Google Releases Chrome V2.0 381
RadiusK writes "Google has released the second major version of the Chrome browser. This version features more speed improvements thanks to a newer version of V8 JavaScript engine and WebKit. JavaScript-heavy web pages will now run about 30% faster. Other new features include form autofill, fullscreen mode, and improved New Tab page. If you're already using Google Chrome, you'll be automatically updated with these new features soon. If you haven't downloaded Google Chrome, you can get the latest version at google.com/chrome." A version for Linux or OS X would be nice.
I could live with no Adblock/Noscript (Score:5, Informative)
Re:No plug in support (Score:5, Informative)
Re:AdBlock Plus (Score:5, Informative)
Re:i would try chrome with wine (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Windows Only (Score:2, Informative)
There are builds of chromium for GNU/Linux and Mac.
I tried the Mac build and it works, but still rough around the edges.
Re:Windows Only (Score:5, Informative)
Re:i would try chrome with wine (Score:1, Informative)
User Agent Switcher:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/59
Fool all those moronic sites that to browser sniffing.
Re:No plug in support (Score:5, Informative)
Re:No plug in support (Score:2, Informative)
Really? On the high end maybe 1% of the internet population uses some type of adblocking software. Not to mention there are ways to block ads and still browse with Chrome, not as well as Adblock, but it gets the job done.
Personally I have no problem without adblocking software, if it means I don't have to run the bloated piece of shit that is Firefox (sorry guys, just being honest).
Re:i would try chrome with wine (Score:3, Informative)
Chrome without Privacy Issues (Score:5, Informative)
For those of you concerned about the privacy issues surrounding Google Chrome, there is a virtually identical FOSS alternative that Google can't farm data from. See, http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron.php [srware.net]
Re:I could live with no Adblock/Noscript (Score:5, Informative)
But I can't live with the invasion of privacy [wikipedia.org]. Sorry :(
So why not get Iron [srware.net]?
Not fixed in 7 years: The Firefox CPU hogging bug. (Score:1, Informative)
Once there are plug-ins for Google's browser, it seems likely that Firefox will die.
Re:Provokes an Interesting Question (Score:4, Informative)
If Google, an open source project, sends out all sorts of data that you might consider an invasion of privacy, is the open source community free to fork it?
Chrome is not an open source project. Chromium is an open source project, and yes, you're free to fork that, as per the terms of the licenses [google.com].
Re:AdBlock Plus (Score:5, Informative)
They specifically listed AdBlock as one of the things they wanted to support through their extension API, which is still in development.
Re:Windows Only (Score:3, Informative)
A version for Linux or OS X would be nice.
This is incredibly sad. How hard can it be with their resources to include Mac and Linux?
If you're on Mac, try Safari 4. They both use Webkit, it's pretty nice, fast, and is very similar to Chrome in the terms of the look and UI.
Personally, I feel naked without Firebug.
Re:Windows Only (Score:2, Informative)
FYI (Score:3, Informative)
Re:AdBlock Plus (Score:2, Informative)
Re:AdBlock Plus (Score:1, Informative)
Try Chrome-based SRWare Iron + http://tinyurl.com/7mxeod for how-to easily block ads in Iron.
Re:AdBlock Plus (Score:4, Informative)
It's been done: SRWare Iron.
Re:AdBlock Plus (Score:1, Informative)
I use this:
Adsweep [adsweep.org]
and it works pretty well. It doesn't get rid of quite as many ads as Adblock, but it blocks enough of them that it allowed me to switch to using Chrome full time.
Re:Windows Only (Score:3, Informative)
This is the mac daily build page
http://build.chromium.org/buildbot/snapshots/sub-rel-mac/ [chromium.org]
Re:AdBlock Plus (Score:5, Informative)
Go check out AdSweep. It works just fine in Chrome. Maybe it's not AdBlock plus, but it works in Chrome without much too fuss.
http://www.adsweep.org/ [adsweep.org]
Re:AdBlock Plus (Score:3, Informative)
Except that Privoxy has occasionally murdered my girlfriend's ability to visit some sites on no basis at all. Multiple 403 errors and general page load failures. It's a nice concept, but it really does have its problems since it runs between the network connection and whatever is using it.
Re:Windows Only (Score:3, Informative)
Yup, I've been following the PPA build too, and I have to say it's come a long way! I've been using it regularly.
It no longer crashes all the time, though still does so once in a while (but hell so does firefox). These are usually repeatable so I'm sure they'll be fixed in the not too distant future.
One thing I've noticed recently is that one of the first things I tried when first installing it was to check whether the Chrome Experiments [chromeexperiments.com] would work, and unsurprisingly it crashed immediately when I tried to start any of them. However, a few days ago I tried it again and they all worked!
All in all it's definitely usable now (if you're into trying alpha software). I've kept it open for long periods of time and had up to 15 tabs open at a time. It's noticeably faster than Firefox 3.0.1. (This may change with 3.1, which contains the tracemonkey jit engine.. i'm looking forward to making a comparison.)
Re:Windows Only (Score:5, Informative)
I am using the Linux version on a daily basis. It is usable, and the speed blows FF3 firmly out of the water, to the point that I don't want to go back to FF. Of course, it does crash every once in a while, and there are many rough edges.
Re:Windows Only (Score:1, Informative)
The linux port is well on its way. I'm using Chromium on Ubuntu for most of what I do for now.
The main problems so far has been:
- Crashes a tad more often than ff.
- No flash support.
- No plugins.
The main advantages so far has been: .. non-bloated and nice.. visually.
- It's blazing, blazing fast!
- It's so
I love it. I only use firefox for flash stuff these days.
Re:Not fixed in 7 years: The Firefox CPU hogging b (Score:3, Informative)
Either you don't know how bug databases work or you're just using the numbers to push an agenda. The important idea to take home here is: The number of reported bugs is a really poor indicator of anything.
The above is the only thing needed to make your statement useless, but I can point some other problems with it as well: Mozilla has ~50 different products in their bugzilla, you searched them all (including things like websites). Also, the vast majority of the bugs in your list are unconfirmed (from experience I can tell you most of those don't have enough info to reproduce or even to mark them duplicates: I'm guessing there are a _lot_ of scrolling related reports that are actually the same bug).
Note that I'm not saying that Firefox is efficient or that it doesn't have major problems with e.g. scrolling. I'm telling you to stop bringing that "200 CPU hogging bugs" figure up whenever there is a browser discussion: it has no meaning. Either do your homework and find the actual important bugs or shut up.
Re:AdBlock Plus (Score:3, Informative)
Swilver wants to use NoScript to remove javascript from his web pages. 1998 was an era when javascript was only used for "stupid browser tricks", as opposed to today, when javascript is essential to the functionality of a large percentage of web resources. He's living in the past.