said by avd706 :

Did anyone notice that if the taskbar is set to auto-hide, it doesn't show when Google Chrome is open.

said by dean corso :

Same here. I'll stick with Firefox instead of Google's spyware disguised as a browser.

said by cho0b :

From the Chrome EULA:

quote:

---

11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling Google to display, distribute and promote the Services and may be revoked for certain Services as defined in the Additional Terms of those Services.

---

Send an email through yahoo using chrome - Google Owns it. Post a facebook message - Google owns it. Send an idea about a new business through Chrome - Google owns it. Yes these are exaggerations - but they are not limitations under that clause.

Until Google removes these sections from their EULA I will not be using Chrome.

said by lexi51 :

palbri, it doesn't show up on my Vista laptop, but it does show up on my husband's XP laptop, so, you may be on to something.

It does do intensive reads a writes to the System Volume Information folder during any idle times that all by itself is enough to scare me off from it.

said by lexi51 :

palbri, it doesn't show up on my Vista laptop, but it does show up on my husband's XP laptop, so, you may be on to something.

said by AmeritecTech :

That's really weird. I don't understand how we can keep finding so many inconsistencies between the same version and build.

Maybe you need to install Java or something else like that it depends on. I have the 6u10 Java installed, which is what the Chrome Help says has to be installed for Java to work right in Chrome. Normally in the About, you should see a thing at the bottom that says "Checking for updates" and then a message either that its up to date or that there's a new update available.

said by earletp :

I've never really thought of opossums as all that fast, so maybe Goggle Chrome will end up as road kill too. :D

said by Locutus65 :

Finally got it. So far it's nice. Fast like a marsupial. Really needs extensions (which I see they are working on).

said by ZZZZZZZ :

Still testing it for fun and just noticed 4 chrome.exe processes running.

Anyone else have this many?

said by palbri :

See attached. Nothing! :)

said by palbri :

How does one update the software? There isn't an option nor is it identified in the "About" section.

said by Locutus65 :

I seem to be having trouble just finding the download. If I go to the google chrome site and click Download it just takes me in circles.

said by Carbon Unit :

Its just another Firefox build like Safari

said by lilhurricane :

yep ;)
»Google Chrome vulnerable to carpet-bombing flaw

said by AmeritecTech :

Not for me. Maybe you could try uninstalling and reinstalling? As you can see, I have it in both places.

said by gjrhine :

No, when I save to a folder the one in the Bookmarks bar is deleted.

said by dchurn :

New version released today. .02.149.29. You can update the previous version by going too the "about" and click on "Check for updates"

said by AmeritecTech :

Right click on your bookmarks bar. Click Add Page. Key in the address and save it to the Bookmarks Bar. Right click your bookmarks bar again. Click Add Page. Key in the address again. Save it to Other Bookmarks or whatever folder you want. You now have the bookmark in the Bookmarks Bar and another folder.

said by gjrhine :

I don't like that I can not have a bookmark on the Bookmarks bar and a folder

said by WFO :

Skimmed a few pages. No discussion of the EULA???

"By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services."

I wouldn't want this browser on my computer. :)

»www.planetx64.com/index.php?opti···temid=19

said by norky :

When I went to About it told me an update was available. Other than checking to see if an update is available, what do you expect an update checker to do?

said by rick752 :

Why would you have to check for updates? Isn't the so-called "Updater" already running 24/7? .... even when Chrome isn't being used? :huh:

said by Paul928 :

Has anyone else seen this happen since installing Chrome?

said by Carbon Unit :

Its just another Firefox build like Safari

said by OZO :

Please don't do it. I guess, this browser has a long way to go until it will be ready for such tasks. See this tread for more info - Google's Chrome Browser - Security & Privacy Issues

said by bent :

I'm not using it for anything I would consider private, nor for anything I'd consider critical to my business.

said by FunnyBones :

google urchin is not speculation and has been used to track every page you visit. It maybe be a beta but what about the leftovers not uninstalled? And what about google data-mining?

If your happy with it then keep it cause even with all the best google has to offer it can be done in firefox with plugins........

said by bent :

Beta? Anyone? Beta? And a premature Beta at that. Quit crucifying Google with your speculations. When the RC has these problems, THEN bitch. Otherwise, go »dev.chromium.org/. They've already shown that they are listening very closely to what the community has to say, at least it looks that way to me.

said by bent :

Here's an even better link. »groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss

You must have some interest in this program, or you wouldn't have picked it up in the first place. If you want to be heard, that's the place to speak.

said by bent :

Clickey linkey.

said by AmeritecTech :

Most of these issues should be addressed in upcoming beta releases, I'm sure.

said by mod_wastrel :

Not completely... it is in the best interest of most companies to look out for their customers, presuming they want to keep their customers.

said by bent :

Beta? Anyone? Beta? And a premature Beta at that. Quit crucifying Google with your speculations. When the RC has these problems, THEN bitch. Otherwise, go »dev.chromium.org/. They've already shown that they are listening very closely to what the community has to say, at least it looks that way to me.

said by bent :

Beta? Anyone? Beta? And a premature Beta at that. Quit crucifying Google with your speculations. When the RC has these problems, THEN bitch. Otherwise, go »dev.chromium.org/. They've already shown that they are listening very closely to what the community has to say, at least it looks that way to me.

said by Tuxified1 :

Exactly, when other applications behave like this they are usually called malware.

said by Tuxified1 :

I know, I'm wondering if some of the Exec's at Google have ever read that page?

said by AmeritecTech :

The 'don't be evil' motto has been on the ropes ever since the IPO. They've done a lot of stuff I doubt they would have done as a private company.

said by Tuxified1 :

That would seem to be at odds with Google's informal corporate motto of "Don't be evil".

