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Posted: 01 September 2008 at 11:55pm |
Google takes aim at Microsoft with new Web browser
1 hour ago
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Google will begin distributing its own
browser in a move likely to heat up its rivalry with Microsoft. The
Internet search leader confirmed the long-rumored browser in a Monday
posting on its Web site. Google said the free browser, called "Chrome,"
will be available for downloading Tuesday. The browser represents
Google Inc.'s latest challenge to Microsoft, whose Internet Explorer is
used by nearly 75 percent of Web surfers. Google has been concerned
that Microsoft will try to program Internet Explorer in a way that
makes it more difficult for Google's search engine to attract traffic.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hHvkt5UkooUX1otx8ROBM0k-5VcQD92U5R6O0
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Posted: 03 September 2008 at 1:57am |
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Tried it. A little too minimalist. I like my FF addons and a drop-down address bar list
With the way google shares info with advertisers, using Chrom is like giving your PC to Doubleclick.
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Posted: 03 September 2008 at 9:10am |
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I am using it now, so far I have been really impressed with its speed and simplicity.
A must download !
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Posted: 03 September 2008 at 12:15pm |
I think it's great! Very fast and the tabs are neat.
dpyers - Would you rather use IE (Microsoft) over Chrome (Google)... as far as privacy/ads are concerned? Which one of the two is less evil, Google or Microsoft? I personally think Google are less evil than Micrososft. I don't think Google's intentions are to expose your info to advertisers... because that would make their browser a spyware.
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Posted: 03 September 2008 at 12:44pm |
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Google Chrome appears to be based on Apples open source webkit, which means the same rendering engine as Safari 3.1
It identifies itself as:-
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US) AppleWebKit/525.13 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/0.2.149.27 Safari/525.13
This would mean that it is Apple Safari 3.1 with same user agent just with the Chrome/0.2.149.27 added in.
The browser engine even functions in the same way, with the same issues and bugs as Safari 3.1
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Posted: 03 September 2008 at 2:48pm |
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By the way Rich text Editing support is currently being tested on this forum for Safari as Google Chrome uses the same engine it also now has Rich text Editing support in this forum.
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Posted: 03 September 2008 at 3:05pm |
I normally use IE as I deal with Microsoft-based products for work / school. I also go to sites that use activeX plugins sometimes. Otherwise I'd be sticking to Firefox... I do not like Safari that much...
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Posted: 03 September 2008 at 6:10pm |
 dpyers wrote:
Tried it. A little too minimalist. I like my FF addons and a drop-down address bar list
With the way google shares info with advertisers, using Chrom is like giving your PC to Doubleclick.
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Being open source, they wouldnt be able to do that would that? as it would be spotted by someone? Also, it is Safari, as googles help files say something like "if your sites work in safari, they will work in google chrome"
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