Google Chrome (Beta Version) Launched!!!

[avinav2712]

Originally Posted by sumitrocks

1) I'm confident google will go out of the way to tweak its search engine and somehow make it suitable only for its own browser. So, something like 'If you wanna use google.com, you gotta use Chrome' might come our way.

I don't think this will happen any time in the near future because Google knows that it's their search engine that gets the most revenue for them and their browser will take time to catch up with other browsers. So any attempt to do this may lead people away from Google to other search engines like Yahoo, Windows Live Search etc.

Originally Posted by sumitrocks

3) I value my privacy, and I'm already very sick of google tracking so much of what I do on the net. Won't Chrome take away whatever little privacy is left with me?

I think the Google Incognito mode allows you to keep your browsing information private and leaves no traces of cookies. Haven't tested this yet, but this is what they claim.

Originally Posted by sumitrocks

5) Ads!!!! Google earns so much through its ads. Won't Chrome become another way of pushing ads at us?

I just hope not!!

[sarvshwet]

pardon my ignorance but i was not even aware that IE has released the 8th version. nay ways learnt it here and tried using it my experience:

it has been a mixed experience, i have faced this a lot many times that when i open a page in chrome it opens instantly while ie takes ages to open the same page....

also when i was downloading an email attachment of 6 mbs, chrome failed, in the sence it was able to gather a much lower download speed plus it showed download complete in just 2.5 mbs....
while with IE i was able to achive the download much faster and complete in the first attempt....

as of now i feel FF is the best and it remains my default browser, tough am still experimenting withe the other 2

[medulla]

Originally Posted by avinav2712

I think the Google Incognito mode allows you to keep your browsing information private and leaves no traces of cookies. Haven't tested this yet, but this is what they claim.

I am really not sure how this incognito mode works... I mean i have not seen the code yet... It talks about cookies which is for the client machine... that need not mean Google is not keeping track of the information accessed by incognito mode... If that is the case then everyone will like to use incognito mode... Everyone wants there privacy... I will check this out soon...

[avinav2712]

Originally Posted by medulla

I am really not sure how this incognito mode works... I mean i have not seen the code yet... It talks about cookies which is for the client machine... that need not mean Google is not keeping track of the information accessed by incognito mode... If that is the case then everyone will like to use incognito mode... Everyone wants there privacy... I will check this out soon...

Ya, maybe they do track in that mode as well, but just clear all cookies once the browser is closed. So this would mean that although our data is hidden from other sources, but not from Google

[grondmaster]

Unfortunately, after my initial optimism, I am back to FF3...

For one, I can't directly add a bookmark by dragging it to bookmarks like FF... Though the moving the tab anywhere you want by dragging seemed to be a cool feature...

For two - it increased the number of processes on the comp... even if the memory usage is marginally higher, the very fact that the process queue is longer ensures that my system starts hanging every few minutes...

And for the IE8 enthusiasts... I'm not sure about v8, but until v7, all IE versions have proven highly vulnerable to malware... one string enters the system, and the homepage shifts to the malware page. and then keeps bugging you all the time. v6 & v7 were even sadder as they had addon capability but were still insecure. Hope this issue is solved with v8.

Regards,
Grondmaster

[medulla]

Originally Posted by avinav2712

Ya, maybe they do track in that mode as well, but just clear all cookies once the browser is closed. So this would mean that although our data is hidden from other sources, but not from Google

True Avinav!!!! ...

Puys...
Have you seen the following link?? Sorry if its already there on the thread... but quite interesting...

Google Chrome Browser - Plugins and Themes

[Federer]

OK.... Now, I have gone through this page and believe me I felt like "Am I missing something" ? The point: This nerd ((I hope its the right word) would like to know a few basic things (the way you guys talk, looks like A,B,C of browsing ) like:

What are: Plug-ins, Bookmarks , security issues (Should I be worried about my privacy and WHY?) and also if any of these can make my life at PG easier....

P.S. Recently came across an old thread where UrMAD had made a plugin in IE for PG. Can this be done for Chrome as well ???

[avinav2712]

One major drawback in Chrome that one of my friends highlighted. When you save your passwords in Chrome, and then go back to the option and click "Show saved passwords", it shows all the passwords in plain text This is so plain ridiculous!! If anyone else borrows my lappie for a minute, he can figure out my mail passwords etc....

Anyone else noticed it??

[avinav2712]

Originally Posted by Federer

OK.... Now, I have gone through this page and believe me I felt like "Am I missing something" ? The point: This nerd ((I hope its the right word) would like to know a few basic things (the way you guys talk, looks like A,B,C of browsing ) like:

What are: Plug-ins, Bookmarks , security issues (Should I be worried about my privacy and WHY?) and also if any of these can make my life at PG easier....

P.S. Recently came across an old thread where UrMAD had made a plugin in IE for PG. Can this be done for Chrome as well ???

Plugins: They're small tools which we can incorporate in our browsers for any specific task. Like in FF3, I had a plugin (referred as addons in FF) named DownThemAll, which was basically a download manager and I could keep track of my downloads better using this rather than the conventional download window.

Another plugin I had was Fast Dial, which is basically what Chrome shows in a new tab, list of all your favourite websites. Only difference was, Chrome automatically chooses them based on the frequency with which we visit them and in FF, I had to specify them explicitly.

Bookmarks: When you really like a webpage, you've two options: save it to your disk, or save the web address. First one is simple but you won't be getting the updated page each time you visit it. So for that, you need to use the 2nd option. Thus, you save the page as bookmark. Next time, you don't have to remember the URL of the page, just click on the bookmark, and you'll get to that page.

Security Issues: There are many sites which have constant popups every minute or so. Many of these popups contain malicious codes and when you accidentally click it (or sometimes even when you don't) it can creep in your disc and cause some trouble. The trouble may not be instantaneous and you may take a long time to figure out that your system's actually been attacked.
So nowadays, most of the browsers like FF, Chrome etc come with automatic popup blockers. Only you can mention which popups to trust. Others are taken to be "untrusted". Thus, you remain reasonably secure in that way.

Privacy means that you don't wish anyone else to know about your browsing history and that whenever you logoff, all cookies (which contain browsing information) should be cleared.

It could also mean that you wish to be immune to phishing. Phishing is a process by which attackers duplicate a website and present the site to you and ask for your password. Once you do, you're redirected to the original site but your password is captured, which could prove to be hell!!! Very common targets are websites of banks such as ICICI etc.

Hope this helps. This is all based on my knowledge and I'm happy to be corrected

[sarvshwet]

Originally Posted by avinav2712

One major drawback in Chrome that one of my friends highlighted. When you save your passwords in Chrome, and then go back to the option and click "Show saved passwords", it shows all the passwords in plain text This is so plain ridiculous!! If anyone else borrows my lappie for a minute, he can figure out my mail passwords etc....

Anyone else noticed it??

its so in firefox also