@1.21Gigawatts:

IE 8 is much faster than Google's but I understand both browsers are in beta.

I am sure they will correct this.

yoshi

Touchpad doesn't really work with it. It'll scroll down, but it won't scroll up. Instant killer, because I use it -- a lot.

Dudemeister on the Run

FAST FAST FAST!!! nice tab placement and default tab behavior, scroll clicking links still opens them in new tabs but the tabs open next to the originating tabs which is nice... so all the gizmodo articles that i click on stay in a gizmodo zone of tabs instead of getting piled on the end... having other tools as there own tabs keeps it nice and neat instead of seperate windows to manage downloads, bookmarks or page source views... once developers start porting there plugins ill make the switch... i need foxmarks running on all my pcs... so that my bookmarks are always the same... splitting each tab into its own process is a smart idea, like when the websites are actually crude myspace profiles with a zillion applets on em. you dont have to lose your array of tabs...

urbanturban666

@djohnson60618: Not a strange feature at all. Safari has it standard, and FF can do it with an extension. It should be a standard feature in all browsers.

Any web designer worth their salary should be designing websites that can handle user-resized TextArea boxes. We don't live in 1998 any more.

jinushaun

The primary thing I have noticed is the speed. We have a CMS that has been a serious PITA as it generates huge pages that render slowly. In Chrome it is like a whole different thing. I haven't played enough to know anything for sure yet, but this is extremely promising. Especially if they come out with addon ability.

Dianoga

I tried it, and it seems fine, and I might try it again if it really takes off, but for now, I'm sticking to good ol' trusty Firefox.

Oh, and @Git Em SteveDave is starlost: Firefox has an extension for that. I haven't tried it, but it looks like it works. Text Area Resizer & Mover.

Platypus Man

I don't know if you all have experienced it, but for me, in XP it has a much smaller memory footprint than firefox.

brianjgeraghty

sooo... just switched back to firefox...
google chrome keeps crashing constantly... can't handle the shockwave player and flash apps... but hey, it is still beta. as soon as that is fixed i am going to kick IE in the bucket

thegermandude517

But did Google license the use of the Page Up and Page Down buttons from Microsoft for use in their browser?

EBone

any word on a Google Chrome for my BlackBerry?

mrpedenman

@yoshi: I refuse to touch anything IE related. I guess Opera and FF have spoiled me.

1.21Gigawatts

"Type a search engine keyword or URL, press Tab, then type a search term"

Can anyone get this to work? When I "press Tab", it just starts jumping through the webpage, not allowing me to shortcut to search. I've tried clicking and holding down Tab.

SwatLax

What a strange feature, lets you resize text boxes, like the one I'm typing into now. Seems like a nightmare for website designers. Otherwise I like the simplicity.

djohnson60618

@Wandel: looks fucking awesome in vista.

alukard

The ability to change the color should be an option panel option.

Secondly, Why can I not "Manage Bookmarks"? Ok, I just found out how, although not intuitive. I would like a bookmark button, instead of having to use the bookmark bar which wastes space. I have a small notebook, so every inch counts.

Finally, Since I cannot change the control panel (a la IE7), Chrome actually uses MORE real estate than Firefox with the default theme and Small icons (which aren't much smaller than the Chrome icons.

Other than these three complaints, I like the browser. The interface is snappy, but it doesn't render any faster than Firefox (which is not a problem.) It is like people using dial-up complaining that their computer is slow because the internet is slow. The faster interface makes it feel faster.

I'll be testing Chrome for the next few days, but I am already missing Ad-Block, IE Tab, the "Better" series of extensions and Greasemonkey. I am sure customization and extensions will come soon enough.

traviswalden

@MongoLikeCandy: i meant intial page loading speed, your right it does lag a little in showing dropdown tabs though.

@787style: the sharepoint site rending is nice, you just cant access explore view without IE, i wonder if microsoft will ever allow that

purple-pillows

@davesousa: you can also grab a tab and drag it directly in to IE too... even Word. It just copies the url.

Rabid Penguin

The killer app for me is the Google Suggest in the address bar. Instead of just mining your favourites and browser history like Safari and Firefox 3, it also gives suggestions to sites you've never visited before. Who needs bookmarks?

jinushaun

@TenaciousC: Way more shortcuts in (gasp!) the help pages:

[www.google.com]

D.

drzeller

you can also drag tabe from firfox directly into chrome.... can any one say awesome....

davesousa

Looks great, but without an IEtab equivalent, its pretty much useless for me at work and home. I use too many web apps that are 'IE only' and if i can't use it on my Mac pro, I'm basically out of ways to use the thing.

