Google Chrome browser for Mac leaves beta

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  • Reply 21 of 63
    noirdesirnoirdesir Posts: 1,027member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by AppleInsider View Post


    Google Chrome browser for Mac leaves beta



    Really?



    Installed it for the first time, started it up, after a minute or so (while I was still browsing through the preferences settings), this message popped up. Within a few minutes, it popped up at least five more times (with me even not having tried to visit any page, just having an empty tab open).



    BTW, I do run a pre-alpha Camino build as my main browser and Webkit nightlies as a secondary browser.
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  • Reply 22 of 63
    joe hsjoe hs Posts: 488member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by bigdaddyp View Post


    I didn't think it was possible for a piece of Google software to leave Beta.



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  • Reply 23 of 63
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Chris_CA View Post


    Since you criticized it, was demonstrated BY you.



    Reading comprehension helps. I did not criticize it; I praised it.
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  • Reply 24 of 63
    daveswdavesw Posts: 406member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by anakin1992 View Post


    is it going to collect my web surfing habits silently?





    Google admitted to collecting data about people's online activities from unsecured Wi-Fi networks over the past four years.





    AFTER GETTING CAUGHT!





    http://www.pcworld.com/article/19639..._thinking.html







    Never EVER Trust Google Software and Services.
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  • Reply 25 of 63
    noirdesirnoirdesir Posts: 1,027member
    Another nice picture:

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  • Reply 26 of 63
    noirdesirnoirdesir Posts: 1,027member
    And to conclude the trilogy:

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  • Reply 27 of 63
    wplj42wplj42 Posts: 439member
    In the past, only Safari works with VoiceOver. Only Camino and Safari allow for Speech to work from the Services menu. Because speech is a must have for me, Safari is my only browser.
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  • Reply 28 of 63
    soskoksoskok Posts: 107member
    Everyone seems to talk about browser speed. Do you really able to anticipate 1/100 of a second difference? Speed depends on your broadband not on your browser.



    Good it finally is stable. It was a good browser even in beta, just not my type. It has many features but doesn't look sexy, i prefer sexy over functional.



    P.S. same as in female market, sexy over smart is 99.9% choice
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  • Reply 29 of 63
    erunnoerunno Posts: 225member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Rind View Post


    Why do I need another application to perform the

    same task that Safari does so well?



    Because Safari is a horribly under-featured browser build on top a good web engine? Safari has almost nothing going for it except its excellent history.
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  • Reply 30 of 63
    erunnoerunno Posts: 225member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by TBell View Post


    If you use Little Snitch, you will see the Google's Chrome likes to call home quite a bit. So much, that I gave up on it.



    Chrome does only transmit usage data to Google if you opt-in. You're simply spreading FUD.
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  • Reply 31 of 63
    ihxoihxo Posts: 567member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by ilogic View Post


    Safari is incredibly simple and fast, all I need, there's also that plug-in: glims that I like.



    Glims does come in handy.

    No idea why apple doesn't implement save tabs on exit.
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  • Reply 32 of 63
    tofinotofino Posts: 697member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Erunno View Post


    Chrome does only transmit usage data to Google if you opt-in. You're simply spreading FUD.



    i think his point was that it doesn't ask you if you want it to call home and i couldn't find a way to opt out of that when i installed a beta a while back. little snitch of course caught the faceless 'google updater' running in the background, and that was the reason i stopped using it right away. granted, that was a while back, i don't know if that's still the case.
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  • Reply 33 of 63
    I recently switched from Safari to Chrome for the following reasons:



    -Youtube and Safari do not seem to jive as of late, even with the latest Safari update.



    -Yahoo mail (which is just awful IMO, but I'm stuck w/ it) just gets hung up constantly.



    - There are certain allowances in chrome which I prefer, such as the ability to have icons in the bookmarks bar. Maybe that is an option in Safari that I am unaware of?



    I was a loyal Safari user for years and haven't abandoned it completely, but for now, Chrome is the deal.
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  • Reply 34 of 63
    erunnoerunno Posts: 225member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Tofino View Post


    i think his point was that it doesn't ask you if you want it to call home and i couldn't find a way to opt out of that when i installed a beta a while back.



    Yet there is a major difference between an updater checking if there are updates for an application or "OMG IT STEALZ MA PRIVATES" FUD which is brought into position against Chrome each time there's a lack of better arguments. One can of course debate most splendidly if Google should update the application automatically in order to protect its majority of unsuspecting users from flaws in a timely manner. :P
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  • Reply 35 of 63
    clexmanclexman Posts: 218member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Soskok View Post


    Everyone seems to talk about browser speed. Do you really able to anticipate 1/100 of a second difference? Speed depends on your broadband not on your browser.



    Thats what I thought before I started using Chrome. I always blamed my internet connection, but after Chrome I realized it was the browser and not the connection.



    I use Chrome 6.x on Windows and all the complaints listed here have been covered. I love the bookmark sync and just using icons for my bookmarks. The sync also syncs your preferences. I go from laptop to desktop all day and love that even my history is synced.
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  • Reply 36 of 63
    richlrichl Posts: 2,213member
    I really like Chrome's ability to sync bookmarks across multiple operating systems. That's the biggest reason why I use it.
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  • Reply 37 of 63
    solipsismsolipsism Posts: 25,726member
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    Originally Posted by RichL View Post


    I really like Chrome's ability to sync bookmarks across multiple operating systems. That's the biggest reason why I use it.



    You can do that with Safari and Firefox. Firefox requires a plug-in and Safari requires Mobile Me, but also gets the added benefit of syncing to other browsers besides Safari on Windows.



    My issue with Firefox for Mac is that it follows Safari's Bookmarks Bar setup, using only names and not allowing for Favicons. I like to have many items in the Bar and prefer to have only the icon represented as it's smaller while still being easily understood. I use Safari as my primary browser so it's not a deal breaker, but i wish I had the option as it increases my bookmark capacity tremendously.
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  • Reply 38 of 63
    lowededwookielowededwookie Posts: 1,184member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by 7600/132 View Post


    Also, if you like cutting edge, have you tried Webkit nightlies? http://nightly.webkit.org/ It uses the same interface as Safari, and even shares bookmarks, so you can always go back incase the latest nightly is too buggy.



    That's because it IS Safari. It's just called WebKit to distinguish itself from the full release version.
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  • Reply 39 of 63
    lowededwookielowededwookie Posts: 1,184member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Soskok View Post


    Everyone seems to talk about browser speed. Do you really able to anticipate 1/100 of a second difference? Speed depends on your broadband not on your browser.



    Good it finally is stable. It was a good browser even in beta, just not my type. It has many features but doesn't look sexy, i prefer sexy over functional.



    P.S. same as in female market, sexy over smart is 99.9% choice



    Sexy loses looks fast whereas smart is always the best bet. Sexy gets boring real quick but you are never bored with smart.



    Sexy AND smart no that's the combination to go for. In that case Safari wins hands down.
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  • Reply 40 of 63
    2oh12oh1 Posts: 503member
    Still no option to not use fonts smaller than a certain size? That's a shame. Is there an easy workaround?
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