New Google Chrome Beta Browser is Really FAST!

[Terry Kyle]

The new Google Chrome Beta browser is available for download now (from the Google Search page) and it is VERY fast - much faster than IE and a bit faster than Firefox - at least on my machine.

Let the browser wars begin again!

 

[ThomasToscani]

I am very excited about this, actually. Having a separate process running for each tab is a very good idea, and should add a great amount of stability for Windows users.

Alas, I'm running Linux, so will have to wait until the Linux version is released.

 

[ozbon]

You can also get it directly from www.google.com/chrome

 

[Third Sector Lab]

It is a very fast browser plus it's no where near as cluttered looking as FireFox and IE. Once they start creating plug-ins for it then we may have a FireFox beater on our hands, in the meantime I'll stick to FF!

 

[noidea]

The new Google Chrome Beta browser is available for download now (from the Google Search page) and it is VERY fast - much faster than IE and a bit faster than Firefox - at least on my machine.

Let the browser wars begin again!

*yawn* Another one...

 

[garyk]

As I posted earlier on another thread I think its awesome, however the license terms are somewhat iffy

"By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any content which you submit, post or display on or through, the services. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling Google to display, distribute and promote the services and may be revoked for certain services as defined in the additional terms of those services."

 

[noidea]

As I posted earlier on another thread I think its awesome, however the license terms are somewhat iffy

"By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any content which you submit, post or display on or through, the services. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling Google to display, distribute and promote the services and may be revoked for certain services as defined in the additional terms of those services."

*gulp* That is major! I told you Google was evil...

 

[the white rose]

*gulp* That is major! I told you Google was evil...

I'd be interested to hear what a legal person had to say on this subject...I'm gulping too, noidea!

 

[noidea]

I'd be interested to hear what a legal person had to say on this subject...I'm gulping too, noidea!

Wasn't Google in trouble before over gmail.... for privacy concerns?

 

[John Stokdyk]

"By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any content which you submit, post or display on or through, the services. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling Google to display, distribute and promote the services and may be revoked for certain services as defined in the additional terms of those services."

Hair-raising stuff, Gary - that raises all the Empire Strikes Back connotations that keep many of us awake at night. However, my initial response was that this was probably an oversight, where the company's lawyers just copied across boilerplate from the main Google service. The same thing happened with MySpace, where they effectively claimed copyright over all material posted (including music) until Billy Bragg challenged them.

This turns out to have been the case, according to BBC News. Google senior product counsel Rebecca Ward is quoted saying that Google had reused its Universal Terms of Service "to keep things simple for our users" and has subsequently dropped that bit from the Chrome licence.

Thanks for raising it all the same, and for your comments elsewhere on the Sage 50 2009 release.

 

[fisicx]

"By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any content which you submit, post or display on or through, the services. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling Google to display, distribute and promote the services and may be revoked for certain services as defined in the additional terms of those services."

I think you will find that this has been revoked - it's no longer in the ToS.

 

[noidea]

Hair-raising stuff, Gary - that raises all the Empire Strikes Back connotations that keep many of us awake at night. However, my initial response was that this was probably an oversight, where the company's lawyers just copied across boilerplate from the main Google service. The same thing happened with MySpace, where they effectively claimed copyright over all material posted (including music) until Billy Bragg challenged them.

This turns out to have been the case, according to BBC News. Google senior product counsel Rebecca Ward is quoted saying that Google had reused its Universal Terms of Service "to keep things simple for our users" and has subsequently dropped that bit from the Chrome licence.

Thanks for raising it all the same, and for your comments elsewhere on the Sage 50 2009 release.

I don't know why they hurried their EULA by using the Universal Terms... hardly any of the EULA is even relevant to the application!!

 

[self-sale]

Can't get it on the Mac though!!!

 

[AdvantageMedia]

Google Chromes ts and cs are a little far reaching but I think the Google search ts and cs have similar reach! It means, as far as I can understand that they can use the data gathered from your use for there research or am I being naive?

 

[noidea]

Google Chromes ts and cs are a little far reaching but I think the Google search ts and cs have similar reach! It means, as far as I can understand that they can use the data gathered from your use for there research or am I being naive?

The truth is... they tried to match Microsoft by having an EULA... whereas Microsoft knows how to write one, Google obviously doesn't

99% of the EULA doesn't even relate to the software they might as well not bothered having one or more to the point... "Thank you for trying Google Chrome BETA. We hope you enjoy" messages etc.

 

[Interconnect IT]

It uses the Webkit rendering engine - famous for being quick, and is essentially the same under the hood as Safari.

Google have wrapped it up in a different application and released because... well, the toolbar doesn't get all the information they want, while the browser will. And they're very hungry for your data....

 

[24x7 Exchange]

It is a very fast browser plus it's no where near as cluttered looking as FireFox and IE. Once they start creating plug-ins for it then we may have a FireFox beater on our hands, in the meantime I'll stick to FF!

Lol, it's probably your plug-ins and add ons that has made FF so cluttered. When Chrome also has these it will also become cluttered.

One other thing is that although I realise it's only in Beta I think it's madness that Google didn't think to integrate the Google toolbar (with an option to disable it if not needed), even at this stage. Millions upon millions of people use it and without it I can't use Chrome on a day to day basis.

 

[mattk]

I think it's a cracking little browser.

 

[dave_n]

it's great for what it was made for - browsing....no doubt the thousands of add-ons that will turn up will make it another bloated browser at some point

 

[Cornish Steve]

I spoke last night with a friend of mine who's a developer at Google. He was obviously very pleased with the new browser and proud of his company. Here are some of the things I walked away with:

- The browser is optimised for speed. They compile rather than interpret.
- It's the first browser to fix the problem of cross-site scripting (XSS).
- If something renders well in Safari, it will be just fine with Chrome.
- The Ts and Cs were meant to be internal but the unplanned early release caught them out.

 

[Aaron H]

Think I'll stick with Firefox for the moment
http://seo2.0.onreact.com/10-scariest-and-most-annoying-facts-about-google-chrome

http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/39176/108/ (think they need to patch this up straight away)

 

[noidea]

Think I'll stick with Firefox for the moment
http://seo2.0.onreact.com/10-scariest-and-most-annoying-facts-about-google-chrome

http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/39176/108/ (think they need to patch this up straight away)

Passwords:
I was just like "wow" when Google Chrome "imported" my passwords from Firefox. Did I miss the "opt out" option again? Good to know that Google builds actual "password import" utilities.

Seems it grabs your passwords without asking for permission!

 

[noidea]

And for anyone with access to your PC being able to find out your financial details without needing to login to your bank.

So all you pro-Google fanatic/maniacs who moan at CCTV being everywhere invading privacy I think Google is going too far, same with StreetView...