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Google to Launch Webkit Based Web Browser Called 'Chrome'

I must say its very impressive and promising. Probably hard to switch for addon users. But this is a great product and very fresh and clean. not bundled with google services. (surprise). good speed (tho end-users might not feel the difference).

little big buggy, which is expected.

all in all, well done, google

version info. it refuse to connect to acid3, so I can't tell which version of webkit it is using.
 

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I just had it seriously tweak my XP SP3 system. It hung up and when I killed the task everything else just sat in a funky state of being. Had to relaunch explorer (not internet explorer) to get it back.
 
clevin said:
I must say its very impressive and promising. Probably hard to switch for addon users. But this is a great product and very fresh and clean. not bundled with google services. (surprise). good speed (tho end-users might not feel the difference).

little big buggy, which is expected.

all in all, well done, google

version info. it refuse to connect to acid3, so I can't tell which version of webkit it is using.
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The about screen shows which version. FWIW The acid3 servers are probably hammered right now.
 
Really slick and snappy. Scrolling is a bit fast for some reason. Very minimalistic UI, and its actually quite beautiful running under vista.
 
WOW, this browser is REALLY fast on my Windows XP SP3 machine. And it automatically ported over my bookmarks/passwords/search history/etc. on first boot without me having to do a thing.
 
ventro said:
Tabs on the top are a great idea. I hope Safari 4 implements them.
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Taken from Opera

clevin said:
Im not familiar with webkit internal numbers, is it built on current nightly?
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Not the current nightly. I think it is the same version as the current Safari 3.x.x whatever it is. So it is quite old by now. Which is odd. However I suspect it is from a development point of view.
 
this essentially give me same feeling as safari on OSX, clean and light(im not sure about now since webkit nightly is getting strangely bigger lately), but lacking some stuff.

Im very impressed, did I say that before? :) I will use it exclusively for next couple of days and report back with my review. :D
 
Chaszmyr said:
...Moreover, the fact that the Windows version is being released first suggests that the Mac version is an afterthought, and may or may not be as solid and feature-packed as the Windows version.
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Maybe, but as mentioned earlier, anything to take IE away from the Internet is a good thing. I'm not saying this just to bast MS but mainly because IE is using proprietary language and is a nightmare to every web developer/ web designer.
 
Mmm… Familiar.

Using the Webkit insepctor.
 

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InSaNeCyAnUr said:
Yeah, I hate this, there's just no reason to do this.
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I take it you've not really used your brain before typing.

It's probable that when you get round to running the installer it will download the latest version. So people that download it and don't install for a while wont end out with an already out of date version. This software is an early beta and will be updated often.
 
I've uninstalled it and re-installed it about 4 times now and still nothing. It says every web page has a problem. Including google.com
 
camsoft said:
I take it you've not really used your brain before typing.

It's probable that when you get round to running the installer it will download the latest version.
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bogus logic, how much brain did you use to insult other people?

and how probably is your probability anyway?

UI on Vista

This thing has absolutely no way of adding any buttons to the UI?....
googleftwok8.jpg
 
don't know much about this but i'm interested in testing it out. if it is any faster than safari, could be a good thing. otherwise, it's just another in a selection of web browsers. *yawn*

and what is google's aim here? how does having a web browser earn anyone any money? yeah, google wants to make the internet and its contents free for everyone, but they thrive off ad revenue. will there be default ads popping up on the left/right/bottom of every browser page depending on what site you visit?
 
clevin said:
bogus logic, how much brain did you use to insult other people?

and how probably is your probability anyway?

UI on Vista

This thing has absolutely no way of adding any buttons to the UI, not even home button?....
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:confused: Have you even looked in the options? You can add a bookmarks bar and a home button, and the picture you posted HAS A HOME BUTTON!
 
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