Comments on: Google Chrome first impressions: Fast, clean & not evil http://matthewbuckland.com/?p=521 Matthew Buckland's blog Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:02:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Google Chrome « Virtual Communities Weblog http://matthewbuckland.com/?p=521&cpage=1#comment-1790 Google Chrome « Virtual Communities Weblog Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:46:34 +0000 http://www.matthewbuckland.com/?p=521#comment-1790 [...] Matthew Buckland posted a succinct summary of pros and cons of the features of the browser here. [...] [...] Matthew Buckland posted a succinct summary of pros and cons of the features of the browser here. [...]

]]> By: Chrome, you’re here! « Saucy Sourcing http://matthewbuckland.com/?p=521&cpage=1#comment-1789 Chrome, you’re here! « Saucy Sourcing Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:56:04 +0000 http://www.matthewbuckland.com/?p=521#comment-1789 [...] Matthew Buckland posted a succinct summary of pros and cons of the features of the browser here. [...] [...] Matthew Buckland posted a succinct summary of pros and cons of the features of the browser here. [...]

]]> By: Richard Catto http://matthewbuckland.com/?p=521&cpage=1#comment-1788 Richard Catto Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:28:10 +0000 http://www.matthewbuckland.com/?p=521#comment-1788 <i>be interesting to see what MS does with IE 8</i> I have to admit that there was once a time that I waited and longed for some new software that Microsoft was hyping before its release. Those days are long over. I think what makes Chrome special are its: * speed - scrolling is uber fast * sleek lines * isolation of each tab in its own process * ability to drag tabs into their own window and then put them back together again, in any order * ability to place a gmail icon on my desktop, start menu or quick launch which opens up an even sleeker browse window with the address bar stripped out Obviously with certain key features missing, Chrome cannot meet all my browsing needs, but it meets most of them and gives me new features that I never had before. Also Chrome is proving to be really stable. Firefox 2 became very unstable and crashed very often. Firefox 3 is much better but still has the ability to crash even my Internet connection. Opening up a lot of tabs in Chrome uses up more memory than other browsers, for reasons Google explains (each tab is a separate process), but that is not my problem - I have sufficient memory. My problem that they appear to have solved is lack of stability. Chrome gets two thumbs up from me, so far. be interesting to see what MS does with IE 8

I have to admit that there was once a time that I waited and longed for some new software that Microsoft was hyping before its release.

Those days are long over.

I think what makes Chrome special are its:

* speed – scrolling is uber fast
* sleek lines
* isolation of each tab in its own process
* ability to drag tabs into their own window and then put them back together again, in any order
* ability to place a gmail icon on my desktop, start menu or quick launch which opens up an even sleeker browse window with the address bar stripped out

Obviously with certain key features missing, Chrome cannot meet all my browsing needs, but it meets most of them and gives me new features that I never had before.

Also Chrome is proving to be really stable. Firefox 2 became very unstable and crashed very often. Firefox 3 is much better but still has the ability to crash even my Internet connection.

Opening up a lot of tabs in Chrome uses up more memory than other browsers, for reasons Google explains (each tab is a separate process), but that is not my problem – I have sufficient memory. My problem that they appear to have solved is lack of stability.

Chrome gets two thumbs up from me, so far.

]]> By: matt http://matthewbuckland.com/?p=521&cpage=1#comment-1787 matt Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:27:56 +0000 http://www.matthewbuckland.com/?p=521#comment-1787 @kpeguero & @Bill tks 4 yr comment -- i wasnt comparing it to FF, just noting that i like these features and the way Chrome applies them. @everyone a gremlin meant that comments were closed for a while... now open! :-P @kpeguero & @Bill tks 4 yr comment — i wasnt comparing it to FF, just noting that i like these features and the way Chrome applies them. @everyone a gremlin meant that comments were closed for a while… now open! :-P

]]> By: Steve Webb http://matthewbuckland.com/?p=521&cpage=1#comment-1786 Steve Webb Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:15:35 +0000 http://www.matthewbuckland.com/?p=521#comment-1786 When you download something, then close the download 'bar' at the bottom of the screen, the full browser pane doesn't re-paint unless I maximized and restored the screen size. Just a tiny glitch, but makes it feel a little beta-y. - Steve When you download something, then close the download ‘bar’ at the bottom of the screen, the full browser pane doesn’t re-paint unless I maximized and restored the screen size. Just a tiny glitch, but makes it feel a little beta-y.

- Steve

]]> By: Rupert http://matthewbuckland.com/?p=521&cpage=1#comment-1785 Rupert Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:13:22 +0000 http://www.matthewbuckland.com/?p=521#comment-1785 Just benchmarked Chrome against the other big guns. Fastest on the block. Not bad for a beta... Just benchmarked Chrome against the other big guns. Fastest on the block. Not bad for a beta…

]]> By: Mandy de Waal http://matthewbuckland.com/?p=521&cpage=1#comment-1784 Mandy de Waal Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:12:19 +0000 http://www.matthewbuckland.com/?p=521#comment-1784 "It’s not evil" Damn. That made me chuckle. But it's early days yet - be interesting to see what MS does with IE 8 and whether the ability block ads will be a big enough reason for users to trade speed for control. Google's open source platform (I believe) will be a big advantage in the long run though. From a strategy perspective I think MS will be left flailing. “It’s not evil”

Damn. That made me chuckle.

But it’s early days yet – be interesting to see what MS does with IE 8 and whether the ability block ads will be a big enough reason for users to trade speed for control.

Google’s open source platform (I believe) will be a big advantage in the long run though. From a strategy perspective I think MS will be left flailing.

]]> By: Bill http://matthewbuckland.com/?p=521&cpage=1#comment-1783 Bill Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:01:16 +0000 http://www.matthewbuckland.com/?p=521#comment-1783 Just wanted to let you know that you can easily set multiple homepages in firefox as well.. just use a | in between each url. Like this: http://www.google.com|http://www.flickr.com|http://www.yahoo.com Just wanted to let you know that you can easily set multiple homepages in firefox as well.. just use a | in between each url.

Like this:

http://www.google.com|http://www.flickr.com|http://www.yahoo.com

]]> By: JT http://matthewbuckland.com/?p=521&cpage=1#comment-1782 JT Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:48:24 +0000 http://www.matthewbuckland.com/?p=521#comment-1782 For what I don't like, the status bar is a bit clunky. But that's nothing compared to the whole browser, this is great. For what I don’t like, the status bar is a bit clunky. But that’s nothing compared to the whole browser, this is great.

]]> By: kpeguero http://matthewbuckland.com/?p=521&cpage=1#comment-1781 kpeguero Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:38:18 +0000 http://www.matthewbuckland.com/?p=521#comment-1781 So far nothing new. No. 8 is also present in FF. So far nothing new.

No. 8 is also present in FF.

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