JasonLewis Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Argh. It's a lovely browser an all but can you move the tabs to below everything else, not at the top. It's annoying because I have MSN contacts appearing on desktop and the tabs go underneath them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Posting from Google Chrome. I haven't done any actual tests but just eyeballing it I really don't see a difference between this and FF3's loading performance...but to be fair, I do have a 12mb cable connect and I'm on a 2.5ghz quad core with 6gb ram... I think that tabs at the top are novel, but I'm so used to tabs being where they are on other things that it just doesn't seem that shiny to me. It kind of makes me feel like there is a separate navigation UI (url bar, buttons, bookmark quicklinks etc..) for each tab, which from a design PoV, somehow doesn't seem right. I don't like how the out of the box default is to not have the homepage button on the toolbar, though I suppose we could get into a long debate about whether that button is pointless or not, considering the whole bookmark toolbar. I don't like how opening a new tab automatically brings up that page with the most visited pages/bookmarks, and that you can't seem to change that to your homepage or something. You can't seem to change the new tab page at all. Being able to access a list of most recent stuff is okay but when I open a new tab, I'm looking for a list of known, set in stone options. Kind of like the home button or bookmark buttons toolbar. I would personally rather see those come up on the new tab page. I recognize this is a preference, but that's my point. I should be able to choose to customize the New Tab page somehow. Maybe I've been brainwashed, but I expect to see "File Edit View Tools Help..." at the top left of my window, no matter what window it is, and that includes my browser. Yes I see those options to the right of the url bar, but I am used to seeing them at the top left. That's one of the main things I dislike about IE (from a general UI PoV). I immediately dislike not having all the addons I use for firefox. I can't rightclick a word and have a list of options pop up like a definition or translation(s), being able to rightclick on a word and have it auto-open a tab with that word(s) submitted to a specific site (like dictionary.com, php.net, etc...). On that note, is Chrome going to even allow addons etc.. like firefox? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonLewis Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 I don't like how opening a new tab automatically brings up that page with the most visited pages/bookmarks, and that you can't seem to change that to your homepage or something. You can't seem to change the new tab page at all. I believe Opera does this as well, except slightly different. They have "Speed Dial" where you can specify pages you access often. Like bookmarks. On that note, is Chrome going to even allow addons etc.. like Firefox? It should, eventually (only guessing). I mean, it is Google. And this is a beta. I just want those god-damn tabs moved down! And I agree with the File, View etc etc. It defiantly needs that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Don't get me wrong...I do understand that removing the File, View etc.. from the top is an effort to minimize toolbar space and maximize actual website space, so I do applaud the effort. But nonetheless I want that toolbar. There should be an option somewhere to show/hide that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerRobot Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 "It only offers what you explicitly typed as first choice" - Paraphrase of the omnibar's auto completion as described in the released comic. Ah yeah, I remember reading that now. Stupid though. It should offer what you've visited as first choice, regardless of if you've typed it or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neylitalo Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Looks as though Google has decided that copy-and-paste may be flawed when it comes to writing EULAs for their products: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7597699.stm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 corbin: http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/features.html http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/why.html Those pages basically say the same as the comic. I liked the comic though and I think it's more likely that less technical people are going to read a comic than they are going to read pages written in plain text. Entirely missed those ;p. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Looks as though Google has decided that copy-and-paste may be flawed when it comes to writing EULAs for their products: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7597699.stm Yeah right. I bet they just wanted to see how long they could get away with having that in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zane Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 I wonder if there going to make it Google App compliant. in other words..I wonder if they'll make it work with things liike Gmail and Google Documents and such, that would be sweet. If they keep going they could very well make an OS....an internet OS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 yeah...I bet they pretty much become masters of the universe for all portable devices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zane Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 hopefully by then they at least have the decency to keep the open source part of it all......lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
448191 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Did anyone have any success running the Windows version using Wine? I tried this: http://www.myscienceisbetter.info/2008/09/install-google-chrome-on-linux-using-wine.html But I don't get the install process. Running wine 1.1.5. The first time it ran Chrome without installing it (poorly) after that, running 'wine chrome_installer.exe' does nothing. EDIT: Scrap that. After a system restart, it suddenly works fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Hrmmm I always thought Wine cost money. Just googled it. I might put Linux on this comp later.... lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zq29 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Hrmmm I always thought Wine cost money. Just googled it. I might put Linux on this comp later.... lol WINE isn't anywhere near perfect, so don't go ahead and switch to Linux hoping that you'll be able to run all of your Windows apps... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 I don't run many things that I couldn't find a Linux version of. Besides, I would keep Windows. In fact, I would probably keep Windows as the default sys. I would mainly just like to be able to run a game or two under Wine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
448191 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 With Wine, VirtualBox, and many Linux (often better) alternatives, there really isn't too much reason not to switch from Windows to Linux. It takes some effort naturally.. For programmers/Web developers, Linux makes live easier IMO. For Web designing, it doesn't. But, for any designing I need to do I just fire up VirtualBox. Photoshop does also run under Wine, or so I've read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted September 20, 2008 Author Share Posted September 20, 2008 It takes more resources to run an OS plus a VM than it takes to run an OS only. If you have a lot of resources then it isn't a problem, but not everybody do. Also, if you have to use more resources, then you'll have a lower battery time if you're using a laptop that's not connected to a power source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
448191 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Nitpicker I can run an XP VM in the background without noticing any lag in Ubuntu on my laptop. And I can't do a full working day on battery alone anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted September 20, 2008 Author Share Posted September 20, 2008 Well, still... If I have to allocate 1 GB ram for a VM to run Photoshop or whatever, then I'll already have used half of what's in my computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
448191 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 True. Only one alternative: more RAM In my search for a new laptop, RAM was one of the top criteria. You need a VM to test in IE6 anyway. Unless you want to restart your computer every time you need to go from Vista to Xp... RAM is not the only thing to consider though. CPU usage is a lot higher as well. I guess the moral of the story is that you're right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 That was a funny little stream of convo. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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