Secret Agent Man

The application failed to initialize properly ...

Anyone else having issues with Chrome installed using IE8 Beta 2?

ljj

I like it. I'm happy they brought this out with little fanfare and hype, clean and humble like the browser itself, no one trying to shove it down your throat like many Firefox folks. I read the entire comic and i felt like this is a fine step in the right direction.
Already set it as my default browser and as much as i am apprehensive about Google web dominance, this time they have done something fine with their experience....so far.

alukard

@1.21Gigawatts:

Try comparing to IE 8 real quick.

yoshi

@marinman: Interesting. People don't seem to mind that. Anyway no thanks I'll stick with FF.

RE-L

I'm using this side by side to FireFox portable and I honestly don't notice a difference in regards to speed rendering. The individual task manager and treating each tab as an individual process is nice, but it's just a programming niche.

The color scheme and minimalist approach went a little too far for me. The omission of the default search bar and inability to click down on the address bar and select from your history is kind of meh. Just my opinion, but they should have included a few more bells and whistles with their beta. I'm not liking this browser/OS route though. I understand it's a beta, but most google betas tend to be full blown apps.

The powder blue color scheme is driving me nuts though. I freaking hate it.

1.21Gigawatts

I'm really impressed with how it's rendering SharePoint sites. But I can't get flash working. (I know some would think that's a feature not a bug.)

MongoLikeCandy

I am using it now to surf and it seems very slow.

I know some say it's fast but it's very slow here.

yoshi

found some pretty cool keyboard shortcuts for this...
[corykennedy.net]

TenaciousC

Not bad. But Microsoft Exchange Webmail looks like crap in it.

Terp4Life

@purple-pillows: I don't see the difference in scripting/rendering speed.

Open [www.espn.com] in both Firefox and Chrome. Run your mouse over the NFL/MLB/NBA/NHL menu bar. The drop-down menus lag behind considerably, where in Firefox they keep up with a fast moving mouse.

787style

Overall it appears to be working OK. It is fast, but doesn't seem any faster than Safari (based on the same Webkit engine). Scrolling is broken on my notebook...actually I can scroll down all day...going up is the problem. So I'm trying to figure out why I would use this over FF or Safari? Oh yeah, privacy be damned!

duffyanneal killed WALL-E

runs quite fast on a mac mini in parallels (xp).

srdailey

I've discovered about:memory has anyone found any other about:'s?

Git Em SteveDave is starlost

It freaks me out that there's no File menu up there.
I also miss my status bar at the bottom of the screen.
My middle mouse button scroll ability isn't working by default, either.
Also missing: 'Open all in tabs' option under bookmarks.

This seems like a great first step, but it does feel like a beta app. But, much like their first stab at online apps (Google Docs), I'm sure this will improve greatly with time.

Mondoz

Now, to find out how to get back to the home page....

puntai

Keep in mind that this is an early version. Complaining about rough edges and missing features is like complaining that your 5-year-old brother can't play sports very well.

The real test is how Chrome evolves. Firefox's power comes from its addons, like adblock plus, greasemonkey, better gmail 2, remember the milk, etc., etc.. If Chrome gets all of the major FF addons, then FF may be in trouble. Until then, Chrome is mainly just an interesting work-in-progress, although I'm sure there will be niche markets/applications where it will excel (now, not later).

aj_robins

Sounds like it's implemented a lot that's right inside WebKit (like the detachable tabs w/translucent thumbnail, resizable text fields, etc.). Which kind of miffs me slightly that they had to release a Windows version before a Mac version ;-) However, I guess their using WebKit can only mean good things for Safari development as well.

Dearhaw

I can't return to an internet experience that includes all the ads. If there was an AdBlock extension, I'd use it. Until then, Firefox still wins.

