Google Chrome - the Google Web Browser

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Originally posted by Aristotle
Holy shit.

So much for don't be evil.

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Just stop and think for a brief second about it though. It has been stated already that it was a copy & paste of the EULA from elsewhere. Mistake was admitted and corrected. I actually discussed this with some other people and even we didn't like that EULA, but we understand (least in our eyes) why it happened, and that it was a mistake. To us, the devs were just trying to save a bit of time and get it pushed out for you all to use Apparently, as has been stated, it was normal for that to be the case, but obviously in this case it was not acceptable.. period.

The point is, mistakes happen and it was fixed/is being fixed. Hopefully the new one is better, I've not read it so I can't sa.

I'm not sure about Ari or anyone else who runs a vbulletin forum, but my AdminCP wont function in Chrome. The links on the left hand side aren't links they just appear as text.

I've been using Chrome for a couple of days now, and while it runs absolutely faster, it is also very buggy.

* In Hebrew sites (the alphabet is from right to left and not from left to right), it sometimes messes up the text completely.

* On youtube I had the shockwave plugin crash the browser.

* Rather often the browser freezes for a short amount of time for no apparent reason. I hate this thing the most.

Found this, thought it would be interesting, though I can't check until I get home:

Happy Easter
For you non-programmers, there's an Easter egg, too: type "about:internets" into the Omnibox. I'm not going to be a spoilsport by revealing what happens, but here's a hint: Ted Stevens.

Oh, I found these additional "about" syntax..es?

- about:memory shows how much memory the browser--and any other Web browser--is using. Conveniently for Web developers, it also shows how much each Web site in a browser tab is using.

- about:stats shows a wide range of internal measurements such as the time taken to initialize Chrome, load Gears, or perform various operations while running JavaScript programs with Chrome's V8 engine. The page also carries the amusing note, "Shhh! This page is secret!"

- Typing about:histogram into Chrome's address bar shows many performance details.

- about:network tracks the detailed network activity of using a Web site.

- about:version shows details of what version of Chrome is running, along with the user-agent text that the browser reports when identifying itself to Web sites. Why "Mozilla" is in this string is a mystery to me, though perhaps it has to do with the way Chrome can use Firefox plug-ins; why "Mozilla" is apparently in the iPhone's user-agent text is even more a mystery.

- about:histograms graphs various performance measurements such as the time taken to autocomplete text users type into the browser.

- about:crash crashes the active browser tab.

Also, I just read on the Google blog the changes they have made to the license.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/...-terms-of.html

I won't repaste the text here, but it's worth a read.

Is there any kind of ad blocking or "remove this object" functionality in the default?

If not, and with no extensions, I don't see how I can possibly manage a switch.

It blocks pop ups and puts the link to them in a separate window. Not sure if thats what you were referring to or not.

I've been using Google Chrome now for the last two days and I think that I am going to switch back to IE. Chrome seems to get really, really, really bogged down on certain webpages - si.com, espn.com, westlaw.com.

Im not sure why this is, but it makes using Chrome pointless to me!

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Originally posted by Joreth
I've been using Google Chrome now for the last two days and I think that I am going to switch back to IE. Chrome seems to get really, really, really bogged down on certain webpages - si.com, espn.com, westlaw.com.

Im not sure why this is, but it makes using Chrome pointless to me!

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Yep. Exactly why I returned to Firefox/IE.