Comments on: A New Browser Is Coming: Google Chrome [Update]

By: Y8

Y8 — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:07:31 +0000

love this browser it’s fast loading opens immediately in a flash with the speed of light.

By: krema

krema — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 13:31:40 +0000

Thanks for all your comments. I’m still waiting for Google to fix the more-than-one-transparent-png-stuff-aligned-with-z-index-stuff which is affecting the correct display of my header. As long this isn’t fixed Google Chrome feels like IE6 to me in terms of images with transparency

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:55:12 +0000

Google is great but I am always reluctant to try something new until it has been out for a while. I love firefox, and I hate to try something new when firefox has been so good to me. One of these days I will get enough courage to test it out. Thanks for the info.

By: Updates for Google Chrome

Updates for Google Chrome — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:25:19 +0000

Google is updating these changes very rapidly
Now div issue fixed in new browser.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:50:09 +0000

Triumph, the user agreement was obviously a copy and paste from other Google services like Google Docs. Google actually admitted to this and retracted the above user agreement. If you download and install now, you will still see this agreement, but they are in the works of changing it.

Anyways, I like Google Chrome so far… I will admit though it keep freezing on me, which I do not like. I’m not even putting it under stress at all (hardly any flash, only a couple of tabs, etc.). I just don’t get it. They will have to resolve this pretty soon if they are going to give any other browser a run for their money. I’m still using Firefox! They will have to win me over!

By: George Toms

George Toms — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:52:21 +0000

Google Chrome is really fast!

Now I can sort 200,000 records inside of Browser (Chrome) just in 1 sec. (Faster than Microsoft Excel):

http://www.ardentedge.com/ex_if.htm

By: krema

krema — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:14:14 +0000

Hi rofiq setiawan, I would see it more as an web-application-platform battle It isn’t a war in my opinion, but I guess Chrome will set a lot of impulses to the other browser dev teams to optimize their browsers for web applications.

Hi Triumph, also stumpled across this weird part. But if I remember right this part is in every Google user agreement. I asked a lawyer about this and he said it’s just nonsense and Google would never find a court for this. But who knows what funky laws will come in the future… Would say these parts of the Google user agreements show us exactly what Google wants the laws to be.

By: Triumph

Triumph — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:20:15 +0000

Something important to know about Chrome. Read the contract carefully!! This was taken from the user agreement earlier today.

11. Content license from you
11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. 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.

11.2 You agree that this license includes a right for Google to make such Content available to other companies, organizations or individuals with whom Google has relationships for the provision of syndicated services, and to use such Content in connection with the provision of those services.

11.3 You understand that Google, in performing the required technical steps to provide the Services to our users, may (a) transmit or distribute your Content over various public networks and in various media; and (b) make such changes to your Content as are necessary to conform and adapt that Content to the technical requirements of connecting networks, devices, services or media. You agree that this license shall permit Google to take these actions.

11.4 You confirm and warrant to Google that you have all the rights, power and authority necessary to grant the above license.

The really interesting part is this…

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 may have just been for the beta or trial versions, but still. As a photographer you need to watch for this stuff or you can get screwed.

By: rofiq setiawan

rofiq setiawan — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:00:45 +0000

finally, we will see interesting thing in the future,
a browser war.

By: movie buff

movie buff — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:36:04 +0000

poor Firefox… they’re gonna take more and more of a hit as Chrome gains in popularity