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Your thoughts on Chrome
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If you use Xmarks it isn't bad at all, plus it can sync your bookmarks across all your computers and browsers for that matter (if you use multiple). With Chrome though you'll have to go into the Xmarks website to change your boomarks....a hassel but really once you do it once it's not something that you have to go back to that much. This is if you have the developer build of Chrome with extensions mind you.
For those of you who don't know, chrome logs everthing you do and search and sends that information to google (including your ISP).
For some of you that might not matter, but I definately view that as an invasion of privacy, and as such, won't use it.
For some of you that might not matter, but I definately view that as an invasion of privacy, and as such, won't use it.
In general it is slow, clunky, and ugly. I rarely find anything safari can't render, but on those rare occasions I use Firefox.
I tried it and it seemed to make things a lot more "snappy". I also downloaded 3.6 just before doing it as well, so I am not sure how much it has to do with the upgrade or how much it has to do with the modifications.
I am not a fan of Chrome. It is buggy, slow at times and crashes. It needs work on Flash and compatibility with Yahoo! Mail and other websites.
I have all 3 browsers on my Mac. Tried Chrome for a while, and liked it, but I wanted to be able to block flash from loading automatically and be able to sync bookmarks with my iPhone, so I switched back to Safari. I found the speed between Chrome and Safari to be comparable. With Glims (addtl tab functions, search improvements, plus a lot more) and ClickToFlash (gives you total control on when and which Flash movies/animations are loaded), I find Safari does everything I need it to.
Glims - http://www.machangout.com/
ClickToFlash - http://rentzsch.github.com/clicktoflash/
Glims - http://www.machangout.com/
ClickToFlash - http://rentzsch.github.com/clicktoflash/
Safari is buggy and I get the spinning beach ball constantly. It's been even more frequent since I upgraded my 2.4 GHz Blackbook to Snow Leopard. Google Chrome runs fast and flawlessly, so I am not convinced that Safari is better than Chrome. Going by my own experience, I have to say that Chrome seems to be the superior browser. It's lightweight, fast and I never have a beach ball. This is my own experience and of course YMMV.
Agree. Safari has been a pain in the rear since I upgraded to Safari. I thought maybe it was just my computer, but I run Chrome or Firefox and pages pop up pronto. With Safari, I get the beachball. Not good.
I hated plug-ins because I thought it would tinker with the system making a browser heavier to load and to manage.
But after testing these two, I don't know how any browser can be published without them!
Absolutely amazing
I think its not fare to compare chrome to safari right now, chrome is still in beta, safari is like on version 4.
But if people already like chrome in beta over safari, you can see the possibility when the final release is out!
I am not sure about the privacy thing with chrome and google, do they like follow me personally, or is it their computers just collects general data on what websites are being visited . Because if its anonymous why would any one care right?
The session is always saved in Safari, without even asking you.
If you go to the top menu History->Reopen All Windows from Last Session
I use Firefox all the time, except for when I'm testing web pages I've coded on different platforms. For me, it's not just about stability but also open source and open standards.
I think both of these things are really important when it comes to the internet. I've nothing against Google or Apple, but I don't want a big corporation dictating or holding back standards in the future like Microsoft did with IE.
I think both of these things are really important when it comes to the internet. I've nothing against Google or Apple, but I don't want a big corporation dictating or holding back standards in the future like Microsoft did with IE.
Whoever said FireFox is better on a Mac than Safari, I laugh at them. I think not..
A clean install of OS X Snow Leopard last night, I got FireFox again, no addons, no bookmarks etc. It still takes over 10seconds to load up. Safari, not even 1. Websites load instantly on Safari, FireFox? No. The only reason I keep it on my Mac is so I can check my other yahoo mail inbox without logging out on Safari.
Chrome is very close to Safari I think, it's quick(ish) etc. But still, Safari is much better. Pretty much unbeatable atm.
A clean install of OS X Snow Leopard last night, I got FireFox again, no addons, no bookmarks etc. It still takes over 10seconds to load up. Safari, not even 1. Websites load instantly on Safari, FireFox? No. The only reason I keep it on my Mac is so I can check my other yahoo mail inbox without logging out on Safari.
Chrome is very close to Safari I think, it's quick(ish) etc. But still, Safari is much better. Pretty much unbeatable atm.
