Comments on: Google Chrome to Replace Microsoft Windows, Apple OSX, and Linux

By: kris

kris — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:09:07 +0000

“We want a clean page when we opena broswer, and not a scramble of thumbnails staring at our face.”

No, I actually really like that it loads my top pages in new tabs, since most of them are probably what i’d be putting in the new tab anyway. Also, is it just me or does chrome avoid putting those “risque” websites in your new tab list? Not saying thats a bad thing, I just think it’d be a clever feature of google’s.

By: led

led — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:40:04 +0000

well, google chrome is not that good, it has some features of opera, so it is not that original. The saving of websites in new tabs is just a hoax. We want a clean page when we opena broswer, and not a scramble of thumbnails staring at our face. google crome bye bye

By: Jens

Jens — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:17:43 +0000

It looks simple but deep down there is a great way how they managed the sandboxing and process stuff.
But without any extensions its just an empty frame, a frame which looks good behaves good is stable and better than anything I know.
But its empty. Extensions will come then we will see if it really can replace Firefox.
As long as there is no stumble toolbar every browser is useless for me.

Big failure was not to wait until it’s available to all OS. There was no need to go public this early. Nobody expected this so why not wait?

Soon there will be extensions, we will see if they can make chrome to a true Firefox alternative.

whatever, thank you Google for making this open source this decision is what makes the difference between you and the rest out there.
You say you just want to make the internet better because this is the place where you live, and I truly believe you. Please keep being “not evil”

By: Kyle

Kyle — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:15:32 +0000

Sebastian,

Please take a look at the Aviary Suite (a.viary.com). I know these apps are still far from what Adobe can accomplish, yet they are still and interesting look into the future and what web-based apps are capable of.

Nevertheless. you are right about Chrome and it’s inability to replace any of the major 3 OS’s as it is. However, I do believe that at some point Google will develop this into much more than just a browser.

-Kyle

By: Brent Burghdorf

Brent Burghdorf — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:55:22 +0000

There isn’t any big conspiracy here. Google spends close to $65 Million a year to license the top position in the Firefox search window. Google can build their own browser for a fraction of that cost. They simply don’t want to have to pay that fee anymore. That’s why they’re making this browser, to save money and allow for them to control more of the time you spend with them each day.

Smart business move.

By: Art Zemon

Art Zemon — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:42:59 +0000

Sebastian and gerta,

We are both right. Operating systems are much more than Chrome and people do much more with computers than the things which can be done with web-based applications. But for a lot of people, the operating system is nothing more than the thing you have to get through before you can read your email. In this context, Chrome running in full-screen mode looks amazingly like an operating system with a built-in window manager.

– Art Z.

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:09:24 +0000

seems to me that your idea of what users need from their applications is a tad narrow. I don’t see myself making press ready (1-2gb files) in any browser anytime soon or touching up hires scans or pics or makng music or editing video or even doing some dev work … I think it is gonna be a long time before desktop apps become obsolete … As far as graphics go css does a rather poor job at rendering what’s should be possible on dtp or vectr software. Web apps are ok for “domestic” use and even then most desktop apps these days feature some network (syncing, versioning, collaboration) functions … Perhaps more interesting hybrid solutions seem like a better option for the future where users get to have more control over where their data goes. In fact besides email I’m slowly giving up most web apps I used to use often (like del.icio.us) because they annoy the hell out of me, and email might go back to the desktop soon … Online storage of data I might need frequently? Sure. More limiting homogenous one size fits all browser driven GUIs? No thanks

By: gerta

gerta — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:57:50 +0000

You seem to be a bit confused about what operating systems do. Yes, Google is out to replace many/most of your *applications*, but your OS is responsible for making your hardware work and, for that matter, getting Chrome to launch in the first place. Google isn’t in the OS business, at least not yet. Although I can see Chrome’s utility with a very lightweight OS on a device that basically serves as a net connection, let’s not confuse our terminology or our perspective.

By: media kingdom

media kingdom — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:49:52 +0000

despite the rumors, i’m finding Chrome to actually be slower than Firefox… it hangs constantly

By: Art Zemon

Art Zemon — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:58:54 +0000

Marc, Your distrust is well-founded. As reported this morning in Slashdot, using Google Chrome gives Google perpetual rights to all of your files which you product "out there on a web server somewhere." -- Art Z.