Thread: Google releases finished version of Chrome browser

GOOGLE has yanked the "beta" label off the Chrome web browser, putting a stamp of approval on its rival to Microsoft's Internet Explorer.

The web company – known for leaving new products in beta, or test, modes for what seems like ages – said Chrome had proven itself in a relatively brief 100 days.

Google's free web-based Gmail service still bears a "beta" label even though it was launched nearly five years ago.

Chrome has gone through 15 iterations since its launch, with fixes and modifications engineered based on feedback from some of the more than 10 million people who have tried the browser.

Google releases finished version of Chrome browser | News | News.com.au

Wow, a non-beta Google project. I feel left out though, it's not ready for Mac people yet. >.>

Originally Posted by Alex Fraiser

Wow, a non-beta Google project. I feel left out though, it's not ready for Mac people yet. >.>

Don't worry @Alex, rumors say that they are currently working on a Mac version.

Originally Posted by eugen

Don't worry @Alex, rumors say that they are currently working on a Mac version.

Yeah, Google says so on their Chrome page.

LOL, im waiting for Gmail non beta

Originally Posted by esidyo

LOL, im waiting for Gmail non beta

I think you will be waiting forever. Just like the "Beta Download section" at microsoft, that seems to have been in beta stage for an eternity too.

They really are up to the browser war on the way catching up with IE.

What do you guys say? What will Bill Gates say to that?:P

What is the general consensus of opinion then is it any good compared to firefox and IE?

I'm quite impressed by Chrome (using it now, in fact) but there's a couple of things I wish they would fix. For instance, when you close a window with multiple tabs open, it doesn't ask "are you sure?" first. That strikes me as an elementary omission.

chrome is good it is simple i think it will be the next big thing.

only if they implement a addons or plugin system

I can't say I am hooked on it yet

Wow. they are really trying to beat the IE.

They also added Chrome into their Google Pack, the software collection available for download.

They also moved Firefox at the end of the list and now it's disabled by default.

Btw, there are still many google products / services which currently are in beta development stage.
http://www.beautifulbeta.com/how-man...e-in-beta.html

TBH I think the browser market was already saturated, and as it already owns most of Mozilla, I don't see what Google really hope to achieve from this. Unless it was just some pet project.

I kinda like it but I can't see that it will pull me away from firefox. And I reckon most people will be the same. It just doesn't have anything to offer that hasn't been done before.

Originally Posted by liam1412

TBH I think the browser market was already saturated, and as it already owns most of Mozilla, I don't see what Google really hope to achieve from this. Unless it was just some pet project.

No, IE hold the largest market share when it comes to browser FF comes in second and I think Safari on third followed by Chrome?

Yeah IE does hold the biggest market share. But my point was that Chrome doesn't do anything that FF, Opera, Safari or IE hasn't done already.

I follow a great saying in my quest as a webmaster,

"If its already been done, You have to do it better"

This can also be ported to loads of other fields. So with Chrome its already been done several times over. But it doesn't offer anything really. FF offered the add-on's, Opera the founder of Tabbed browsing and the quick dial, Safari and IE were just defaults so thats what the masses use.

Chrome on the other hand doesn't come as a default, and doesn't offer anything else. Im not disputing it's a nice little browser. But I can't see it changing my browser preferance order of FF, Opera, then IE (purely because an alarming amount of people only build sites for IE)

So how is it?

Originally Posted by liam1412

I follow a great saying in my quest as a webmaster,

"If its already been done, You have to do it better"

Aren't they doing it? Improving what has been done already Google Chrome they're not offering the same browsing experience from the way I see it.

Some features that you have missed I think

-multithreading to increase software security and stability
-"private navigation" that doesn't leave tracks such as Web history and cookies residing on the hard drive
-newly developed, third party open source component to render JavaScript code at fairly high speed. Google Chrome to Add Extensions : ISEdb.COM

Chrome is still a little basic and unconfigurable for me to be lured away from Opera just yet. Hopefully they'll bring it up to speed in the near future.

Chrome works great for me especially for video sites like youtube. They load fast!

Chrome is very fast but eats a lot of memory

I really like how simple it is personally. Now if they can built it for the G1 cellphone.

wow. that news is so good...

So... What can I say?! Chrome is good, I like it

I used it as my primary browser when it first came out for a couple of weeks then went back to ff, mainly because of the automatic backup of bookmarks and the web developer toolbar.

I justdownloaded it again today because of a thread in another forum and am trying it out again right now.

Originally Posted by altyfc

when you close a window with multiple tabs open, it doesn't ask "are you sure?" first. That strikes me as an elementary omission.

I'm surprised about that, hope it never happens to me. I've had 3 times when I've had more than 150 tabs open in ff. Good to know and will try to stay awake about that.

One thing that does seem awkward in chrome is having the tabs above the url bar. I have no idea why they do that, like the ff arrangement much better. Does anyone like having the tabs nearly at the top of the window?

I like it, it's fast, snappy and responds quickly - much much much better than FF 3.5 on my computer

It seems more and more every day that the 'prediction' that Google will eventually buy Microsoft may actually come true...

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