Thread: Google Chrome beta launched today...

Originally Posted by ninja9578

Does it use it's own spell checker or the one built into the OS? I don't know about Windows' spell checker, but I like mine and don't want to teach a new google spell checker lucid dreaming jargon

I don't think Windows has a built-in spell checker. At least, Opera needs GNU aspell for the spell check to work.

And yes, this thing is fast. Fast. But not much liking the custom UI atm, and the fact I'm in sodding Windows to try it. Let's hope the Linux version is coming soon (doubt I'll sway from Opera to be honest, though, feature set is pretty Spartan).

Yea well i think I've found my new browser. Front page looks a bit ugly without any of my 'most visited' places showing up yet.

from what I've heard, they've taken the best bits from Firefox & Safari and bunged them together
Should be interesting to try
(any news on when the Linux version will be available?)

Ugh, hating the "last tab closed closes the program" behaviour.

I'll have to get used to this.

Okay been using for nearly 2 hours and had two crashes so far - Not sure if this is because my PC is just grinding to a halt or because of the browser - TBH Firefox crashed too so could be me lol.

One thing I noticed is when I use the scroll on my mouse it moves down too jerky and too much...

Still loving the speed, just need to get used to the UI which I am still trying to get used to..

Originally Posted by Ynot

from what I've heard, they've taken the best bits from Firefox & Safari and bunged them together
Should be interesting to try
(any news on when the Linux version will be available?)

Yeah, so why is the Windows one out first? Doesn't google use Linux internally?

Fast compared to what? If it's fast compared to IE then I'm not impressed, if you're saying its fast compared to Safari 4 or Firefox 3 then I'll think about switching to Google. I still want to try it now though

Fast compared to Firefox 3 with the changes you can make in config to speed it up!!

Well on my computer, firefox takes...4-5 seconds to start up.

This one is just 'click' and its there.

Originally Posted by ninja9578

Yeah, so why is the Windows one out first? Doesn't google use Linux internally?

Fast compared to what? If it's fast compared to IE then I'm not impressed, if you're saying its fast compared to Safari 4 or Firefox 3 then I'll think about switching to Google. I still want to try it now though

You know, I'm not quite sure, but I get the strange sensation, and I'm sure some of the other users can empathise with me, that this just floats on a layer of teflon or something. It's just so slick. Horribly covered in baby blue and with a feature set as luxury as Milton Keynes Travelodge, but it feels very nice.

Originally Posted by Identity X

You know, I'm not quite sure, but I get the strange sensation, and I'm sure some of the other users can empathise with me, that this just floats on a layer of teflon or something. It's just so slick. Horribly covered in baby blue and with a feature set as luxury as Milton Keynes Travelodge, but it feels very nice.

Yea thankfully though it goes well with my start bar, which is almost the exact same blue. Its a lot less cluttered than firefox aswell, which i like.

Originally Posted by ninja9578

Yeah, so why is the Windows one out first? Doesn't google use Linux internally?

probably just to annoy MS
(IE 8 beta 2 was released only a few days ago)

Originally Posted by Identity X

You know, I'm not quite sure, but I get the strange sensation, and I'm sure some of the other users can empathise with me, that this just floats on a layer of teflon or something. It's just so slick. Horribly covered in baby blue and with a feature set as luxury as Milton Keynes Travelodge, but it feels very nice.

HA

Can someone let me know it's RAM usage?
after a couple of hours usage with multiple tabs
just curious

Originally Posted by Ynot

probably just to annoy MS
(IE 8 beta 2 was released only a few days ago)


HA

Can someone let me know it's RAM usage?
after a couple of hours usage with multiple tabs
just curious

Control+Alt+Delete > Process > Chrome.exe > mem usage. Right?

It says 30, 020 K and theres another that says 43, 020 K.

I think im looking at the wrong thing..

Originally Posted by Ynot

probably just to annoy MS
(IE 8 beta 2 was released only a few days ago)


HA

Can someone let me know it's RAM usage?
after a couple of hours usage with multiple tabs
just curious

How would one find that out?

Originally Posted by Ynot

Can someone let me know it's RAM usage?
after a couple of hours usage with multiple tabs
just curious

All tabs are created as separate processes, a blindingly obvious good idea that somehow has been amiss in most browsers till now, so memory is reclaimed by the OS as soon as a tab is closed, so "running time" shouldn't have an impact on mem usage, and means that web pages crash gracefully without taking the browser down in flames with it. Their JavaScript engine has state of the art garbage collection, too.

EDIT: To be precise, it's clocking it a not-so-respectable 40 MiB with two tabs open at the moment. Hmm.

@ Dizko, Adam: Empty space in tab bar -> Right click -> Task Manager.

Okay now there is a third 'chrome.exe'. Im sure im looking at the wrong thing now..

Originally Posted by Identity X

All tabs are created as separate processes

Ah yea. That would explain it

Originally Posted by Identity X

@ Dizko, Adam: Empty space in tab bar -> Right click -> Task Manager.

Oh you mean standard task manager lol - I thought it would have been some fancy thing lol

Originally Posted by Adam

Oh you mean standard task manager lol - I thought it would have been some fancy thing lol

Well it is a fancy thing surely. Not every program has it's own task manager.

Originally Posted by Identity X

All tabs are created as separate processes, a blindingly obvious good idea that somehow has been amiss in most browsers till now, so memory is reclaimed by the OS as soon as a tab is closed, so "running time" shouldn't have an impact on mem usage, and means that web pages crash gracefully without taking the browser down in flames with it. Their JavaScript engine has state of the art garbage collection, too.

EDIT: To be precise, it's clocking it a not-so-respectable 40 MiB with two tabs open at the moment. Hmm.

@ Dizko, Adam: Empty space in tab bar -> Right click -> Task Manager.

the reason I ask is because IE 8 now does seperate processes per tab as well
and it's gone tits up
what isn't clear, is whether it's an issue with Windows or IE

http://weblog.infoworld.com/enterpri...onsumes_m.html

Google Chrome uses similar memory tactics, and from the comments above, it seems the issue is not an OS one

This release could not have been more perfectly timed
(which is why I think the Windows version came first)
this could turn into a real embarrassment for MS

Originally Posted by Identity X

Well it is a fancy thing surely. Not every program has it's own task manager.

Oooh right, now i get ya. Yea thats cool.

I did a little 10 tab test myself. ~ 150 Mb compared to IE8s "350-400".

Coolio's.

Originally Posted by Identity X

I did a little 10 tab test myself. ~ 150 Mb compared to IE8s "350-400".

100 Mb for Firefox 3.0.1 (Linux x64)
(multi-threaded, not multi-process)

150 Mb is damn good going
threads are cheap
processes are not

I'm loving the speed and the look, however it did crash on me once already, but I mean it is a beta, and it's literally just been released and it's Google's premier browser, so it's understandable, but so far it's doing great.