Google Chrome launching tomorrow

I'm liking it myself. Seems to be nice and speedy and even after being left to idle all day its not lagging when I've started to use it again, like IE can sometimes.

Think I'll stick with it for now :)
 
Only two things in like, the 45 seconds I've been using it, I can't find my bookmarks and clicking in the mouse wheel doesn't do anything (like mouse movement scrolling).
 
I'm definitely liking it, but they need a proper bookmarks editor like Firefox, trying to do anything through the other bookmarks folder is just painful. However aside from that I'm really liking the browser. I can see this replacing firefox for me. Live doesn't seem to like it, but no surprise Microsoft...:dozey:
 
The lack of a bookmarks sidebar really annoys me.
 
Sir Phoenixx said:
Wow, really? A beta that was just released today/yesterday looks half done? That can't be!
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Don't forget it looks cheap as well.:upstare:

Google, well known for shoddy products and poor funding let's not forget :rolleyes:
 
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What the hell is this browser doing with my hard disk? It's doing something non-stop, slowing down the whole system. A lot of files are created, destroyed, then created, stuff like "safe browsing-journal". Is there no way to disable this crap? That's the only thing I don't like about Chrome.
 
I noticed that whenever the browser gets unresponsive, you can "fix" it byt right-clicking Chrome in the task bar. WTF...

Also some flash videos stutter a bit (like the "who loves the chocolate" one posted in a nother thread) as well as animated gifs, when there's a lot of them at once (and both issues are nonexistant in FF).
 
Why is that, when I play a video file from a website (Like, lets just say a ... porn clip ... for argument sake) it downloads it and saves it in "My documents/mydownloads" folder, then plays it? Leaving files (Evidences) in my personal folder; for my wife and the authority. I'll tel ya, this is trouble fellas.

VirusType2 said:
I'm surprised you don't like it then, seeing as you use IE.

:p
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Harsh, that's just too harsh. The idea of it being an open source browser makes it cheap. Looking at the damn it? half baked ... Y, U wanna fight? Well lets get it on virus. :sniper:

Sir Phoenixx said:
Wow, really? A beta that was just released today/yesterday looks half done? That can't be!
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Yeah really. And don't forget its cheap looking too.

[Matt] said:
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Fikin lol.
 
Great, every time I go to Options, it crashes.

Is this thing conformed to work well on XP 64?
 
Vegeta897 said:
Great, every time I go to Options, it crashes.

Is this thing conformed to work well on XP 64?
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It's a beta. Report the crash bugs.

*Edit* Link if you don't know how/where to file bugs: http://dev.chromium.org/for-testers/bug-reporting-guidelines

*Edit2* Well, look at that. The bug has been reported already it seems. Quick search finds the bug in their databse.

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=49

Make sure to post and tell them you're experiencing the issue and try to help out so you can help the bug get fixed. :)

*Edit3* Try the latest build, as I read in the comments that in a later build, it now works fine.

http://build.chromium.org/buildbot/snapshots/chromium-rel-xp/
 
Barney Fife said:
Why is that, when I play a video file from a website (Like, lets just say a ... porn clip ... for argument sake) it downloads it and saves it in "My documents/mydownloads" folder, then plays it? Leaving files (Evidences) in my personal folder; for my wife and the authority. I'll tel ya, this is trouble fellas.
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I'm assuming we're talking wmv/mov/avi files here, either way all browsers store everything you download to view on your hard drive somewhere.
Firefox\Chrome - type "about:cache" into the address bar.
IE - in Internet Options, Under Browsing History click Settings then "View Files".

I haven't been able to find this "my downloads" folder you speak of but then I prefer to download video I wan't to watch rather than leave it embedded in the browser.

Oh and you might want to know about this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3iCMkiezrs
 
Iced_Eagle said:
It's a beta. Report the crash bugs.

*Edit* Link if you don't know how/where to file bugs: http://dev.chromium.org/for-testers/bug-reporting-guidelines

*Edit2* Well, look at that. The bug has been reported already it seems. Quick search finds the bug in their databse.

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=49

Make sure to post and tell them you're experiencing the issue and try to help out so you can help the bug get fixed. :)

*Edit3* Try the latest build, as I read in the comments that in a later build, it now works fine.

http://build.chromium.org/buildbot/snapshots/chromium-rel-xp/
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Works great now, but why is it called Chromium?
Edit: Oh, that's the name of the open source project.
 
Viperidae said:
Go back to school.
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What does school have to do with this.

I wasn't aware there was an open source version under the name Chromium as opposed to Google Chrome, so I was confused.
 
Vegeta897 said:
What does school have to do with this.

I wasn't aware there was an open source version under the name Chromium as opposed to Google Chrome, so I was confused.
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Chromium is the actively developed version, and is Chrome minus the Google branding.

Actual Google Chrome releases will just take a stable Chromium build, add their branding and release that. It's 100% the same software though, only difference is if it mentions Google or not.
 
So which file in the build directory should I download to update my build?
 
Vegeta897 said:
Doesn't seem to do anything when I run it.
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Works for me. I just got the latest build, ran mini-installer, and it installed Chromium (no GUI install though).

Look in the Start Menu for Chromium. It should be there if you ran it.

If not, just download the chromium zip, and extract it. Should do the same thing.
 
I already have chromium, the latest build at the time you gave me that page; now I want to update to the new latest, I'm wondering if I'm doing the right procedure if I want to update. I'll try the zip.
 
I think that would be the "best" procedure.

The actual best procedure would be actually using SVN and compiling it yourself though.
 
Google: FF needs more googleage, match our colour scheme and slap our name on everything k?
MoCo: We'll need more monies for that.
Google: ORLY?
MoCo: YA RLY.
Google: Have it your way then.

And thus Chrome was born. Although it's open source they've avoided fixing any holes with FF by using webkit instead of gecko.
 
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