787style

very fast... I like, but not the skin, I want themes.

isaacws

@reddingofish:

it's doable in firefox, coincidentally by editing a file called "UserChrome.css".

weird! instructions here:

[www.firefoxfacts.com]

nutbastard

I notice it renders Quirks mode just like Firefox 3... sort of interesting.

jwrose

Where's my bookmarks tab? :(

samuelk

wow im using it now too and its ridic fast... but it looks like a more linux type firefox,

mozilla may be mad because its not going to take market share from IE, most IE users dont know they can use something else, but firefox users do, and this will cut into their market share... sorry firefox its been a nice run but you should have tried to sell yourself to google before it was too late

purple-pillows

wicked fast...... now for adblock...

tman07

@Git Em SteveDave is starlost: Firefox maybe not. But Safari does. WebKit rocks.

IVPPITER

I still want the tabs on the bottom.

reddingofish

@tex1ntux: What browser are you using to install it? This kept happening to me while trying to install Chrome with Firefox.

I switched to my standard IE6 and it downloaded and installed without a hitch. I suggest using Internet Explorer and you'll be in Chrome Country.... It's beautiful around here... I'm loving this browser!!!

My only wish so far... a progress bar in the address bar ala Safari and Fission.

SkoGoody

Forgive me for what I said earlier.
This sucker's fast.

reddingofish

The only real stand out feature for me is that each tab is a single process meaning a single tab doesnt crash/stall the browser (which co-incidentally just happened before I typed this comment on Firefox)

ashwinaj

Renders things amazingly fast. Uses lots of memory.

Mmmm

nachobel

@Git Em SteveDave is starlost: Yep!

Adam Frucci

Wellll... So far, so good. Chrome seems to be very fast indeed, it only has one major drawback...Memory. I have currently 5 tabs open (Lifehacker, 2 Gizmodo, Mininova and Java) and Chrome uses over 130 MB of Ram for this. I think I'll stick with Opera for the time being, it's almost as fast and has all those nice features that seem to be missing here.

jsertic

I'm on it right now... pretty nice so far - but only had it running for the last 5 mins.

-LeiTxo

LeiTxo

What if Google detects where the ads are on the page and usurps them by placing its own in the page? No, I'm not paranoid, why do you ask?

dukemang

So i read the news.com article. I don't quite get how Google can use what I post online? So basically, since I am using Chrome right now to make this comment, they have the ability to reuse it for whatever reason they feel the need to? Doesn't make sense to me, plus, I don't get how they are capturing that.

smcguinness

Chrome looks pretty nice on Vista.

Wandel

Ohhh, anyone notice you can expand text fields, like the one I'm typing in right now by grabbing the lower right hand corner? Firefox doesn't have that.

Git Em SteveDave is starlost

All these years I have been fighting with users about the Google toolbar, now this. Jeeez

reddingofish

I'm digging it so far - lightning fast.

Sean Robertson

I need this for 2k for my laptop with "issues". I love it in XP.

Git Em SteveDave is starlost

great... that New Tab page is just igoogle and gawker websites.

cotr

Great article on news.com about the fine print, beware:
[tinyurl.com]

And yes, I'm using Chrome right now regardless.

marinman

Very fast...but no direct access to the google bookmarks used by igoogle.com and the google toolbar? Bad omission, I use it all the time....

Chimera

I tried.

tex1ntux

"Be wary of: surveillance by secret agents, people standing behind you"

lol

Jon B.

using it right now - Holy Munchos this puppy is fast at rendering pages - leaves FF3 in the dust.

Maksimir

wow it looks so nice! yesterday when i read the first article about this i wanted it but now i want it even more. can't wait for it to come out for mac :)

mariathephan

Built-in porn modes in browsers can only mean good things!

Parkington

@matt_maslanka: Try downloading it in IE; it worked for me and SkoGoody.

tex1ntux

>>I love the New Tab page, which displays your most-visited websites, recently-visited bookmarks, and recently-closed tabs.

Not sure I want this feature. My page would be filled with midget-hookers, transvestites, and unicorns.

Scaramanga

@SkoGoody: I ran into it on Firefox 3.0.1.

tex1ntux

like it so far, but they need to think a little more about the bookmarks.

b3n

@tex1ntux: I ran into that error too. Any ideas how to workaround?

matt_maslanka

I love it.

xint

Thus far I really like it. I installed it this morning before my morning perusal of the news and haven't found a thing I didn't like. Definitely going on my netbook.

--Scott

Scott

Missing a key feature, the ability for force "new windows" to open as a new tab instead.

