Google Chrome

[cookiemonster]

I'm thinking of getting it.

Any good?

 

[alecstilleyedye]

yes, it's not a bad browser.

 

[Norm]

It's Google. Be careful.

 

[cookiemonster]

Why?

 

[beanzontoast]

I gave it a first look last week. It seems quite quick, but only time will tell I suppose.

 

[Norm]

Google provides software (maps, news, Earth, Gmail, Docs etc) free of charge to the end user.

They still use you to make money, though, they are just less open and transparent about it. IMO.

 

[fossyant]

Any better than firefox ?

 

[amnesia]

Been using it since it launched... seems to work very well with most sites (a few don't render properly, including ebay selling html).

Firefox is good, as is Opera, but Chrome is my fave at the moment.

 

[WindyRob]

it's in Beta form for the Mac and have been using it for a few days. It seems quite good, no problems with it crashing.... yet! My only gripe is that it doesn't support Garmin communicator. I was using Firefox in preference to Safari, but to be honest they are all pretty much the same i think; I just like trying shiny new things and Chrome has by far the shiniest the name of all the browsers

Windy

 

[scook94]

I had it but wasn't that keen. Quite like Opera as a change from Firefox...

 

[ASC1951]

Google provides software (maps, news, Earth, Gmail, Docs etc) free of charge to the end user.

They still use you to make money, though, they are just less open and transparent about it. IMO.

Blimey, that's sneaky. I'd better stick to Microsoft and pay over the odds for insecure buggy bloatware.

Chrome is very good, but if you are worried like Norm you can use Iron.

 

[Fnaar]

Been using it for over a year. Really like it.

 

[ASC1951]

Google provides software (maps, news, Earth, Gmail, Docs etc) free of charge to the end user.

They still use you to make money, though...

I use Google Earth, Google docs and Chrome. How do Google actually make any money from me?

 

[Norm]

Blimey, that's sneaky. I'd better stick to Microsoft and pay over the odds for insecure buggy bloatware.

As we're talking about Chrome, the Micro$oft equivalent would be Internet Explorer which you don't pay for. Nicely diverted, though.

Chrome is very good, but if you are worried like Norm you can use Iron.

Worried? No, thanks, I wear protection and I use Maps, Docs and Earth myself. Just don't wander into it without having a little cogitate on why Google are supplying all this stuff FOC.

But FireFox is a better browser.

 

[very-near]

As we're talking about Chrome, the Micro$oft equivalent would be Internet Explorer which you don't pay for. Nicely diverted, though.


Worried? No, thanks, I wear protection and I use Maps, Docs and Earth myself. Just don't wander into it without having a little cogitate on why Google are supplying all this stuff FOC.

But FireFox is a better browser.

It encourages their domination of the browser market. They make all their monty through the pay per click adds at the top of the results. IIRC, they turned over about $1billion USD last year.

I use it myself. It is very good.