Comments on: Google Chrome to launch tomorrow. The end of Firefox is nigh?

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:16:29 +0000

The speed difference certainly is amazing, but as it is I think that many people who really use the internet will stick with Firefox, simply for the extensions and the flexibility it lends. Chrome is certainly nice for a basic hop-on, check e-mail/blog browser though!

By: kingdom media

kingdom media — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:28:21 +0000

should be interesting to see if Chrome works more efficiently than FireFox and IE… if it’s faster than Firefox, since isn’t IE, then i’ll use it

By: Randomreflection

Randomreflection — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:37:28 +0000

I downloaded it this morning to try on my XP box. It loads a lot faster than my IE7 did, and yeah, I wouldn’t use it without the stealth mode being possible. After all, I might be looking for birthday gifts or something, like Google says…

By: sallylacovitzer

sallylacovitzer — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:01:42 +0000

You are right on target with this post.

By: HSO

HSO — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:55:08 +0000

Ah, thanks Kiltak. I’ll give it go, then.

By: Kiltak

Kiltak — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:53:29 +0000

I’m running it on XP.

By: HSO

HSO — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:50:45 +0000

It looks like this only runs on Vista. I’m using XP…

By: Kiltak

Kiltak — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:27:40 +0000

I’m using Chrome right now.. and it’s fast.. A LOT FASTER than everything I’ve ever seen before.

As far as my privacy is concerned, I don’t think that google, as a profit-seeking company, would do anything different than what Microsoft does… Don’t forget that Chrome is *Entirely* open source.. so if there’s something bad about the browser, people will find about it quickly enough.

By: Jeff O'Connor

Jeff O'Connor — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:08:36 +0000

I wouldn’t touch this thing with a 10-foot poll.

Seriously, the amount of information that Google has about its user base is frightening, and despite their “don’t be evil” rhetoric and ballsy stance against the Bush Regime when Yahoo! and Microsoft rolled-over, the fact is that they’re still a for-profit company.

Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but one day Google will want - or worse yet, need - to really capitalize on all that user data. Or capitulate to the next group of neocon thugs to seize power in Washington, DC. Or both. And when that day comes, the last thing I want is to have spent that past several years using what is little more than a report-writing tool of my Web browsing habits running unrestricted on my PC.

Thanks, but no thanks.

By: Hank Freeman

Hank Freeman — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:33:04 +0000

This browser runs on Java? No, thanks. Java eats up resources on slower PCs.

By: Mark O'Neill

Mark O'Neill — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:36:30 +0000

I don’t think Firefox has much to worry about. They’ve been around for ages and they have their huge fan base. People love the extensions and they’re not going to drop all of that overnight just because Google tells them to.

Not everything that Google does works. This browser may end up crashing in flames. Personally I’ll install it and try it out but I won’t give up Firefox for it.

By: PomCompot

PomCompot — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 07:27:13 +0000

Three really good things in this new browser:
- the sandbox mode,
- the JavaScript engine enhancements,
- a new OpenSource browser valuable for the Web dynamism.

For the rest of described functionnalities, there are all already in existing browsers (Firefox has all of them with extensions).

But Chrome seems appealing. Some of its improvments may inspire other browsers …

I don’t think Firefox is endangered by Chrome. Two years ago, maybe, but now the sharemarket of Firefox is big enough to ensure a long life. Personnaly, I have so customized my browser, it will be hard for me to adopt a new one.