[weedtracker]

for all you winblows users google is releasing their own web broswer today.

http://googlechromebrowser.com/

for the rest of us, we have to wait a bit longer to check it out.. i dont know if i would switch from firefox, it seems to me like this is just some kind of advertising trick by google to sell us more crap we dont need.

[sandyacres]

LOL! Well, I use winblows, but I like Firefox too much. I think I'll have to wait for some user reviews before I make the switch.

[HappaGuy]

After the briefest of glances at the p.r. at http://googlechromebrowser.com/, it looks like the Google Chrome browser offers some significant improvements - over Firefox even - in user-friendliness, stability, security, and making the web more transparently accessible.

What seems very cool is that Google Chrome supports WebApps, which, if I understand correctly, will merge the experience of software on your computer with software residing elsewhere on the Web, and probably result in much more portable computing power.

That's to say Chrome is an early step in a trend toward app servers online running portable "dumb terminals" in peoples's pockets.

Most of the stuff you do on your PC is controlled by software that resides on your PCs local hard drive. By supporting WebApps, the Chrome browser allows software residing on remote servers, connecting to your computer by its Web connection, to do the same things.

Offloading all this software frpm your HDD minimize the hardware requirements and with them, size. That's how all your PC functionality will end up being accessed through your pocket computer I-pod like thingy and ultimately the subdermal chip that we should all refuse to get.

Of course, there are privacy issues. When your computing is done over the Web, it is done with all the privacy the Web affords, which is none. Remember that the NSA is spliced into the Internet backbone servers. A copy of every IP packet sent goes to the NSA as well. (It was a local SF ATT tech who outed this domestic spying program, if I'm not mistaken. It was his job to maintain the splice.)

All the same, Google Chrome looks worth a try, IMHO.

Thanks Weedtracker. Nice post.

[The Urban Spaceman]

Originally Posted by HappaGuy

the subdermal chip that we should all refuse to get.

now HappaGuy! I have had a chip implanted in my brain for over a century now! I can access all kinds of info and it also gives me what appear to be "powers" to you earthlings!
i guarantee that you won't lose any of your "freedoms" when we implant y'all with the chip! the gps will help you! we won't monitor your every move at all!
embrace the trechnology my friend, it will make the transition that much easier for ya on Dec 21st, 2012!
peace and much love
Spacey

[Scheize]

I like FF alot. Seems like marketing as of now.

[Juba]

Originally Posted by weedtracker

for all you winblows users google is releasing their own web broswer today.

http://googlechromebrowser.com/

for the rest of us, we have to wait a bit longer to check it out.. i dont know if i would switch from firefox, it seems to me like this is just some kind of advertising trick by google to sell us more crap we dont need.

The actual download link is here:
http://www.google.com/chrome

I'm still debating whether this version is worth downloading and installing.

I am very much a creature of habit when it comes to certain software. It took me forever to change from Internet Exploder to FireFox, and it'd take a lot to get me to switch again. I doubt this early version of Chrome will even come close to that so I should probably just wait.

[The Urban Spaceman]

i am using it right now! but i will be going right back to firefox! eh, nothing special that i can see! AND it is ungodly Slooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwww.........

[weedtracker]

im going to install it on my pc laptop just to see how it works. it looks pretty cool based on what ive read on the website. but i think for my main working browsers im going to stick with firefox for now.

however, im waiting for googles android phone on tmobile in october.

[Scheize]

Originally Posted by weedtracker

im going to install it on my pc laptop just to see how it works. it looks pretty cool based on what ive read on the website. but i think for my main working browsers im going to stick with firefox for now.

however, im waiting for googles android phone on tmobile in october.

Looks like a sweet phone!

Not a fan of the iPhone? Or you locked into contract?

[weedtracker]

im using it right now on the eee. its wierd theres no menus or anything, im n0t sure how it works, but it loads the pages fast and it imported all my passwords from firefox which was cool. so far so good.

[stanley]

http://www.contracostatimes.com/business/ci_10364602


Privacy tarnishes Google Chrome

By David Morrill
Staff writer
Article Launched: 09/02/2008 04:31:38 PM PDT

Internet search engine giant Google added a new twist to its arsenal Tuesday with the launch of its first Web browser to go head-to-head with Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox.

But even with its self-described "sleek" new look that helped coin its name "Chrome," some say that its too flimsy on privacy issues, which might give Google trouble competing with Firefox and future Explorer offerings that have anonymous browsing options. Currently 75 percent of Web users use Internet Explorer.

"Anonymous browsing is very much a trend that users want, but is death for Google because it collapses behavioral targeting, search relevancy and ad targeting which is based on cookies," said Trip Chowdhry, an analyst with Global Equities Research. "Google wants cookies to monitor you."

Chrome does have a feature called "incognito mode" where files opened and downloaded won't be logged into the browser and download history. This keeps your browsing history secret from other people that might use your computer. However, "the Web sites you visit may still have records of your visit," Google states.

"Google's Chrome is a modern day spyware," Chowdhry said.

Still, privacy aside, Google hopes that some of its other features will attract users to its site. Ultimately, the hope is that by using Chrome, Google's search engine will garner more traffic.

Among other features, Chrome's navigation bar — where you type in an Internet address — will serve a dual purpose. Users can either enter an address into the space or enter a search request that will be processed through their search engine of choice.

"You only have 24 hours a day and we would like you to do more searches," Google's other co-founder, Larry Page, said at the unveiling. "If the browser runs well, then you will do more searches."

Naturally, Google bets it will be the default search engine for the majority of Chrome users, helping to build upon its nearly 64 percent share of the worldwide search market.

"I think the value proposition in Chrome for the average user will be speed and being able to use the Google applications easier," said Ray Valdes, analyst with Gartner. "When you use Google mail, Google maps, or Google docs, you will notice significantly faster speeds.

"Underneath the hood of the actual browser that users see is sophisticated technology that Google hopes will attract more users," Valdes added.

In trading Tuesday, shares of Google gained $1.96 to close at $465.25. Yahoo, a competing search site, hit a five-year low at $18.75 per share.

[909davidjohn]

tried it out at work today.....i thought it was pretty fast on the page load but i feel like i didn't have all the options i am use to clicking with FF and IE.....i felt like i was using FF with a new GUI....anywhoser, i won't kick it out of bed just yet!....i was reading the comic book thing they have set up explaining the new browser and it seems that they have some cool tools that happen behind the scenes (if you are geek enough to appreciate that sort of thing). i can say this, compared to when i first tried(and trashed) opera, this browser bangs...nice speed.....and when you're zooming the net isn't that what its all about? the security is major plus, and my scripted web pages load fine!...no complaints from tha909.....two bong load blown!....

peace.
tha909

[sensible]

I'm posting using Google Chrome right now! So far it seems faster and less "jerky" than Firefox. I haven't had IE on my computer for years.