Google Chrome

[Tomisimo]

I just downloaded Google Chrome (http://www.google.com/chrome) and it looks pretty nice. After using it for about ten minutes, my first reactions are it's pretty fast and stable and I can use all the sites I normally use. Have any of you tried it yet?

By the way, Chrome is a new browser like Firefox or Internet Explorer. :) You can read some more about it here (http://blogoscoped.com/google-chrome/).

[María José]

I just downloaded Google Chrome (http://www.google.com/chrome) and it looks pretty nice. After using it for about ten minutes, my first reactions are it's pretty fast and stable and I can use all the sites I normally use. Have any of you tried it yet?

By the way, Chrome is a new browser like Firefox or Internet Explorer. :) You can read some more about it here (http://blogoscoped.com/google-chrome/).
Thanks for the explanation, you saved me a Gemma question.:D
I use Firefox and in my current state of total exhaustion I don't feel up to new experiments. But I'll keep it in mind for future reference.
You are a :star:.
:football::football:

[CrOtALiTo]

It seems good.

[Tomisimo]

I normally use Firefox too.

[ElDanés]

I'm using Firefox as well, but I will definitely give Chrome a chance - when it comes out for Linux. :(

It sounds good (I especially like the fact that they have splitted tabs up in separate processes, so that one tab can crash, but not the rest), but I doubt it will make it. They really have to come up with something extraordinary, so that it not just become yet another browser.

[sosia]

i'm with Firefox 3, but I willl try Chrome, because I know a certain page where Firefox always crash (sooner or later). I will see if Chrome's pass the test.
greetings :D

[ElDanés]

I installed it on my school laptop today to try it out. It does have some nice features, also non-technical ones, which users actually notice. I'm especially glad for the address-bar. As you type it comes up with suggestions to old websites you have visited, your bookmarks, and it also automatically suggest Google searches for you.

The biggest minus I noticed was its look. It's quite fancy with lots of graphics, like most users like nowadays, but I really wasn't my cup of tea.

For now I will stick to Firefox, and when a stable realease of Chrome comes out, I will give it another chance.

[Tomisimo]

I'm interested in seeing how their v8 Javascript engine performs. From my tests, it's a *lot* faster than FX, IE and Opera. Test for yourself here: http://wd-testnet.world-direct.at/mozilla/dhtml/funo/jsTimeTest.htm

[ElDanés]

Haha, all the Danish tech-guys are so proud, because it was the Danish department of Google which developed the V8-engine. ;)

I'm not much into Javascript, so I can't say whether it actually is better or not. I would love to try the test you linked to, but unfortunately, I don't have access to my school laptop, and I only run Linux at home. :(

[Tomisimo]

Here's my Javascript performance results on a laptop with a modest processor and 1 gig of memory.

[Rusty]

Here's my Javascript performance results on a laptop with a modest processor and 1 gig of memory.

Chrome, hands down!

[ElDanés]

That's indeed an improvement!

[María José]

Sorry, guys. I love you all, but you lost me...;)

[CrOtALiTo]

Why did you said that Elaina.?

Who have lose you.?

Do you have a love in the forum.?

[Jane]

Why did you said that Elaina.?

Who have lose you.?

Do you have a love in the forum.?
I could be mistaken, but the last I checked her name was María José...:kiss:
Do you, querida, have a love in the forum? :hmm:

[Jane]

Chrome, hands down!
:thumbsup::applause::star:

[Tomisimo]

Chrome, hands down!
The one anomaly that piqued my interest was the array sort. 169ms in Chrome, 31ms in IE and 13ms in Firefox.

[Rusty]

Oops, I didn't see that. But, when all tests were run, Chrome did the best overall.

[Tomisimo]

You're right. I was just wondering with all their optimizations to speed things up, what have they done to make sorting an array slower?

[Rusty]

Yeah, it's kind of hard to figure that one out. Perhaps others are asking the same question on the blogs that be, or what have you.