it has arrived... GOOGLE Chrome - google's new web browser

jacktyler

could this signal the end of firefox?





google's new web browser, google Chrome has just launched and is now available for download. click the above image to go there.

100% free. you can read more here:

http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/
here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7593106.stm
here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/02/google_new_chrome_browser/
and here: http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/007645.html

Browntoa

just a pointer "Beta" means not the finished article , may be subject to some bugs that will get fixed as they are found

jacktyler

you can follow a live blog from the press conference here if you're really geeky!

http://www.coveritlive.com/index.php?option=com_altcaster&task=siteviewaltcast&altcast_code=d9687919a4

bristolleedsfan

jacktyler wrote: »

could this signal the end of firefox?



Do u trust google with your browsing habit info?


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6740075.stm


http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/03/google_mail_is_evil_privacy/


http://management.silicon.com/itdirector/0,39024673,39282255,00.htm

jacktyler

bristolleedsfan wrote: »

Do u trust google with your browsing habit info?

lol, in answer to your question, no! but it still won't stop me downloading it to try it for myself though.

pookiewn

This is only available for Windows for now, linux users will have to wait! =o(

tomstickland

Firefox is doing pretty well for itself - it broke a world record for downloads when a new version was released recently.

vinrute

Yay, it's up! Just checked and it's now available to download at:

http://www.google.com/chrome

Will definitely have fun trying it out tonight.

odd-one-out

Viva La Revolution, Internet!

jacktyler

well, i'm speaking to you from within google chrome right now!

i like it! it seems really fast.

i just noticed the first annoying thing though. i can scroll down a page using my mouse wheel, but can't scroll back up. :mad: anyone else having that problem?

vinrute

I'm in chrome now, too. Just checked and scrolling up and down with the mouse wheel works fine for me. My brother just noticed that each tab of chrome uses about 20 to 28mb RAM each, but I don't notice my computer being any slower. I think the RAM usage is worth it, though, for having a tab-centered browser, and it looks like no matter how many tabs you open, it never goes over using about 50 or 60mb.

I love not having all those toolbars everywhere, though! Chrome devotes so much more space to the actual web pages. It's not cluttered or boxy and I feel like my monitor just grew an inch bigger on each side.