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[zephyr]

MS announces IE8 and moments later we have- Google Chrome.
It seems that IE is still not standards compliant (there are conflicting opinions so far),
but seems to be running at +/- 50%, but Chrome is claiming 99% out of the gate...
They say that testing has been intense, especially on pages with high PR
The big schlameel is that each tab will run in a discreet process.

Supposed to be out by Tues the 2nd at /chrome

Cartoon book
www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/

Google blog
googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/fresh-take-on-browser.html

Edited by chrishirst, 02 September 2008 - 06:25 AM.
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[Nueromancer]

MS announces IE8 and moments later we have- Google Chrome.
It seems that IE is still not standards compliant (there are conflicting opinions so far),
but seems to be running at +/- 50%, but Chrome is claiming 99% out of the gate...
They say that testing has been intense, especially on pages with high PR
The big schlameel is that each tab will run in a discreet process.

Supposed to be out by Tues the 2nd at /chrome

Cartoon book
www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/

Google blog
googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/fresh-take-on-browser.html

mm i dont think high pr = standards compliant

[chrishirst]

They are talking about the REAL PR which (in theory) are the most linked to pages, which again (in theory) are the pages most likely to be visited by a wide range of people.

So if those pages can be handled by their browser, it should cover most os the bases.

[rolf]

Looks interesting.

So, whos going to be checking out the beta later today? I definitely will

[Jill]

I'm not too interested at the moment. Quite happy with Firefox.

[piskie]

If it's Safari based, it could be a useful aid when designing on a PC for those that don't have a Mac.

[Randy]

Just what I need to worry about, another new browser.

[zephyr]

/chrome now live

Nice browser, simple, opens fast...
but who needs it??
especially with FF now so well developed, w/ all the SEO plugins...
The "seperate process per tab" thing is nice, but rarely does errant JS crash FF anyway

Seems very much like FF as far as page presentation

[Michael Martinez]

Actually, I'm using it right now and it does some things MUCH better than Firefox.

I've never liked Firefox. I don't know if I'll like Chrome but it's not nearly as bad as Firefox.

[Jill]

I have so many FF extensions I use on a daily basis, I can't see switching to something else at this point, unless it somehow imports all the extensions with it.

[Vini]

another browser to worry about wheter layouts are going to fit or not...
gosh, I didn't like it all!I don't think IE will lose popularity with that!

[Jill]

This is a really interesting read about Chrome (written like a comic book):
http://www.google.co...rome/index.html

Definitely sucking me in to trying it....nooooooooooo

[lisety]

On Jill's link, leave out the /index.htm, or at least I had to. I've downloaded the beta version and am about to take it for a spin:-)

[Jill]

Fixed...somehow l lost the "L" in html!

I still haven't downloaded, but I'm sooooo tempted...sure I will sometime this week.

[lisety]

I took it for a little test run and that baby is fast!!!! I could get used to that as I'm a speed demon I opened up a second tab and was on the page where there's a youtube video on Chrome and that page crashed. At first I thought, oh well, I'll open it again tomorrow....but only the one tab crashed. It was great I hadn't realized how annoying it was having IE crash for all my tabs if one tab crashed. I think the speed and the way only one tab crashed is definitely an improvement on IE. I might hold off using it exclusively until they're out of Beta but it looks good to me!