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

KittyKate

Does it work on Mac?

Idiophreak

KittyKate wrote: »

Does it work on Mac?

If the Mac is running windows...

SwissToni_2

Tried it out last night, not impressed, it's fast, but not as fast as my Firefox with my Adblocker, NoScript and other nice blocking tweaks and features. You can't even change the button positions or have your bookmarks in a sidebar. Maybe they'll add those in future. The only thing that crosses my mind is that it's yet another browser created just to help out their advertising client base rather than the users. IE does the exact same, you can't block any adverts or elements leaching your bandwith. Firefox amputates all that rubbish away and lets you surf in total peace, viewing only the website info you want to see. I guess with it being open source that's what they're aiming to do for it's future, 3rd party tweaks and addons, but it has a long way to go before it can match Firefox, Opera or even IE. For the record I use all three daily and I don't think I'll change anytime soon. I guess in an emergency it's fine.

jenniewb

wont work for me, I get "error code 4" everyime I try to do this, I tried to contact google, no chance- its a chat board where other people who have the same porblem have posted...and had no reply.

I'll give up now while I am ahead!

ashbart

Hmmm - Just downloaded this, using it now. I like the idea of the bigger screen, etc but already having problems with a username and password in one of the websites I use......

I will remain optimistic....!

rbulph

Browntoa wrote: »

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

No computer programme these days is ever the finished article. I have Windows XP on my computer which is several years old and it seems that just about every week it downloads some "essential" updates. So I don't know why anyone describes their own computer programme as "beta". To me that just reads "We're not very confident about this working properly."

Stanbe

Downloaded today and been having a go with it.

Not sure on the look of it - will take some getting used to. But it does feel so much more spacier! Seems to run a lot quicker than IE, which is ideal for me, as our internet connection here at work is running pig slow (400Kbps down, 60Kbps up) today.

jacktyler wrote: »

....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?

Nope, mouse scroll Working fine for me.

Alfie_E

SwissToni wrote: »

IE does the exact same, you can't block any adverts or elements leaching your bandwith.

A generic method of blocking is the use of a hosts file. This works for any web browser. A popular hosts file can be found on Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File. The MVPS list includes a mixture of advertising sites, like those in AdBlock’s EasyList list, and tracking sites, like those in the ABP Tracking Filter list. However, there are some limitations with this method.

• AdBlock blocks only the contents of web pages. Any site blocked by the MVPS list is block in its entirety, for all programs on your system. This can affect links that you want to click on, when that link passes through a tracking website and you don’t mind being tracked.
• It has the potential to affect a website’s use of browser plug-ins. For example, if a web page contains Flash video that must first fetch a video advert before showing the content you want to see, the whole process could stall at the first step.
• It’s not as quick as clicking a button, if you want to temporarily turn off blocking to test a website without it.
• There can be no equivalent of the EasyElement list.

With all that said, the MVPS list does a good job and rarely causes problems.

The problem of blocking tracking links can affect some, but not all, of the links used to fund MSE, which could be a problem. Those that go directly to the product page are not affected. Those that pass through a third party have the potential to break, although not consistently. Financial links, for example, often go through moneysupermarket.com. That, in itself, isn’t a problem. It’s what moneysupermarket.com does next that can be. It may pass you directly to the product page, which is fine, or it may send you to a fourth party, such as Mediaplex. Mediaplex sites are block by the MVPS list. MSE have an exemplary approach to privacy and it’s quite clear when you might be passing through a cascade of tracking websites.

bristolleedsfan wrote: »

Do u trust google with your browsing habit info?

It’s not just a question of trust. Google have to abide by the decisions of the American legal system. Google’s tendency to hoard information has already caused them a problem here. The case between YouTube and Viacom shows that a US court is willing to order the handing over of large amounts of potentially identifying information. Viacom allowed Google to anonymise the data, but only because of the bad publicity. The plaintiff in a different case may not be prepared to allow this, and Viacom could later decide to try to enforce the original court order in full. When I say large amounts, I mean large amounts – in this case 14 terabytes of data. With the transfer of data getting ever easier, the next court order in a similar case could be for not 14, but 40… 100… terabytes of web usage data. If you want an idea of the scope of US jurisdiction, you might like to read Privacy International explains risks to census data by using U.S. contractor without strong protections.

madforIT

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SwissToni_2

Alfie_E wrote: »

A generic method of blocking is the use of a hosts file. This works for any web browser. A popular hosts file can be found on Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File. The MVPS list includes a mixture of advertising sites, like those in AdBlock’s EasyList list, and tracking sites, like those in the ABP Tracking Filter list. However, there are some limitations with this method.

• AdBlock blocks only the contents of web pages. Any site blocked by the MVPS list is block in its entirety, for all programs on your system. This can affect links that you want to click on, when that link passes through a tracking website and you don’t mind being tracked.
• It has the potential to affect a website’s use of browser plug-ins. For example, if a web page contains Flash video that must first fetch a video advert before showing the content you want to see, the whole process could stall at the first step.
• It’s not as quick as clicking a button, if you want to temporarily turn off blocking to test a website without it.
• There can be no equivalent of the EasyElement list.

With all that said, the MVPS list does a good job and rarely causes problems.

The problem of blocking tracking links can affect some, but not all, of the links used to fund MSE, which could be a problem. Those that go directly to the product page are not affected. Those that pass through a third party have the potential to break, although not consistently. Financial links, for example, often go through moneysupermarket.com. That, in itself, isn’t a problem. It’s what moneysupermarket.com does next that can be. It may pass you directly to the product page, which is fine, or it may send you to a fourth party, such as Mediaplex. Mediaplex sites are block by the MVPS list. MSE have an exemplary approach to privacy and it’s quite clear when you might be passing through a cascade of tracking websites.

Thanks, I stand corrected.