

That link still points to 475KB installer.

 

[RCuber]

@Charan other versions under way.

Darn .. im on sabayon

Coding for Windows is simple, easy and hassle free.

is it that simple?? !!! .. then I must look into it

 

[navjotjsingh]

btw just type about:memory in address bar and see the result! Check the first two lines in there!!

 

[MetalheadGautham]

@Charan other versions under way. Coding for Windows is simple, easy and hassle free.

Really ? The developers of xchat seem to think the other way, by charging for the windows version saying its hard to compile

I think windows version came first mainly because google has more windows developers.

Chrome is a IE 8 rip off!

InPrivate; tabs as processes! Auto-fill & URL suggestions. Address bar a mix of IE 8 & FF 3's awesome bar. Speed dial of Opera.

So much for innovation.

Chrome is intended to be the perfect browser, thats all. It borrows stuff from Webkit and Gecko along with Mozilla Firefox code. Thats called Open Source.

The password save menu is the same as that of firefox 3. Appears on top with 2 options, click on one and it dis-appears into the top. Google could have done better.

It shares code with Mozilla Firefox

First 10 minutes with Chrome:

Chrome is a shameless copy.

The speed dial - Opera

The address bar - IE 8 + FF3

Incognito - Safari & IE 8

Tabs as separate processes - IE 8

The name Chrome - Microsoft's codename for a multimedia browser years back.

Chrome consumes less memory (really very less) as compared to the resource hog - Firefox 3.

As I said, more features = more fun.
What did you expect ? Options for searching with google the stored passwords menu or something ?

 

[Vishal Gupta]

Type about:stats and about:memory in addressbar and press Enter.

 

[MetalheadGautham]

can someone upload the full installer in mediafire for me ?
the download via the 468kb version is taking forever to complete.

 

[debsuvra]

can someone upload the full installer in mediafire for me ?
the download via the 468kb version is taking forever to complete.

Here it is : Download Google Chrome Offline Installer

The browser concept is very good but it is still firefox for me. But I am going to use it for a while.

 

[codyhulk]

Hope its as good as ff 3

FF3 sucks. It crashes more than it runs. And ofcourse you can google the amount of bug it has.

It's kinda funny that no one accuses Google of "copying" even though they have features like Speed Dial of Opera; p0rn mode like that of Safari & even an auto-fill address bar feature that is kind of a mix of Firefox 3 & IE 8's.

Well it admits openly that where they got their ideas from. They have actually included that as information.

While microsoft never does that.

 

[prasad_den]

The password save menu is the same as that of firefox 3. Appears on top with 2 options, click on one and it dis-appears into the top. Google could have done better.

Well, it is a little different here.. You don't get password prompts everytime you enter some PW... Password prompts only come after there is a successful login. If you enter a wrong PW and get redirected to the same page again, you do not get the prompt.. Thats smart..!!

 

[gxsaurav]

Well, Firefox 3 is still better. Technologically Google Chrome sounds better but here is the thing. I use Ad Muncher to remove ads from browsers. It works with IE 8, Firefox but not working with Google Chrome. The last thing I was is Google showing it's ads without getting removed.

*img48.imageshack.us/img48/162/chromehh1.th.jpg

 

[ray|raven]

Too few features , im gonna stick with Opera.