Atticka

i cant find the print preview in chrome, thats key for me, also i can print selection!!!

jojoc123

I liked the Scott McCloud comic they had to introduce it.

Human Bomb Committed Solaricide

clear your cache on all your browsers then test speed.

migsims

everyone says its fast, but it seems slow compared to safari

Nik17

I'm enjoying Chrome! Hope it only gets better, like some AdBlock functionality.

But hey, Open Source, right? 3rd party guys, get out there and make some add-ons.

chenry

Hate the logo. I wouldn't want it on my dock.

The blue is so overwhelmingly XP...

I hope the Mac version at least has the good visuals down.

I can't wait to try it out though, because most Google apps are top knotch and they wouldn't release something if they didn't think they could do better than whats being offered.

CutePuppyz

no adblock plus = fail

already uninstalled

twylight

Whoops...and did I mention in that inspect element window that it has a "Resources" tab that shows each element on the page and the time to load, plus other info?

Love it.

Now bring on the plug ins.

Shoghon

For the web developers/designers out there....
Did you notice that Chrome has a built in 'inspect element' feature?

Right click on anything on a page a select Inspect Element. Very much like Firebug in Firefox.

Fantastic! I especially love the mac-like breadcrumbs on the bottom of the page showing the order/depth of elements.

Hmm. URL seems to be
chrome-resource://inspector/inspector.html

Start hacking!

Shoghon

Doesn't work with XP SP1.

Google should slow down and add more support before releasing things.

Odders3000

gears … chrome … os coming soon for sure; it's getting fast, don't know if that's a good thing.

geksi

It doesn't use native window elements (in any OS). That's a deal-breaker for me.

KRingg

I prefer Safari! Now there's a cat amongst the pigeons...

aussie

Pulldown? Why just not use the search keywords now that FF3 supports them? I personally love the ability to type "i dark knight" in address bar to fire up an IMBD search or "w macintosh" for Wikipedia. Etc.

Anyway, Chrome feels pretty nice - it just lacks a decent ad blocker which is a deal breaker for me. I don't have epilepsy or ADHD but I'm telling you - I will if I'd need to watch all the horrible blinking multi-colored Internet ads for several hours a day. Too bad we won't be seeing such as that would be kind of weird feature to add by a company that gets a shitload of money from advertisements.

atheos

its a big FAIL on my computers..none w/ XP Pro can make Chrome work

deadatbirth

"... new tabs open between the tab you have open and the closest tab rather than putting new tabs at the end."

As they fucking should.

traphicone

I can't surf the web without adblock so no-go for me

xenoastro

@Odders3000: Sounds like you just need to upgrade :P World doesn't wait around for Odders3000 to do stuff.

UniComp

It doesn't even support G-Mail notifier

oxweeblexo

Chrome gets it's proxy settings from the system/IE, unlike Firefox. Lame.

Namtillaku

I love the "Ctrl B" feature. Yay! Do other browsers have that?

UniComp

@Odders3000: It's called a beta for a reason.

Rabid Penguin

@Wandel: This is a known bug with a bunch of laptop touchpads.

@xenoastro: Chrome doesn't block pop-ups in the traditional sense, it shows that there is a pop-up in the same tab and confines it to that tab, then you can close it. But it starts minimized in the corner, has built in phishing and malware protection as well.

Also I had Flash and Java issues initially but I got them figured out. Java was not showing at all turns out you need 6rc10 on your machine for it to work.

Youtube was working but the sound wasn't had to install the flash installer again. GTG now though.

Pretty slick little browser, extremely fast, I can only see it getting better from it's open-sourcedness.

phimuskapsi

@Parkington: Unless you're David Duchovny.

CubFan81

Opera > Chrome

And I dont have to worry about Google tracking and selling everything I do in their browser..

bonedog73

seriously, this is opera.

jbhitter24

Im keeping my FF for now, at least until Chrome gets more polished.

Ba dum ching

ab3

@Wandel: Same here. Hoping for a quick fix.

.endejas.

@Shoghon: All those behaviors sound identical to what you get in Safari with the Develop menu turned on.

I wonder if the inspector tools are a component of WebKit too?

someToast

Well, I like it so far. However, I already really wish i could change the color scheme. And I miss my Firefox plugins.

Another thing I wish Google would add: options for keyboard browsing. I especially feel crippled without my "/" and "'" quick search keys.

