Google launches internet browser [Merged]

lilibeth

Marty_J wrote: »

I'll have to wait for the Mac version, but I guess I'll get to hear about any problems before I use it.

Yep give me ten minutes and I'll be back on here whinging that it's full of bugs and make IE look efficient.

Marty_J

lilibeth wrote: »

Yep give me ten minutes and I'll be back on here whinging that it's full of bugs and make IE look efficient.

I doubt it can the that bad.

lilibeth

Link to chrome blog.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10030025-2.html
There is a link on this page to live conference updates.
Text based.
Conference starting any second now.

lilibeth

Marty_J wrote: »

I doubt it can the that bad.

ow ow someone has just asked about mac edition release date.

[Deleted User]

Marty_J wrote: »

Their contract expires in November, so I guess we'll see.

The contract centres on Google being the default search engine in Firefox, and I imagine that would still be advantageous for Google whether they have their own browser or not.

They've extended their commitment to the Mozilla Foundation to 2011, and as has been discussed on various sites, it could be extended past this to unsettle the dominance of IE in the browser marketplace.

Marty_J

lilibeth wrote: »

ow ow someone has just asked about mac edition release date.

Did they say when?

Or did they just say "we're working on it"?

anewhope wrote: »

They've extended their commitment to the Mozilla Foundation to 2011, and as has been discussed on various sites, it could be extended past this to unsettle the dominance of IE in the browser marketplace.

Thanks, that's good to know.

BexTech

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/

lilibeth

Marty_J wrote: »

Did they say when?

Or did they just say "we're working on it"?



Thanks, that's good to know.

They have just now said that a lot of them use linux and they are still working on both Mac and Linux versions.
It is a definite and soon but no date given.

Marty_J

Thanks, I guess I'll just have to wait then!

lilibeth

I'm liking this feature a lot

some subtle niceties... ex if you close a tab, the next one over slides so its close box is right under your mouse.

And

Private browsing mode aka !!!!!! mode:

They have just said it will be now not be available until noon PDT . So that's 20.00hrs GMT:rolleyes:

Independent tab functions so one dodgy tab doesn't kill the whole thing.
Nice separation of Java process's too.

This is sounding good