New Browser from Google (Chrome)

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Whoop got it and browsing this site in it.

First impressions:

1. GOOD : It's tiny and is fast!
2. GOOD : It feels like an extremely stripped down browser..just the essentials.
3. BAD : I expected Gmail,Gtalk,Google Calendar etc etc to work in this browser "out the box" aka "Google Toolbar" ...not seeing it, maybe i'm missing something?
4. GOOD: Web Page Applications [if you know Mozilla Prism...now it's built into the browser]..run your fav websites as seperate apps with shortcuts on the desktop. <-- This is cooler than you think, Firefox is kinda bloated for this which is why
i never used it...example site you'd do this with : http://www.meebo.com .
 
I'm enjoying it.

Probably the best none opera first 10 minutes experience i have had. I like the look, simplicity and speed. Even though it lacks many of the features found in other browsers, its well designed, and so you feel like you don't need those features as the ones which it has are all useful.

Web page apps are very cool.

Only thing i don't like is being forced into using the blue theme. I would like it too look like the rest of my apps. It should use my windows theme. Anyone found out how to change this?

Very nice first attempt.
 
First impressions: Love the new tab method, much more screen space that I've been able to squeeze from firefox.

Only annoyance is with hovering over things. Hovering over the tables in "view new posts" gives you a short description of the cell...or rather the thread. The delay is set to low and when I move my mouse over each threads link, annoying descriptions keep popping up. Very small issue that I'm sure can be fixed quite easily though.
 
Doesnt show all my webpages correctly... ;)

but I like it...
 
mmm I like....

Only problem I have is that my smooth scrolling is gone. :(
 
Also I bet if they DID ad google toolbar people would be bitching about it... Funny thing is... It actually checks your spelling but it says google is a spelling mistake ;)
 
Ok since it's only in beta at the mo I cannot use Google Toolbar with it, so FireFox will be running on the side as well. At least for the time being usernames and passwd's can be imported in chrome. So I can just import it and go to the site and log in.

No crashes so far. Also has a spell checker.
 
I've just downloaded and installed it ... tried it but found it slower than my Firefox 3 browser (may be a cache issue?). I can't seem to find how to get my bookmarks in a list on the left side of the browser window.
 
Working very well on this side, sleek & fast. An excellent first attempt. :cool:
 
There is no toolbar, because search is built into the address bar. I typed "?" and a keyword, and it automatically showed me a tooltip that clearly said that it would search for these keywords.

I like it - apart from the non-theme stuff.
 
Pooky said:
mmm I like....

Only problem I have is that my smooth scrolling is gone. :(
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Having the same problem with the scrolling.

Also finding it sluggish when loading pages from the forum. If i open a thread on a new tab, it will churn away for a while before its open, while its doing that, i cant browse the original thread.
 
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