I'll be sticking with Firefox for now, but will certainly be watching Chrome's development closely.

mfokp

Anyone else unable to scroll up using the touchpad on your laptop? Don't work at all for me. Scrolling down is fine(although a little fast), up simply doesn't work.

You'd think that's the kind of bug you'd catch in an internal beta.

Wandel

@twylight: lol... dude, its GOOGLE. You think they're going to allow you to BLOCK ADS??? hahahahaha

tremans

Unfortunately coming for a Big Firefox Fan, Google Chrome beats the crap out of it..

sarwatmj

@DeLarge: In the options menu, you can change the whole language, quite nice.

DeLarge

Not bad, so far so good.

wetworker

It's pretty need, i like it, know if google start to bundle this with new Pcs like they say they're gonna do microsoft better watch out cause google is becoming a big woldwide name and people know them for being good at anything they do

snitch29

My main machine broken, so I grab an old Dell Optiplex with a 1 Ghz CPU, 512 Mb memory, IE is a hog in this machine, so I installed FF.

Now, Chrome is FASTER than FF in this old tired computer.

One issue so far, I live in Mexico, but always use OS an apps in english. I didn't find a way to install Chrome in english. I was forced to install it in spanish.

DeLarge

The fastest thing ever created? Maybe. I'm on this thing right now and it's f-ing amazing.

Glare

which bookmark is censored?

rudeadly

i cant use a browser without a statusbar, just cant

jeszy

this program is very cool. I think the use of the task manager is the work of a genius! It allows the program to work at incredible speeds.

The only thing I miss is the add ons that firefox provided me.

shade-black

about:plugins
about:cache
about:stats

jerkyjones

"One thing I definitely miss from Firefox is the search bar with the multiple search engines pull down"

I like google's method better. If you go to the 20th page of the "chrome comic"
[www.google.com]

it describes how to get an instant search. Once you go to a website such as ebay.com and perform a search there. Then from that point on in the ~omnibar~ type "e" then "tab" and your search term. It worked for me on ebay.com and yahoo.com, but no lifehacker.com :(.

Whoopsi

Hate to pile on here, but sweet lord is Chrome fast!

All you guys trashing it for support related problems, remember: it's open source. We're gonna see Chrome addons in less than a week's time if I know how fervent Google fanboys are. Just wait before you uninstall.

michaelportent

OK. I've noticed that when I browse Gizmodo's website, it's a little slow. Other websites seem much quicker.

Also, on the history thumbnail page, I wish they would provide an tiny red "X" on the upper right corner to allow you to remove certain history items. Like porn sites. :)

Other than that, I like the simplicity of the browser. I like how they've combined the address and search textboxes into one.

yoshi

No ad blocking is a deal-breaker for me, and hopefully Firefox gets all the good stuff added. Plus this is very likely to get even more ads than standard, being from Google.

Onouris

about:stats

jerkyjones

@marinman: Wow, good catch. I like Google and use them for a hell of a lot, but I cannot condone that kind of license agreement and, where available, use software that doesn't hit you with that kind of garbage.

hnkelley

I can scroll down on the laptop touchpad, but not back up. And it messed up my quick launch bar (nothing clickable, can't expand it, icons disappear, etc.).

klew

I like a lot about it...the way it handles tabs is nice. The home page is also a neat idea. It's weird seeing ads on web pages again...although an ad-blocking hosts file would take care of 99% of them. So would a custom CSS, but I don't see a way to use one.

One problem I have is that when you hover the mouse over a link, it only shows part of the address at the bottom of the screen. There's plenty of space, and I'd really like to see if the link ends in .mpg or .pdf or something before I click on it.

FuturePastNow

Anyone know how to select a different search provider (eBay, Froogle, Wikipedia, etc...) via a drop down arrow key like in IE? Also, how can I set Chrome to be my default browser when I right click on Live Messenger and when I click on a mailto: link? BTW, this is much faster to load up on my old P4 2.66GHz than FireFox 3.0.

Heman

Is it just me or does that logo look like windows meets pokeman ball.

catndhat

It sounds good, but let's ask ourselves like the time when Safari for Windows came out - Do we really need another browser? Competition is good, but it's harder to justify installing another browser that more or less does the same thing as Firefox or Safari.

