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Has anyone tried the Google Chrome Web Browser?

Unfortunately, they won't release a Linux or Mac version, so no. For months now they've been saying that it is being worked on, yeah right. I did try a portable version of it running off of a flash drive at work there for a bit... It was interesting. I do like the way each tab spawns its own process so if something goes wacky it doesn't take down the rest of your browsing sessions.

I use it now at home and work! It was rated the safest browser, in stock form. I like it, but FF is nice for the plugin's. but chrome is crazy fast. And I love how each window is its own process so if a window gets stuck it doesnt take down the whole browser.

I tried the beta of chrome a couple months ago but I'm so used to FF that I never used it...google is taking over the world -- I knew I should have bought stock in them years ago

I tried the Beta a little while ago. Used it for a couple weeks... and came back to FF. Wasn't all that impressed with Chrome

bringing back an old topic.just downloaded chrome on my macbook. seems pretty amazing so far. my friend swears by it lol

I actually consider Chrome better in Linux than Firefox if for no other reason, Chrome has better flash movie support. Firefox in Linux still crashes a lot on Flash.

well getting flash to work in linux is a feat in itself so if you get it working...NEVER change I still use chrome at work but i also have ff and ie open as well haha. At home I switched to opera.

I saw on tv where they track what you search.. So Im reluctant to use anything that google has.. I now search with Bing.

Quote, originally posted by northvibe »well getting flash to work in linux is a feat in itself so if you get it working...NEVER change I still use chrome at work but i also have ff and ie open as well haha. At home I switched to opera.I use Opera as well, but I hate the fact that I haven't been able to figure out how to import my favorite links

Quote, originally posted by 09vGT »I saw on tv where they track what you search.. So Im reluctant to use anything that google has.. I now search with Bing. ANY thing you do on your pc is monitored you know that right? like..even surfing the net a website can pull cookies and see what you do. Using the internet alone isnt safe honestly. Now they track you, but not how you think..they use your surfing habbits to show u ads that pertain to you. Like here in duluth local store ads. Or if I surf at genvibe they throw in vibe for sale ads.

Yeah, I knew anything can be tracked. I just meant that if they WANTED to go looking around, not that they would, they could find what you searched. Kinda like people who think OnStar watches you drive around and where you go and what not.. I don't believe that.. I like Bing better anyway..

Quote, originally posted by 09vGT »Yeah, I knew anything can be tracked. I just meant that if they WANTED to go looking around, not that they would, they could find what you searched. Kinda like people who think OnStar watches you drive around and where you go and what not.. I don't believe that.. I like Bing better anyway.. although yes..but why would they pick you out of millions? meh.. they can watch me all they want. be like im a celebrity!

I like Google Chrome a little bit, used it when it was still in development and continue to use it occasionally. Many sites are not in perfect support of Chrome yet, it's security backend is that of IE's so many loopholes found in IE transfer to Chrome, and I am overall getting sick of Google's Tyranny. I still use Google for most things, but am highly reluctant to adopt any more of their products due to this distrust in their usage of my information. I'd love to see if Google engineers could ever figure out what I am thinking when I search for things . Short of neurological data when searching, I'm quite certain that no site can ever figure 'beyond a reasonable doubt' what my irrational mind is thinking.