Thread: Google Chrome beta launched today...

I've been using it for a few hours and I'm impressed! Startup time is incredible compared to Firefox and it doesn't slow my computer down like Firefox. I like that it loads the web pages really fast and it hasn't crashed on me once. To those of you who it's crashed on: What were you doing when it crashed?

Alright, I've used it for a bit, and I like it overall, but it has a few issues. It sure as heck starts up fast, though! Loading is pretty zippy as well, though I've not really 'tested' it.

Also, if you click the little icon second from right on the toolbar, the picture of the page, and go to Developer, then Task manager, it opens a new tab detailing the processes being used by Chrome, and allows you to individually terminate them through the browser. I imagine this could be handy at times.

My main issue with it is scrolling. It won't scroll up via my touchpad's scrolling section, or the 4-way scrolling button on my laptop. It scrolls down fine, but I have to either click and drag the scrollbar or use the arrow keys to scroll up. That gets very irritating.

How does it load so fast, is it spidering the webpages?

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

IE8 is pretty fast.

So far I'm loving it, besides the scrolling issue. I've made it my default browser, because Firefox would always open pages in the wrong profile and I have no clue how to fix that. Plus it's just so damn FAST! Both in startup and page loading. Faster than Firefox, Safari, Opera, or IE7, as far as I can tell. It just...zips. I'm using it right now, in fact.

I also really dig the application shortcut feature. I can now double-click a shortcut on my desktop, and it opens Gmail in a special no-frills tabless window, with nothing but screen real-estate. It's far cooler than I'd expected. And the resizable text boxes are damn nifty. All in all, I'm seriously impressed. I can definitely see this taking over as the new fast, lightweight browser.

I'll probably stick with Firefox for a lot of stuff, but since I closed my last Firefox window, I haven't missed it much, so I dunno. I'm putting up with the scrolling problem. Hopefully it'll be fixed by the next release though. One thing; the ToS kinda bugs me. I'm pretty sure it's just boilerplate copy+pasted over though, and will be revised soon.

Edit: Even opening a new tab is lightning-fast. It's like it opened it before I clicked. And I just closed out the window, then clicked a link inside an email, and the speed with which it opened a new window (otherwise it opens a new tab within your existing window) was nothing short of amazing. I had no idea it was even possible for it to open that fast! I mean, damn, I'm not usually this easily impressed, but I'm loving this browser!

Fucking FAST.

My new browser.

Will have to use FF3 and IE8 for developer tool bars though, until an add-on...
Though the task-manager was a nice surprise. Stats for nerds. o:

Hmm, can't copy-paste pictures into WYSIWYG post editor though.
All laptop scroll functions seem to work still on my laptop, but WACOM pen flicks don't.

MOS - I find scrolling on my mouse annoying, hopefully they will smooth this out.

Originally Posted by rockinred

I've been using it for a few hours and I'm impressed! Startup time is incredible compared to Firefox and it doesn't slow my computer down like Firefox. I like that it loads the web pages really fast and it hasn't crashed on me once. To those of you who it's crashed on: What were you doing when it crashed?

Not sure what I was doing, I think most of the time it was returning to the homepage.

Originally Posted by Adam

MOS - I find scrolling on my mouse annoying, hopefully they will smooth this out.

It's way too sensitive for me D:

Yeah for me too, and quite jerky...

Originally Posted by Man of Steel

It's like it opened it before I clicked.

Exactly why I think it's spidering pages. Has anyone looked at the network usage yet, is it spidering?

Using it at work now, insanely fast. The scrolling is a bit abrupt though.

When you scroll in Google Chrome, it scrolls further than FireFox and Internet Exploder, since its apparently not acknowledging the scroll settings in windows.

About it being "jerky", this is an effect that mostly only Internet Exploder users would notice. By default, "smooth scrolling" is turned on. However, this is by default turned off in FireFox, but can be turned on.

I use Firefox though - I will look through the settings to see if there's anything there about it. But you're right, it does scroll further than I would want it to.

Hehe.

You found the "porn mode"

It really says "People Standing behind you?"

Yep xD

Here's the official press release for us geeks.


Looks like they're very inspired by Apple, I like the sad-mac spoofs I can't wait to get my hands on it, being able to move tabs back into windows once you've pulled them out looks like it will be so nice, even Safari doesn't let you do that.

It's wicked fast, but I don't get a little scroll arrow when I click my wheel

Other than that I like it so far.

I miss AdBlocker+


Add ons come soon please!!


I also don't like how you have to have the mouse pointer directly over highlighted text to cut/copy and to "search Google for..."

I love it! Super fast and neat!

But has anyone noticed how crappy it runs FlashChat? But besides that, it is pretty cool. It isn't cluttered like internet explorer.

It would seem the honeymoon period is well and truly over.

It is crashing and freezing all the time, several times tonight it has just shut down with no warning... Anyone else experiencing extreme difficulties with Chrome?

I like it,

its pretty fast

Originally Posted by Adam

It would seem the honeymoon period is well and truly over.

It is crashing and freezing all the time, several times tonight it has just shut down with no warning... Anyone else experiencing extreme difficulties with Chrome?

Eh, it is my opinion that at ts current state it is too feature-deprived to be considered the primary browser of most users. And yes, for all it's slickness, it has plenty of rough edges.

If you are in the market for a new browser - and no, I won't say Opera - Safari looks excellent, I've used it for a wee bit in Windows and it's very nice, feature rich, almost as fast and highly usable.

Sady, there is no Linux version of it, but I'm happy with Opera besides. Currently I'm using Firefox as my secondary "lightweight" browser for browsing help files, Wikipedia etc. (nothing more; Flash tends to crash it). Alas, Firefox hardly meets the "lightweight" standard, so when Chrome is released as a deb package, that'll be the replacement.

EDIT: Also Poog, about Spore. Enjoying the vast plethora of bugs? And no, I speak not of any insectoid creations. Worst half-arsed release I've played in a long time, talk about cheek.

Originally Posted by Identity X

EDIT: Also Poog, about Spore. Enjoying the vast plethora of bugs? And no, I speak not of any insectoid creations. Worst half-arsed release I've played in a long time, talk about cheek.