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Re: louisgray.com: I Spent the Day On Windows, Just to Use Chrome

Louis Gray — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:31:11 -0000

Why would I be excited about Chrome? Because it's a new product that
could be the gateway to the Web, where we spend a great deal of our
time every day, and it's one backed by one of the largest, most
successful Web companies in history - one known for superior
engineering and innovation. Having read the descriptions of Chrome
prior to trying it, I knew it wasn't going to be revolutionary, when
compared to Safari and Firefox, but it was something I wanted to say I
knew well, and it was worth booting up Windows and spending some time
there to check it out.

Re: louisgray.com: I Spent the Day On Windows, Just to Use Chrome

Michael — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:13:50 -0000

Interesting take but quite frankly I don't understand why you were at all excited about Chrome. I don't know if I interface with my browser differently than anyone else but I don't give a crap about the browser itself, I only care about the pages I'm visiting. As long as I can find my bookmarks bar, the back button, the forward button, stop and reload I'm pretty much okay using any browser I get put in front of.

The only real think I care about when it comes to my browser is the look of the icon and its stability. The Chrome icon is a little ugly and since its a beta I don't even want to go near it. I use Firefox exclusively and I haven't had a single crash in months. The icon is pretty and that's all I need.

The reason I don't use Safari is just because I don't like the fact that when I hit Command+a number it takes me to a bookmark in my bookmark bar rather than the specified tab.

Google Chrome is an interesting idea but until it proves to me that it is going to stay out of my way and just let me browse I'd rather just stick with Firefox

Re: louisgray.com: I Spent the Day On Windows, Just to Use Chrome

David Speiser — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:59:03 -0000

That was a neat post Louis, and similar to my own experience, though I was actually using my desktop PC instead of a VM. Nice to have another player in the browser space.

On a side note, have you used / played with Zimbra? I'm trying to find a good mail client aside from Mac's own.

David

Re: louisgray.com: I Spent the Day On Windows, Just to Use Chrome

charlieanzman — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:42:27 -0000

He used Windows! Shhhhh

Re: louisgray.com: I Spent the Day On Windows, Just to Use Chrome

ChangeForge | Ken Stewart — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:14:11 -0000

Louis, just to piggy back on your idea of cloud computing taking the forefront and blurring the lines between why you would choose 1 OS over the other...

I had at 1 point felt that performance on critical line of business apps would always require that one-on-one feel you get by using an actual desktop/laptop OS... and predominantly, Windows ruled the roost in enterprise-land.

However, this is quickly become a thing of the past for many reasons: Hardware getting better, programmers writing cleaner code that works better together (I think), virtualization, stronger SaaS offerings, and more availability of high-speed data access might be just a few I would mention.

Do you feel like this browser is out to steal more market from IE alone - or do you think FF will end up being a casualty on this as well? What's your take on some of the legal verbiage Google is so fond of slipping in (e.g. you give us rights to your work)?