On the other hand, Webkit engine IS very nice, and it trounces over Gecko and IE engine on rendering speed and Javascript execution time - a big boon since my web app project for my company has a lot of AJAX/Javascript codes.

solgae1784

@samuelk: Where it says "other bookmarks". Pretty weak

@Wandel:

considering i use my touchpad more than a mouse, this is effing annoying. Now if i want to scroll up or down, i have to pull the mouse pointer all the way to the scrollbar. I'm not used to that

soulweaponry

If three-quarters of people are using IE, no wonder so many people are so exciting. It's about time someone re-hauled the browser dinosaur. This interesting article talks about the affect on Windows and Microsoft.

sarahoneill

I don't get it. Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't this just an another unfinished browser? What's wrong with FF3? Why are they releasing ANOTHER browser? What's the point? Just make FF better and make it open source.

kwellman

lol No Mac download? Wow google sucks! I really wanted to give this a shot.....Oh well Safari it is then.

Crash Override 777

@kwellman: What does Google have to do with Firefox? Firefox is made by Mozilla, a COMPLETELY different group.

krizoitz

It may be fast to show the page, but loading individual parts takes forever. Try ESPN.com for example. Safari was MUCH faster (on Windows even).

The tab pull out and resize text features are nice. Of course they have been in Safari for awhile now.

krizoitz

@twylight: I haven't seen an ad for the last three months with FF3, Adblock, and NoScript.

How does Chrome handle plugins?

Its Icon looks like a tricolor pokeball.

kanon

I'm cutting this browser some slack because it's beta, it's a first time for Google doing browsers, and it's the first time I'm running the program.

It is slow. Took significantly longer to load and if this was either Apple, Microsoft or Firefox, I'd give them a failing grade for the subpar speed.

The interface is beautiful. With Vista's transparency, it's a level of minimalism that puts iTunes to shame. Cupertino, look at the interface and take some notes.

My trackpad works fine (though a tad speedy).

Fix the speed and I'll consider keeping it. Mountain View, Cupertino and Redmond - take a gander at it and incorporate the winning ideas (like the UI)

OMG! Ponies!

been using it for a few hours now (got it right as it came out). Ive found some things that I really enjoy and I have seen people complain about a couple things so here's a rundown of stuff you might of missed:

-OS native skinning: Chrome does have this, I used it on a XP machine earlier and a vista machine now, it looks da SEXY on my vista machine (black topbar or aero clear when windowed)

-options > basics tab: you can assign it to open more then one file at startup, thats a new one to me, perhaps other browser have that and I missed it.

-options > basics tab > home options: you can hit the checkbox to add a "home" button like most browsers have.

-expandable comment boxes: look for the drag arrow at the bottom right, very useful! I have always loved that from the wordpress blogs.

-document icon > developer: VERY useful tools for web developers built in wohoo. looks as good as bugzilla by first appearances.

The important think to remember is this is a first release beta of brand new software, this shouldnt be compared directly to FF3 final release features. Since it is open source I expect to see all those useful plugins soon enough (adblock, etc..) if not even better. I do web development for a living and I am very impressed with my first "taste" of this browser.

grimdeath9740

@traphicone:

Bleh I don't agree. I much prefer a couple tab-related things in Opera. 1) new tabs opened go to the end. This is especially nice when opening a background tab. 2) when you close the active tab, Chrome seems to open the next tab to the right. I hate this, I want it to open the last tab I had before the one that's closing. If it just opens the next one to the right, I lose my whole browsing history hierarchy.

When these things couple together I guess it makes sense, because new tabs open directly to the right, and closed tabs open the direct right tab. However, since I don't agree with either of these, the fact that they stay consistent only bothers me more. It shouldn't be hard to have an option so we can have it both ways...

yertle

One problem I've noticed when comparing Chrome to IE side by side is that large fonts, like the ones at the top of the page, are not displayed as a solid color. Am I the only on that sees this?

BigDogues

only one...
Doesn't play well with WinSplit Revolution either.

BigDogues

I love Safari too much to try anything else.

