Google Chrome (FINAL)

[anon]

Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.

One box for everything
Type in the address bar and get suggestions for both search and web pages.

Thumbnails of your top sites
Access your favorite pages instantly with lightning speed from any new tab.

Shortcuts for your apps
Get desktop shortcuts to launch your favorite web applications.

DOWNLOAD PAGE

Yep, Google's web browser

[vDD+wR]

looks pretty nice i have to admit, but i've never heard that google' developing a browser...
but i rather stay with the rock solid opera
who knows what google implemented to know what p0rn sites you're currently opening...

greetz

[anon]

looks pretty nice i have to admit, but i've never heard that google' developing a browser...

Well, here you are
But they have already developed [private] operating and file systems, so a browser doesn't surprise me

but i rather stay with the rock solid opera

Me too But I'll have to say, that new "V8" faster JavaScript VM sounds interesting... hopefully it'll be implemented in current browsers too

who knows what google implemented to know what p0rn sites you're currently opening...

The browser itself is open-source, so such "call homes" would be spotted instantly

[rufus0815]

The browser itself is open-source, so such "call homes" would be spotted instantly

Google Chrome Privacy

[Nobody]

Firefox + Ubiquity is the future I think. Command-line internet manipulation is just awesome sauce.

[vDD+wR]

Google Chrome Privacy

didn't read the whole article, but what i read souds unproblematic to me... nearly every option thats sends information to google can be disabled, and they provide the how-to for disableing too. never thought that google would do such thing.
but as anon said, that its open source, i think they have to provide such features, otherwise they can never get over the prejudices about calling-home techonlogies..
(youtube.com/watch?v=AuRzIxereSg - YouTube - Google Documentary 1/5 if you dont the google documatary,a little old already but still a pretty good one)

EDIT:

just found those benchmarks: (winfuture.de)

But I'll have to say, that new "V8" faster JavaScript VM sounds interesting...

so, googles new browser is rockin a little (and its only b3ta)

the whole article can be read there: WinFuture.de - Google Chrome: Leistungsvergleich mit Firefox & Co.

english source for the benchmarks. pretty much the same, i think :
Speed test: Google Chrome beats Firefox, IE, Safari | Business Tech - CNET News

[Aurion]

nice to see Google's first browser in a life scene !! Installing...... Testing.....

Sounds great tho

[anon]

@Aurion: it seems to be unable to work Sandboxed (doesn't connect to anything), so you'll have to test it in a VM or another Windows install.

IMPORTANT

I think all of you need to know this!

So, are you enjoying the snappy, clean performance of Google Chrome since downloading yesterday? If so, you might want to take a closer peek at the end user license agreement you didn't pay any attention to when downloading and installing it. Because according to what you agreed to, Google owns everything you publish and create while using Chrome. Ah-whaaa?

Here are the juicy bits in question:

11. Content license from you

11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling Google to display, distribute and promote the Services and may be revoked for certain Services as defined in the Additional Terms of those Services.

...

Google Chrome: Google Chrome EULA Claims Ownership of Everything You Create Using Chrome, From Blog Posts to Emails

[Logitech]

Google's Chrome one step forward, two steps back.

[anon]

Really, huh?
And Google's slogan is "don't be evil"

[vDD+wR]

Google Chrome: Google Chrome EULA Claims Ownership of Everything You Create Using Chrome, From Blog Posts to Emails

geez, how could they do such stupid thing?!
as Logitech said, the only good thing about chrome so far, is the greatly improved javascripting engine.
everything else, ...

And Google's slogan is "don't be evil"

lol, seems like they love some irony
--
just watching tv and they showed an article about chrome, and all they metioned was that its the fastest acting browser available, very slim install, no need to upgrade ram or the processor (wtf), bla, bla, bla... nothing about the negative side...very one-sided

[Logitech]

Really, huh?
And Google's slogan is "don't be evil"

You didn't posted the whole slogan:

"Don't be evill, because we're and you can't stop us"

[anon]

geez, how could they do such stupid thing?!
as Logitech said, the only good thing about chrome so far, is the greatly improved javascripting engine.
everything else, ...

I think the same. Glad V8 is open-source, so it could be added to current browsers without having to use Chrome and give Google rights over everything we do with it!
Unless it's in the EULA that the "we own everything you do" also applies to any browser with V8, etc...

just watching tv and they showed an article about chrome, and all they metioned was that its the fastest acting browser available, very slim install, no need to upgrade ram or the processor (wtf), bla, bla, bla... nothing about the negative side...very one-sided

Here you also can't find anything about this EULA point in at least the first 10 Google search pages when looking for "google chrome"...
Oh well

Edit:

The Chromium source code is released under a BSD licence. Users of the Google Chrome executable code version must accept Google Chrome Terms of Service instead. A Slashdot news item has drawn attention to a passage in the EULA reading

"By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any content which you submit, post or display on or through, the services."

The passage in question is inherited from the general Google terms of service. The Register summarizes the passage as "Your copyright goes up in smoke".

A user who doesn't want to be bound by this "Service Agreement", can bypass it by downloading the source code, and building it oneself (or using a version built by someone else). Building from the source code, although, requires Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. Such self-built executables should be properly named Chromium, not Chrome.

So hopefully we'll be seeing Chromium builds around the net soon

[0ldboy]

WOW, i've tested it a lil' bit, WOW

Its really fast, faster than Firefox 3 for me (!) with my DSL 16k connection!

It didn't crash and the look-and-feel is okay!

Well done GOOGLE (REMEMBER, ITS JUST A BETA)

edit: Also good "import-functions", good security-features, BUT more RAM as firefox needed cause' it loads every TAB like a single browser-window (reason: to avoid global crashes)!

[anon]

And Google now owns that post you've just made.
If someone could compile a Chromium build for us this wouldn't be a problem.

edit: Also good "import-functions", good security-features, BUT more RAM as firefox needed cause' it loads every TAB like a single browser-window (reason: to avoid global crashes)!

Like the IE8 beta, but how much RAM does this use after opening a few tabs?
IE8 would reach like 80MB per tab