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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 buster »

_delirium wrote: post #15

Weird, I just upgraded on Linux (from 5.0.342.9 to 5.0.375.29) and fonts on a bunch of sites (like HN) are different now. I wonder what did that.

This is an interesting read on the state of fonts on Linux/Gnome, read it to understand some of the complexity:

http://neugierig.org/software/chromium/fonts/

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

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Post by logic »

chmike wrote: post #17

What I dislike in chrome is that passwords are not secured by a SSO password like in firefox. What I like in chrome is its thin and lightweight frame. What I miss in Chrome and Firefox is bookmark synchronization on my own server because privacy is important to me.

Weave (https://mozillalabs.com/weave/) solves the bookmark (and configuration in general) synchronization problem for Firefox; I was hosting my own server quite happily until I switched to Chrome.

Switching was a hard decision for me: I like Firefox, quite a lot, and I'm very comfortable using it. But on Linux, it's unbearably slow, while Chrome flies. Once a mostly-workable adblocker was available for Chrome, I didn't have many reasons left not to switch to something more productive.

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

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Post by mitjak »

ube wrote: post #24
tvon wrote: post #19

Things keeping me from using Chrome: * Lack of built-in RSS support. This one kind of blows my mind. * Worst progress indicator I've ever seen. * Can't open external links in new windows, have to open in "tab of whatever my last used browser window was". * Flash crashes more than it does in Safari/Firefox, but I don't blame Chrome for that. Not exactly constructive to the conversation I guess, but at least the first…

My list of things keeping from Chrome is same as yours though I'd also add lack of google gears support. I don't understand how they have that for firefox but they don't have it from Chrome. In addition to this Chrome (on the mac) crashes quite frequently for me.

Because Google Gears is dead.

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

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Post by nollidge »

buster wrote: post #29
boredguy8 wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does it have Adblock+ yet? Until that's in Chrome, I'll be using Firefox.

Adblock: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/gighmmpiobklfepj...

Isn't as effective in Chrome as it is in Firefox, last time I used it (couple months ago, probably).

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

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Post by jokermatt999 »

tvon wrote: post #19

Things keeping me from using Chrome: * Lack of built-in RSS support. This one kind of blows my mind. * Worst progress indicator I've ever seen. * Can't open external links in new windows, have to open in "tab of whatever my last used browser window was". * Flash crashes more than it does in Safari/Firefox, but I don't blame Chrome for that. Not exactly constructive to the conversation I guess, but at least the first…

For me, it's the lack of addons that can radically change the UI. In Firefox, I run Vimperator (there's a few addons that are catching up to it in Chrome, but they cannot hide the various toolbars afaik), Hide Title Bar (minor, but nice to have), and Tree Style Tabs (essential. Chrome cannot handle large numbers of tabs, and all the addons I've seen that attempt to handle this issue aren't nearly as nice). The UI is almost unrecognizable, but I actually like the set up. Unfortunately, Chrome simply cannot do that type of modification, at least as far as I know. I'd be very happy to be proven wrong here. The speed of Chrome is fantastic, I just wish it had those few addons.

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

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Post by studer »

buster wrote: post #30
tvon wrote: post #19

Things keeping me from using Chrome: * Lack of built-in RSS support. This one kind of blows my mind. * Worst progress indicator I've ever seen. * Can't open external links in new windows, have to open in "tab of whatever my last used browser window was". * Flash crashes more than it does in Safari/Firefox, but I don't blame Chrome for that. Not exactly constructive to the conversation I guess, but at least the first…

RSS reader: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/search?itemlang=&q=... (yes, not built in, but quite easy to install ;) )

You meant http://www.google.com/reader, right? (or one of several online alternatives). Why would anyone want to read their RSS feeds in a single browser on a single machine in 2010? Do people these days really spend all their online time at a single machine?

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

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Post by tvon »

ube wrote: post #24
tvon wrote: post #19

Things keeping me from using Chrome: * Lack of built-in RSS support. This one kind of blows my mind. * Worst progress indicator I've ever seen. * Can't open external links in new windows, have to open in "tab of whatever my last used browser window was". * Flash crashes more than it does in Safari/Firefox, but I don't blame Chrome for that. Not exactly constructive to the conversation I guess, but at least the first…

My list of things keeping from Chrome is same as yours though I'd also add lack of google gears support. I don't understand how they have that for firefox but they don't have it from Chrome. In addition to this Chrome (on the mac) crashes quite frequently for me.

Client-side HTML5 databases have supplanted gears.
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