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Pedal to the Chrome metal: Our fastest beta to date for Windows, Mac and Linux

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Re: Pedal to the Chrome metal: Our fastest beta to date for Windows, Mac and Linux

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Post by trickjarrett »

It certainly feels faster. It also took less than half the time to run the webkit JS benchmark than my firefox install. 414ms vs 1046ms.

And it also fixed a glitch I was fighting with the Xmarks extension being unable to sync.

So I'm back to Chrome as my default browser.

Re: Pedal to the Chrome metal: Our fastest beta to date for Windows, Mac and Linux

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Post by ronaldj »

iaskwhy wrote: post #3

The new test system looks amazing! I love when companies do that kind of stuff, it must keep their employees happy!

They have some more small little artsy videos they did for Chrome's features, which I've never seen before: http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/features_mac.html

Re: Pedal to the Chrome metal: Our fastest beta to date for Windows, Mac and Linux

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Post by rottencupcakes »

Probably the single thing that keeps me using Firefox is its address bar. It's a much nicer experience than Chrome's, with its user-friendly auto complete mechanisms.

The speed of the browsers is rarely the bottleneck for me anymore. I'll switch to Chrome for intense javascript experiences, but that's about it. I feel like chrome needs to start focusing more time on the experience - these speed improvements aren't paying dividends anymore.

Re: Pedal to the Chrome metal: Our fastest beta to date for Windows, Mac and Linux

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Post by albertzeyer »

rottencupcakes wrote: post #5

Probably the single thing that keeps me using Firefox is its address bar. It's a much nicer experience than Chrome's, with its user-friendly auto complete mechanisms. The speed of the browsers is rarely the bottleneck for me anymore. I'll switch to Chrome for intense javascript experiences, but that's about it. I feel like chrome needs to start focusing more time on the experience - these speed improvements aren't pa…

What do you mean with the address bar? Chromes bar also has autocompletion. I even find it simpler to use. In Firefox, I have to press the down-key + enter to select a suggestion. In Chrome, I just have to press enter.

What do you think is missing otherwise in Chrome?

I think the overall user experience is probably much better compared to Firefox in nearly all aspects.

Re: Pedal to the Chrome metal: Our fastest beta to date for Windows, Mac and Linux

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Post by trickjarrett »

albertzeyer wrote: post #8
rottencupcakes wrote: post #5

Probably the single thing that keeps me using Firefox is its address bar. It's a much nicer experience than Chrome's, with its user-friendly auto complete mechanisms. The speed of the browsers is rarely the bottleneck for me anymore. I'll switch to Chrome for intense javascript experiences, but that's about it. I feel like chrome needs to start focusing more time on the experience - these speed improvements aren't pa…

What do you mean with the address bar? Chromes bar also has autocompletion. I even find it simpler to use. In Firefox, I have to press the down-key + enter to select a suggestion. In Chrome, I just have to press enter. What do you think is missing otherwise in Chrome? I think the overall user experience is probably much better compared to Firefox in nearly all aspects.

I concur with rottencupcakes, the FF "AwesomeBar" is still a bit more... awesome than Chrome's. It isn't just auto-url completion, it does a fair bit more completion and analysis to suggest what you're trying to type.
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