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Re: Why Chrome and not a better Firefox?

ranjanp — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:16:35 -0000

Yep. I have a dozen I use and there's no way I am switching unless chrome has them available. The interesting thing would be if chrome started supporting firefox extensions.

Re: Why Chrome and not a better Firefox?

ranjanp — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:14:26 -0000

Android is using webkit, not firefox code.

Re: Why Chrome and not a better Firefox?

WaitingForTheG1 — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:36:37 -0000

Wow, you have totally missed the point of Chrome. Google needed a browser for Android and Firefox was too code heavy for that purpose. Since they were going to have to develop a browser for Android they might as well make a PC version.

Re: Why Chrome and not a better Firefox?

sampat — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:37:58 -0000

still i will say just because of addons , firefox will remain popular

Re: Why Chrome and not a better Firefox?

RandomCommentGuy — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:32:03 -0000

I don't know why people like Chrome
Both the interface and the way they speed things up (the way pages load) are just plain annoying.

It DOES suck.

Re: Why Chrome and not a better Firefox?

Dérico — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:30:47 -0000

It's non-sense.

Don't forget Chrome is open source... Therefore, soon enough there shall be add-ons, and believe me one of these will something like Ad-Block...

Re: Why Chrome and not a better Firefox?

me — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:12:47 -0000

Chrome kinda sucks TBH.

Re: Why Chrome and not a better Firefox?

Bransby — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 07:35:03 -0000

Chrome's still in beta, so maybe it will support extensions in future, but it's not looking promising at the moment

For the time being, Google Chrome does not accept
any extensions:
http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer...

very little info there at the moment. I'd be surprised if it they don't eventually provide support, but as the article states, there are some very good reasons why they wouldn't.

Re: Why Chrome and not a better Firefox?

Dwayne charrington — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:29:54 -0000

Google Chrome is fully transparent and open source. They will have plugin support and there will be an Adblock extension for it no doubt. I think it's wrong to blog what you think Google's intentions are when it's obvious the browser is majorly incomplete (as they've said).

How can Google make a browser that doesn't allow an Adblock extension if it's open source anyway? Anyone with programming knowledge could modify Chrome to have extension support and even block ads if Google doesn't even implement such a feature.

Re: Why Chrome and not a better Firefox?

Midnightzak — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:53:56 -0000

agreed, Chrome is open source, there isn't blocking software yet because its still a Beta product, but you can be sure that AdBlock will be release for Chrome...

Re: Why Chrome and not a better Firefox?

Supa — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:12:27 -0000

Some of the information is at C:\Documents and Settings\DemoUser\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default.
Now how do you interpret that is a question

Re: Why Chrome and not a better Firefox?

ranjanp — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:20:08 -0000

I don't see an option for that in chrome. A simple test where you remove your network cable and try to connect just gives an error. However, Chrome has Google gears integrated so if your site/app is gears enabled, you can use gears in offline mode. However, so far I think you are right, 1 for IE , 0 for Chrome on the offline browsing mode.

Re: Why Chrome and not a better Firefox?

Supa — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:18:09 -0000

Chrome Mac will be awesome. In the meantime, you can run it with VMWare Fusion. -

http://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/2008/09/google-chr...

"It's smoking fast!"

Re: Why Chrome and not a better Firefox?

Raghavendra — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:42:10 -0000

Is it possible to view the contents of the webpages visited by google chrome browser offline. This offline content display is very much with I.E and contents are sotred in C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files.
is there any such facility with googlechrome.
thanks

Re: Why Chrome and not a better Firefox?

goatse — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:34:43 -0000

Google chrome rocks, i hope the mac version will be out soon

Re: Why Chrome and not a better Firefox?

Propecia — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:49:59 -0000

Viva la Firefox!

I do not know what I would do without my toolbar extensions.

I have no plans to ever leave Firefox i know that most people in my industry feel the same.

Re: Why Chrome and not a better Firefox?

Supa — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:16:53 -0000

Fortunately, I am not aware that Google has tried to break any industry standards. Unfortunately, with chrome and JavaScript reforming, they might be one step closer to doing that.

So the question is "Does Evil Comes Naturally to Corporations?"

Re: Why Chrome and not a better Firefox?

krumby — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:59:15 -0000

Think of open office, it's open source but Sun still has the most say in what goes into the open office releases.

Re: Why Chrome and not a better Firefox?

Félicien Breton — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:49:13 -0000

You make a good point.
Indeed partnership was not enough! We will be facing a problem of duopoly between Microsoft and Google. Google is still moving forward to controlling search engines and web platforms. By the time it will be prosecuted by antitrust measures it will be too late (like it was too late for Microsoft on the desktop).
One can contribute to diminish IE market share while keeping Firefox market share by pushing IE users to switch to Firefox.

Re: Why Chrome and not a better Firefox?

Peter — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:08:14 -0000

If chrome is going gain traction it will have be managed openly and allow plug-ins. So to accomplish Google's goal for chrome, sizable market share, plug-ins will be available that will hurt Google's bottom line. Plug-in neutrality? Sounds like a conflict of interest in the making that will strain Google's desire not to be evil.

Re: Why Chrome and not a better Firefox?

Some Guy — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:21:27 -0000

Except that Chrome is open-source. Ad-block, or something like it, will be available for it in the future.