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By: Google Chrome OS - game changer or loss maker? | Techgoondu

Google Chrome OS - game changer or loss maker? | Techgoondu — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:10:13 +0000

[...] or later. After doing really well for its Android OS for mobile phones, and not too bad for the Chrome Web browser (with 30 million users), Google unveiled its Chrome OS for Netbooks late yesterday to a flurry of [...]

By: derephest

derephest — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:14:33 +0000

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By: movie fan

movie fan — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:54:01 +0000

I hesitate to use even upgraded versions of Chrome, since my last experience using it (first version) left my computer compromised; have they fixed the security issues beyond all doubt?

By: Alfred Siew

Alfred Siew — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:44:53 +0000

Yes, Javascript it is, to be precise. Thanks for pointing it out.

By: shade

shade — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:00:01 +0000

sori… I think should be your report in Straits Times last week…

By: shade

shade — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:56:41 +0000

It’s V8 JavaScript Engine… NOT Java Engine. Pls don’t mix up Java & JavaScript. They are very different beast altogether. Your review in Digital Life made the same mistake.

By: billy teo

billy teo — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:11:33 +0000

Hello Mr Chan,

well, I’ve been waiting for GMail and Picasa to make it out of Beta since like…..wow, our afternoon SPH canteen kopi story discussions.

Forever and a day, in other words.

Since then, we’ve had miracles happening like winning a Silver Medal in the Olympics after 48 years and Botak Jones opening a branch at Toa Payoh North.

Yes, I like to talk about winning steaks.

ANYWAYS….

May The Beta if not the Best Browser Win.

By: Chan Chi-Loong

Chan Chi-Loong — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:56:59 +0000

Hmmm… for now will be sticking to Firefox until Chrome gets out of Beta.

Main reason is that I can’t stand the auto-filter for certain sites (aka p0rn sites and the like). This is NOT a discussion about surfing habits, but more about what control the user has over his or her browsing experience. Leave the power to the user!

Second, some of my sites seem to load slower, esp. all those with lots of vids and flash plug-ins. A chore to reconfig my browser again to work with all these plug-ins.

Chrome has lots of potential, but I’ll wait till it’s out of Beta. Certain issues need to be smoothed out. For now, my main browsing gal is still Firefox.

By: Chan Chi-Loong

Chan Chi-Loong — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 05:02:14 +0000

Having used Firefox (my default), IE, Safari (when on my mac) and tried Opera, I’ve got to say I do quite like Chrome after having tested it out.

A few things immediately stand out. Chrome’s smart autocomplete for URLs is pretty interesting and definitely something I could get used to. Basically you type in a URL and Google tries to complete it with the sites that make the most sense. Pretty accurate sometimes too. Good job.

And the history pane for most visited sites (with small screencaps for sites) is a great idea. I also like the very clean settings option — now clearing your computer of browsing history is the easiest thing to do, something I can easily envision being used when you’re using a computer that’s not yours. No need to jump into a thousand options and panes to get to this function.

Aesthetically, I like clean interfaces, and Chrome is very stripped down. Reminds me of Blackbox when I used to run a Linux GUI. Nice! I guess the target demographic for Chrome would be folks like me!

By: Alfred Siew

Alfred Siew — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:05:46 +0000

Agreed. Many people continue to use Windows/IE coz they are familiar with it and their software runs on it. The whole “touch and feel” factor should not be discounted when we talk about migrating users to stuff that techies think are no-brainers.