Google Chrome Review: first impressions not good
Filed under: Computers, Software | By: Peter Chubb
Posted on: September 2, 2008 | 77 Comments
Well I have been waiting since yesterday to get my hands on Google Chrome, the search engine giant’s open source web browser. So I downloaded it from Google and then installed the software, and then decided to give Chrome a go. My first impressions are not that good.
So I then opened Google Chrome up and had a little play, and that was when I noticed the first of my problems. Firstly I could not find a button or logo to go back to my homepage, on further investigation it seems that you need to have your toolbar on for the Homepage button to appear.
Then there is the problem with my bookmarks which I imported from Firefox, for some reason I could not get them to show up. No matter what I tried I just could not find my bookmarks.
So what are your first impressions of Google Chrome?
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I have read many articles on google chrome for the past two hours. Could you plz let me know how to deleate the bookmarks from the google chrome. I am not be able to deleate the bookmark list.
Im a little late, but to delete bookmarks u just right click and go “delete”?
First of all, Google Chrome Beta (yes, it’s still in beta) which was released not long ago should not be compared with any browser because it has been released for a short while and this is there first browser and it’s just a Beta (not the completed version) unlike Firefox, and yet it still manages to challenge Firefox. Wait until Google releases 1-3 more updates/upgrades/newer versions to Google chrome and then try it again and most of you would like it (or since i’m now posting this, try the latest version of Google Chrome) but if you want add-ons/extensions that don’t slow down your browser or cause other issues like with Firefox, give Google 5 months - 1 year. Also, Google Chrome, believe it or not, is much faster, has a cleaner interface, uses less memory, crashes less than Firefox (with me) and is more secure and Google releases 10-30 nightly builds of Google Chrome everyday and also has a Developers/Testers channel which has newer versions of Google Chrome every 1-2 weeks (with a change log and new features etc) which are tested before they are publicly released. Google Chrome’s EULA was changed the day it was released when an error was found in it.
more secure, pretty bold statment, maybe the admin is biast. In the end google probable takes over everything aint that a scary thought, or do we just want to complain like we do with microsoft and its powers to deliver carpy shit.
ADMIN.. Here is the thing about google… ALOT of their stuff stays in beta.. Gmail is still in beta. If a product has nothing new and is just graphically edited version of another browser. It is a clone regardless of it being in beta.
I have never had any problems at all with Firefox 2.0. It’s fast, hasn’t crashed (except on webpages I created in class). I think you need to check for errors between your keyboard and the chair. If you surf tons of crap you are not meant to daily yeah you will find tons of stuff working in the background to harm your machine. and it will make it look like other things are running slower on their own.
My firefox is heavily modified. I have about 22-23 extensions and 3 themes. So addons and themes aren’t the issue of Firefox running “slow” It has something to do with your P.O.S. machine.
I don’t care if Google takes over the world with freeware stuff (hell firefox is free too) I just have a problem when they don’t add something NEW to the table.
First impression was good compared to IE and Mozilla. I think chrome loads a page faster than IE. But it can be compared with Opera. I think the opera take almost same time.
Chrome is best for gmail, orkut or other googles applications. But for other internet applications or secure sites IE and Mozilla are the best. Chrome team were concerned about the google applications.
Chrome initiates a process for each tab. If I open 10 tabs it shows 10 processes in taskbar. If memory isn’t an issue then it will work fine, otherwise its processes gonna frezze your system. I have received same comments from some other users.