Safari is too lacking in features for me. Things like the search from the address bar, URL completion etc are what makes Firefox and Chrome easier to use. It's a real shame Chrome is so much behind on OSX compared to Windows. Just the lack of a Bookmark Manager makes it awkward.
Safari is like IE8, merely a basic browser.
Safari is like IE8, merely a basic browser.
No browser beats Safari in standards-compliance; every other browsers beat IE8. As for your lament that Safari is "merely a basic browser," well thank God for that. I want a browser to browse. There are other applications for other things.
I started using Safari for real when the Safari 4 Beta came out. Then the release came out, and it behaved worse, somehow. Got spinning beach balls quite often, and I still do with Snow Leopard. I switched to Stainless, because it was basically the same thing with better speed. Now I'm using Chrome, because it's a bit heavier on features and has extension support.
Speaking of extensions, Google's solution to them seems to be much more elegant than Firefox's. There's still some work that needs to be done with the API, from what I understand, and some more features that would be nice for them to utilize, but I like that they use Javascript instead of XUL. Extensions also work instantly without you having to restart the browser (same with uninstallation--no restart needed). The dev version of Chrome has been consistently more responsive and stable than Firefox ever was on the Mac, which is a little sad.
I do prefer Safari's start page over Chrome's, though, and Firefox's AwesomeBar is also really good. Neither are good enough to offset the quality of Chrome, though.
Speaking of extensions, Google's solution to them seems to be much more elegant than Firefox's. There's still some work that needs to be done with the API, from what I understand, and some more features that would be nice for them to utilize, but I like that they use Javascript instead of XUL. Extensions also work instantly without you having to restart the browser (same with uninstallation--no restart needed). The dev version of Chrome has been consistently more responsive and stable than Firefox ever was on the Mac, which is a little sad.
I do prefer Safari's start page over Chrome's, though, and Firefox's AwesomeBar is also really good. Neither are good enough to offset the quality of Chrome, though.
Try using Better Touch Tool...I really can't live without it. You can set different trackpad multitouch swipes/taps/clicks to do whatever you want, in whatever programs you like. I have Chrome set so that 3 finger swipes go forward and back, 4 finger swipes switch tabs, 3 finger swipes up and down reveal and hide the bookmarks bar. Tip-tap refreshes the page. 3 finger click opens a new tab, and 4 finger click closes the current tab. Pinching in and out zooms in and out, respectively. 4 finger tap opens spaces...you get the idea.
Safari is set the same, but I have different settings for finder, iTunes, iPhoto, Logic, Photoshop, etc. Some motions are set globally and are the same regardless of what program you're using.
Get it here, it's fantastic and free (it also turns the Magic Mouse into a mouse/trackpad/multitouch super-tool...it's almost worthless without this program.)
http://blog.boastr.net/
I really like Chrome. What I don't like is the choppy scrolling with the track pad. If Google fixes that I'll switch completely. I find it to be much faster than Safari...honestly, noticeably faster, and it uses less memory. The extensions work well in the developer build.
Actually, no, that's not what I said, nor how I believe Google operates. You can't call them a monopoly, as there are plenty of other companies out there that do exactly what they do.
Do they have a large variety of products and services? Yes, but that does not make them a monopoly. You could call Apple a monopoly in terms of music since iTunes has such a large market share, and up until last year, locked you in to using your iTunes purchases on an iPod.
That's a monopoly.
Google has made Chrome for Windows, OS X, and Linux. Their products and services work on any standards compliant browser, not just Chrome. There is a version of Picasa for Windows, OS X, and Linux. There's a version of iPhoto for.... well.... just OS X. And if you want the newest version of that, I hope you're using OS X 10.5 or higher, otherwise, it won't run (Picasa requires OS X 10.4.9, but is Intel only).
From how I see it, most Apple fanboys have had a hate on for Google ever since Android came out. Why? Google has a mobile operating system that is used on a small fraction of phones compared to the number of iPhones out there. And, the technology and software that Google pioneers on Android, they plan on porting to the iPhone (like Google Goggles, which looks crazy!).
In the end, don't get all bent out of shape just because Google is making products in the same category as Apple. They're not trying to drive Apple out of business or "take over the world."
Oh, and as for the book thing, I've never seen publishers get it more wrong. Think of it, someone types in some random phrase (that happens to be in my book) in a search engine and up comes my book, with a link to Amazon saying "Buy it now!" Why wouldn't I want that? That's like a record company not wanting their music in iTunes.