CarmenLovesHerNewCanonDSLR

"The download bar doesn't indicate progress, it just shows a megabyte number. Weak." this is incorrect there is a progress bar. it is the green circle around the icon that will progressively fill....

davesousa

I'm typing this from chrome right now! Frankly I'm loving it. One really cool feature I just barely found out is that you can expand a text entry box (Like the one I'm typing in right now) so that you can see everything you are typing instead of having to scroll back up with the arrow keys. Nice feature, I like it. Overall I'm loving chrome. I'll use it for a couple days, but I'm not quite ready to break from FF yet, I've gotta see about this puppy's expandability. (All i really need is a foxmarks-like application and adblock).

vicsells

@Wandel: Works fine here. No problem at all, though I have found some bugs in the search engine list and the report bug window.

Tiago Sartor

First page I loaded on it, showed an advertisement....I came back to FireFox right after that. (Ad-Block plugin on FF)

travi

Extensions and theming support pl0x0rZ

HellTempest

NOTE: Installed it on my MBP with XP SP3 via bootcamp. First time I opened it, I got the BSOD. After I restarted though, everything worked fine :D

Jon B.

Beta version 0.2
Interesting features.
Freaking Fast (especially startup).
No crash yet.
Open source.
...
Promising.

fargi

Can't get Java to run. Works on FireFox3, I have latest version, I restarted app and computer, but still no.

Also, don't like the bookmark system/display. Awkward and semi-inaccessible.

And where are the file/edit/etc tabs? Not that "wrench" button, btw.

crapcakes

@SwatLax:

Figured it out finally... If you right click on the address bar, you'll find an <edit search engines> option. Click that and you'll go to a search engine selection window that lists the available search engines along with their specific keyword. You can use that keyword in the address bar followed by a tab, followed by your desired search word or phrase. For example, type "yahoo.com", <tab>, "django" to search for Django on Yahoo.

bkev

So... basically it's just an Opera knockoff :P It definitely looks like it drew from some of the Opera UI elements (such as tabs on top, then controls, then bookmarks) and the almost speed-dial like page (although it does have different functionality).

wvv

Anyone notice it doesn't allow you to duplicate bookmarks in the bookmarks bar. I have gizmodo in two folders on my bookmarks bar "news" and "morning" (for opening first thing in the morning). Chrome will only allow me to have one version of the shortcut.

Is it possible to send these issues to developers

Otherwise, for a beta 1 product WOW!

People should cut them some slack, especially concerning plugins. These should come and seem to be facilitated by the V8 vm.

paulhampson

"Ganja" bookmark?

hobnob

@ Wandel

Bingo. And I thought that I was the only one with this issue. Yes the scroll up doesnt work at all. Kinda lame that it didnt get caught in the internal tests. Do all google guys use mouse? there have been also reports that the centre button/scroll wheel click doesnt work.

high on memory bothers me. IE8 actually is pretty bad at the moment. not all sites including yahoo mail are rendered well. I have to view almost every other site in compatibility mode. Need to test chrome some more though.

vivek

Personally I tried and uninstalled it within about half an hour... works well, but no true full screen mode (F11) and the probability that there will never be Ad-Block functionality for it meant I'm just not interested.

pernod

For those of you having installation problems, I did too because of my proxy server. I downloaded the standalone install here:

[www.blogsdna.com]

DogStarMan

@bkev: Thanks

SwatLax

Is it me or is there no Java support?

catfewd

I expected alot more google integration of google products. Calendar, iGoogle, Gmail, Google Reader etc. Oh well. I think what they have presented us with, they have done very well.

DigitalReaper

I'm digging it so far but I gotta say I'm missing my mouse gestures/stumble upon.

entropy26

What's with the icon? Is Google Chrome suppose to be the internet's teet?

D.E.P.C.

both computers I have run this on, it has worked like a charm, loaded super quick, loads pages just as fast, the minimal design rules, has elements I like from FF, Opera and IE, its pretty sweet for a beta, cant wait for them to tweak it some and developers start getting out add-ons for it

rodsky

puntai, you can enable the Home button. Click the wrench and check the box to Show Home button on toolbar.

mitchb13

Just in case any code monkeys out there interested building for their own Mac or Linux ... http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved

RosalieCarter

The entire GUI, from the tab behavior (dragging to new windows, plus button, etc.) to the address bar dropdown to the floating address tooltips seems to be cribbed from Opera, with just a dash of IE7/8 (domain name coloration), as do all the "innovative" features.

Then again, why copy from anything else?

Hopefully Chrome will kill the antiquated Netscape rebranding that is Mozilla once and for all.

emag

@krizoitz:

You mean apart from the fact that most mozilla engineers work for google and yahoo ?
Mozilla is a foundation not a company engineers give their time to it, hence the whole "open source" thing D'OH!

