Google Chrome

torleif · Post by **torleif** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:34 pm

After two minutes of using Google Chrome, I'm a convert. Even after being a firefox fanboy for three years

When I first heard about it I was expecting another Opera, (annoying scrolling, theme doesn't match etc) But this really does make surfing more fluid.

However Google probably won't be able to take on MS. Most people use IE simply because they're too lazy to download another browser. The majority who use chrome will probably be firefox/opera users like me

rogerborg · Post by **rogerborg** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:22 am

Doesn't seem to want to give me a download option on Win2K.

So, how am I supposed to get the source in order to get it working on Win2K...

ultramedia · Post by **ultramedia** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 2:15 am

must... not... tease... local thunder god... about... os...

jam · Post by **jam** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:37 am

The dawning of the new evil empire.

BlindSide · Post by **BlindSide** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:14 am

ultramedia wrote:must... not... tease... local thunder god... about... os...

Atleast hes not using Windows ME

*Takes cover*

This sparked my interest:

rogerborg · Post by **rogerborg** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:14 am

Bah, it's all been downhill since 2K. Nagware and FuzzyFonts(tm) don't really do much for me.

Is Scott McLoud still churning out his scribbles? I thought he'd have retired by now after making a hundred kabillion million dollars.

JP · Post by JP » Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:44 am

I'm trying out Chrome now and it feels much faster than firefox and looks pretty good too so i might have to stick with it!

rogerborg · Post by **rogerborg** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:27 am

Oh that was fast: it's been prohibited in my workplace because of the "All your base are belong to Google" EULA terms.

night_hawk · Post by **night_hawk** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:33 am

It's cute and pretty fast, but it doesn't have the functionality that Firefox has / can have via extensions yet. If it can do what my ff can do and still be faster, then I'll change. Until then...

JP · Post by JP » Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:36 am

I'm sure they'll put extensions into it as that's a really good feature of firefox.

I do like the way it maximises the space for the webpage, such as there being no bars at the bottom of the screen, only little popup ones when they're necessary and disappear once finished.

JP · Post by JP » Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:44 pm

Anyone else having trouble inputting text when making a post? There' some weird problems for me where bits of text get clipped away on new lines of the edit box and sometimes appears to be overwriting itself.

Also there's often large pauses before the text actually appears, like the buffer for reading key presses is a bit too small....

Hmm... still a bit buggy it seems!

torleif · Post by **torleif** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 5:59 am

Anyone else having trouble inputting text when making a post? There' some weird problems for me where bits of text get clipped away on new lines of the edit box and sometimes appears to be overwriting itself.

Also there's often large pauses before the text actually appears, like the buffer for reading key presses is a bit too small....

Hmm... still a bit buggy it seems!

Yeah, just saw that bug when I started posting here... I posted on GP forums and their text box doesn't have the problem.

Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:14 am Post subject:
Bah, it's all been downhill since 2K. Nagware and FuzzyFonts(tm) don't really do much for me.

Is Scott McLoud still churning out his scribbles? I thought he'd have retired by now after making a hundred kabillion million dollars.

I love Scott McLouds books. I own a couple and they're worth the money. The bucks he rakes in from those things will make him a lot better off than most comic book authors, as the uni I went to had a paper which required you to buy one of them. For some reason it's with papers unrelated to drawing, something about his abstraction models used for technical drawing or something

Oh, and please upgrade to XP. It's actually pretty good :p

Oh, and 100th post. Woot.

Dark_Kilauea · Post by **Dark_Kilauea** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 3:09 pm

I don't really like the license, I'll probably not use it for anything serious just for that.

vermeer · Post by **vermeer** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 4:00 pm

I draw quite better, why google didn't call me..? oh, yep, I didnt tell 'em XD

argh, a new browser more to fight to for us, web designers (among other things... )

jam · Post by **jam** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 4:48 pm

Just a heads up when you go to uninstall the program, it leaves googleupdate.exe buried in the Documents and Settings directory. The exe will run on every startup and attempt to connect to the Internet. It also leaves about a half a dozen registry entries pertaining to the googleupdate file.