Today I will mostly be using Chrome

September 11, 2008 · Posted in Uncategorized  · Posted by IIA

On the 1st September last Google launched Chrome, their take on the web browser. Their motivation according to their graphical (though somewhat previous) press release was that browsers today are simply a conduit for most people to get at the web applications they are using online like email, photo applications, colloboration applications, customer relationship management and tracking application to give some enterprise oriented examples. Therefore browsers should be stripped down and fast, fast, fast.

I had some initial difficulties installing Chrome on Vista (solved by saving then installing rather than running the install directly.) Although I found a number of queries from other users on Google Help Forums having the exact same issue, I couldn’t find a fix. I have it installed now and like many others I miss my add ons that I have installed in my IE and Firefox browsers most especially and surprisingly my Google toolbar!

I will collate some other more knowledgable reviews and post links here but I would love to read or link to your reaction to Chrome so please leave comments below. In terms of doing business on the web, while the figures still have to come in on the take up of Chrome, there is no harm in checking that your own site or sites for which you are responsible work in Chrome. I have no doubt that Google have a cunning plan to get us all on Chrome sooner rather than later!

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9 Responses to “Today I will mostly be using Chrome”

  1. dahamsta on September 11th, 2008 2:40 pm

    Love the Fast Show reference. :)

    I ran it for a day, loved it, but like yourself hated the loss of features made possible by extensions in Firefox. Which means I’m still running FF2. Stuck in a rut, it seems…

    adam

  2. Leon Quinn on September 12th, 2008 1:01 am

    Yep, par for the course for anyone I know who’s tried chrome…nice, simple and fast but lacking features. Click my name to read my review of it.

  3. Roseanne Smith on September 12th, 2008 9:00 am

    Hi Leon,

    Thanks for the link to your review which seems fair. I was completely lost without my Google toolbar I have to say. I know including it will probably slow the browser down but the toolbar certainly speeds my work up.

    Have a great weekend!
    Roseanne

  4. Leon Quinn on September 15th, 2008 10:57 pm

    The toolbar is a weird omission alright but you can still search from just the address bar so all I’d really miss is the page rank info with that and maybe autofill.

    Its the other 99 firefox plugins I use that are the reason I wont be switchin over!

    As long as no-one uses Internet Explorer 6, we’ll all be happy!

  5. WebTrafficROI on September 30th, 2008 4:16 pm

    My absolute favourite feature of Chrome is “Create Application Shortcuts”. I use a lot of web apps, even beyond the regular email, to do list, and calendar, and it’s awesome to have them available so quickly, and in their own processes!

  6. Backgammon Basics on October 11th, 2008 6:23 am

    I have to admit, I’m not thoroughly impressed with google chrome. It seems very bland and boring. I too agree to the response above me. Who knows how long until google seems to fade away from the chrome project. Only time will tell..

  7. creativeherb on December 6th, 2008 6:06 am

    Chrome seems ok, maybe I’ll use it more if I ever use the new Google Operating System in the future though.

  8. Travel Blog on May 23rd, 2010 5:43 am

    I hate Chrome, it crashes almost everyday. I really didn’t like it.

  9. Insurance on May 30th, 2010 2:59 am

    I don’t like it either. I only use it to check compatibility.

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