Fourthletter

@CarmenLovesHerNewCanonDSLR:

To much to even try ? You never know how good other asses taste until you stop licking Steve Job's

Fourthletter

@Jon B.:
BSOD is driver based not browser, time to update those bootcamp drivers.

Fourthletter

As usual Google redefines how good a first beta can be.
Amazingly fast especially with multiple flash videos playing in tabs.
Needs a version of foxmarks built in, an ad blocker and some sexy themes.
Although the big picture is like Android anyone can develop their own browser based on Chrome, any chance Mozilla want to dump their legacy netscape code and move to this ?

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@Odders3000:

They don't have to support SP1 NO-ONE DOES ! its OUT OF DATE the rest of us are on SP3 you know.

Fourthletter

@yoshi:

Read the manual Yoshi there is a ghost mode for cruising your transgender porno sites, no need to delete history.

Fourthletter

@Odders3000: Nothing worth having runs on XP SP1. I know because I have to use XP1 at work, I we have that problem all the time.

SP2 is the standard.

bspencer

I just tried it, I went to straight to Fbook and noticed immediate hangups on what I can assume is flash that handles adding friends and sending messages on "the new facebook".

Namely, when I went to add a friend from the people you might now area... nothing came up at all. And when I switched through the categories of new facebook such as top friends status updates etc. The content changed but not the header that tells you what you're viewing. Still got some minor bugs but I'm sure all will be well in the end

summ1else

Works fine, but it's as ugly as all other Google apps. Don't they have any UI designers on staff? Minimalist is fine, but this looks like it was written for Windows 3.1 or DOS.

Austin_Buddha

using chrome, its fast as hell, and i just put it through the acid 3 test, and it scored 76, my ff3 scored 75. not bad for a first beta version.

cy4n1de

The download bars do show progress, just not on the bar. A circle in the left part of the bar will fill up with green bars. I was downloading a larger file at the time, not sure if it works the same for smaller fies.

TabithaHeracles

Flash player doesn't work. But if it did this would be my new default. Oh well, Opera ftw for now.

eric54

it crashes after i get out of full screen video on youtube.. seems it doesnt go well with flash

zender_ady

what about a freakin' pop-up blocker?

I wonder if Google Chrome browser will allow developers (since it's considered to be open-source) to add plug-ins that allow for ads blocking (theoretically including also Google Ads themselves!!!)

liq604

Looks nice. Very fast. My one and only complaint (so far) is the bookmarks bar. I hate, in a truly irrational way, using any more screen real estate on my browser UI than is absolutely necessary.

In Firefox, I'm using LittleFox as my theme and I have the the menu, nav buttons, and address bar all on one line with all the other menu bars turned off.

Until they give me a way to get to my bookmarks without using the whole bar, I'm sticking with Firefox.

bspencer

Very, very cool. I love the download interface. Love the minimalist appearance. Love the fact that it uses webkit without being short on features like safari.

Bring on the mac version so I don't have to run this in VMWare!!

m.curtis

My first impressions of Google's Chrome is that it is freaking fast. Also for developers, right click on any page and 'Inspect element' brings up a window like Firefox's Firebug. Very very cool.

DominicNimpimplah

I've actually love Chrome. Since it has 99% of the features I used in Firefox, plus the fact it fixed my Flash sound when playing flash videos, I've completely migrated and uninstalled firefox.

I'm an early adopter. Got the first iPhone even when people said it wouldn't be great. Picked up Pheonix 0.1 when it came out, and used Firefox since then. SO I guess the next one is Chrome :P.

Daegalus

So far I kinda like it. Other than it needs a home button, a dedicated search bar and an ad blocker.

Sanbon909

jsut make sure you go into your options and look at all of the wonderful passwords it's imported over from your FF browser... I was AMAZED at all of the passwords it imported THAT I DIDNT HAVE SAVED (im guessing it took it from the cache)... you must delete them and instruct it to not ask to save....
aside from that, i love it

wannacook

I like how the new tabs open on the tab next to the one your currently on. I think it actually keeps it more organized, That way when I open many tags from gizmodo they're all together not gizmodo facebook igoogle gizmodo gizmodo or something.

DJTripleRRR