Chrome: is Google losing it?

Posted by aitoehigie on Wednesday October 15, 2008 @05:22AM
from the self-post dept.

I have been trying out the google chrome browser and i was a little let down. Google used to be the hub of innovation but this browser is a disappointment. The minimalistic address bar is a very poor clone of Firefox's wonderbar and the default homepage is an exact copy of Opera's hot dial, also the javascript console is a copy of safari's. And the list goes on....

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Re:Chrome: is Google losing it? by schtog on Wednesday October 15, 2008 @08:07AM (#333190)

It solved the "elephant int he room"-problem wih browsers, that the whole thing crashes when one tab crashes. Each tab having its own process is great.

I miss some features from Firefox and I still use Firefox but Chrome defineately has potential.

And like bdfh42 said, it's waiting for a killer app.

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Re:Chrome: is Google losing it? by aaronjerling on Wednesday October 15, 2008 @08:33AM (#333211)

Surely taking the best of a lot ideas and putting them into one browser is a good thing. That's how processes become streamlined and businesses flourish.

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Re:Chrome: is Google losing it? by gaius on Wednesday October 15, 2008 @07:08AM (#333161)

Chrome is not a general purpose browser. It's a desktop client for AJAX applications. It's more like NeWS than it is like Netscape. Use it for what it's for and it's fine.

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Re:Chrome: is Google losing it? by bdfh42 on Wednesday October 15, 2008 @05:33AM (#333118)

but no bad for an early beta though.

Chrome will come to the fore when the first applications that rely upon JavaScript compilation for performance come along - the browser is waiting for the first "killer app".

Remember that processor speed increases are no longer a given - we need to develop ways to execute more code in the browser despite that, as then we can deliver the very rich browser based applications that (for the moment) are just a twinkle in a developer's eye.

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Re:Chrome: is Google losing it? by TrevorJ on Wednesday October 15, 2008 @09:34AM (#333264)

To address the original point, I don't think Chrome is a sign that Google is losing the elusive "it". Google has a bunch of less-than-popular initiatives out there. Sometimes, they roll new products out not as an end-game but as a means to some other non-obvious goal.

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Re:Chrome: is Google losing it? by schtog on Wednesday October 15, 2008 @04:30PM (#333702)

The non-obvious goal being world-domination and the end of Microsoft.

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Re:Chrome: is Google losing it? by lacker on Wednesday October 15, 2008 @11:14AM (#333365)

So... do you like the browser or not? Forget whether it is "innovative", the question is are you happy as a user.

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