My New Web Browser...Thank You, Google!
One tiny but important aspect of my day job is to review new and/or popular versions of web browsers to make sure my company's web-based applications function properly. So I downloaded the beta of Chrome today. After approximately 15 minutes of use, I made Chrome my default browser. It really is that good.
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Too bad there are no privacy
Too bad there are no privacy controls...and it records everything you do. Just open a new tab and it will show you all of the pages that you go to. Yikes. Wonder what else it's tracking...or who it's sending it to?Have you tried the Incognito
Have you tried the Incognito tab?Hmmm, guess what - ALL of
Hmmm, guess what - ALL of the browsers are tracking where you've been - it's called HISTORY ...control shift n opens a
control shift n opens a incognito tab that doesn't remember anything. also available under the control the current page button.You must not have actually
You must not have actually installed it, or for that matter, must not have read anything about it.Chrome's incognito mode (aka pr0n mode) records nothing about what you do and you'll never see anything in the address bar or elsewhere that you typed or viewed while incognito.
Go read an article about it or actually try the product before opening your trap next time.
You can use incognito mode
You can use incognito mode to completely hide whatever you are doing on the internet and that records nothing (cookies, history, passwords, none of it).but then there's the
but then there's the "ingognito tab" you can open, which records absolutely nothing, and probably works in other ways i haven't noticed yet too. great browser. can't wait for the stable release.Dude, I think this incognito
Dude,I think this incognito is what you want.
I like chrome too, I run osx
I like chrome too, I run osx on my machine so i was sad when there was no public beta for osx, but that didn't stop me from running it on my virtual windows machine, and it ran super fast. I have not previously found a windows browser that could compare to safarie for osx, even safari on windows floped, but chrome was a supercharged easy to use friendly experience and it ran amazingly fast.I hope they paid you for all
I hope they paid you for all that kissing up. If you're going to write a review, put more effort into it than "It installs fast and let's you send bug info to the developers". If you really haven't been impressed by a new app before trying this, you need to find some other line of work.I was going to kiss up to
I was going to kiss up to you and your comments, but you haven't paid me enough...!For privacy fanatics If you
For privacy fanaticsIf you were to check the history of your browsing activities - stored locally - you would see the list of all the sites you had visited, stored by day. Chrome looks at this to present a list of your most visited sites. The same functionality exists in IE and Firefox, it is just that it is not presented front and center for you. :)
Fast? Sure... But I thought
Fast? Sure... But I thought it was ridiculous how you can not install it to a desired directory. There was also no options to control how much and where temporary internet data is stored. Due to the lack of options, I promptly uninstalled it. Oh, and what is with running a google update process in the background? I'm sure the program itself should be able to check for updates for itself. I'm tired of applications that dump active processes in the background wasting memory and cpu time.Excellent browser; works
Excellent browser; works very well with my company's flash-driven progams... it does not work with logmein and, i fear, a host of other ActiveX-based content. It is a good sign though when a beta browser beats a 'D'. Good job.Yay... Chrome is
Yay... Chrome is stripped-down and no-nonsense. So is the iPhone's browser. Problem is, I don't use a desktop computer because I want minimalism; I use it because I want power.Chrome is a great contender as a smartphone browser. But I will stick with the "bloated" browsers like Safari and Firefox when I want to do real research.