Google Corporate Information:
»www.google.com/corporate/tenthings.html

said by mod_wastrel :

The true motto of all large companies: we look out for our own interests.

said by AmeritecTech :

Because Google's corporate culture is such that they want to win on every battlefield.

said by rick752 :

For those who don't know, I am the EasyList subscription author for Adblock Plus. I have been following these guys around for a long time. There IS a motive in what they are doing ... you can bet on it. Why would a company whose main goal is advertising and tracking your every move want to make a web browser too?

said by mod_wastrel :

To each his own.

Just because a program isn't running doesn't mean there isn't an update available for it. Google's approach seems in tune with some other publishers' methods. But if it bothers you, just don't use the program(s) that do this.

said by AmeritecTech :

Running an update check at the launch of an application is typical and expected. Running a background process even when the program is closed is shady.

said by mod_wastrel :

Some, maybe most, people prefer to have an "auto-updater" handle their program updates. Software publishers certainly tend to like them. This seems to be a trend of the newer Google programs. It doesn't particularly bother me, though I prefer to turn off all auto-update processes so as to control updates manually. I don't think Google's Updater concept is any worse than anyone else's, though they might want to make it a little more obvious to the user.

said by mod_wastrel :

Some, maybe most, people prefer to have an "auto-updater" handle their program updates.

said by FunnyBones :

When a program uninstalls it should remove all registry entries and folders and not try and hide in your windows tasks......

said by efris :

You're getting OWA to work? I'm getting a watered down view, similar to what Firefox gives. The folder functions and other UI features don't work. Have you compared this to IE and you're getting the same screens? This is a big bug with the number of companies who have OWA available for employee access to e-mail from home.

said by FunnyBones :

What is sad is they could not even include a decent uninstaller for the browser that shows me what the google team really wants to do with tracking your every movement online.. They have been doing this for a while now with the
urchin.js and one reason why I use privoxy and tor. When a program uninstalls it should remove all registry entries and folders and not try and hide in your windows tasks......

said by Tuxified1 :

»news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10031···esArea.0

quote:

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"Provided that users leave Chrome's auto-suggest feature on and have Google as their default search provider, Google will have access to any keystrokes that are typed into the browser's Omnibox, even before a user hits enter."

---

Some of that stuff sounds like keyloggers.
Now I really feel dirty after having installed this "browser".

Guess I better reimage after all.
Bye Bye Google modifications. :)

said by AmeritecTech :

Sure you can, click Other Bookmarks, right click the Menu and click Add Folder. I have book marks in the bar and in several folders under Other Bookmarks.

said by gjrhine :

Apparently you can not have bookmarks in more than one folder or in a folder and the bookmarks bar.

said by OZO :

Oh, I've got it. It's like: "buy more - save more"?

In other words, if you want to feel better - open many tabs (the more - the better it works), look at memory usage. Then close those tabs, look at the memory usage again and feel yourself better... Is that what they're saying? Should I buy it, even Chrome initially uses more memory then other browsers?

said by BinaryXtreme :

Google acknowledges up front that having separate processes for separate tabs will create more memory usage, but the Mountain View company says the browser will use less memory over time. For example, when you close a tab in Chrome, you end the memory process completely, freeing up more memory for future use.

said by cho0b :

From the Chrome EULA:

quote:

---

11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling Google to display, distribute and promote the Services and may be revoked for certain Services as defined in the Additional Terms of those Services.

---

Send an email through yahoo using chrome - Google Owns it. Post a facebook message - Google owns it. Send an idea about a new business through Chrome - Google owns it. Yes these are exaggerations - but they are not limitations under that clause.

Until Google removes these sections from their EULA I will not be using Chrome.

said by Matt :

While I would vehemently disagree that Chrome "is no good without ABP", I very much respect the work you put into your list and hope you continue. I see the need for ABP, but I also feel it is hurtful to website owners who utilize ad revenue to support their free work.

said by rick752 :

I don't think that will be the main reason why. This will pull in the more average user to Firefox ... the ones that were using IE because they never knew any better.

Google is a name that they know ... so they say, "Let's try it". Then they will start reading things about it that people don't like or trust (like the EULA debate). Before they know it, they are actually getting educated about browsers and tracking and ads.

Now they start seeing articles and postings everywhere about how others are complaining about Chrome not having features like Adblock Plus available (I'm using an example that I know about and have already seen everywhere ... even here)

Next thing you know, they are trying Firefox to see what they are missing with Chrome ... "I didn't know this could block ads and tracking".

I'm sure this will happen because it just makes sense.

I work on the Adblock Plus Project (EasyList subscriptions) and there have already been many articles and posts around the internet mentioning that Chrome is no good without Adblock Plus ... this is not a promo, it is a fact. Chrome needs to be 'openly extensible' whether Google likes it or not. If they won't, Chrome will die.

said by MysticGogeta :

I think it will with FF 3.0 because its defiantly gained ground in fixing the memory leak and speeding it up.

said by salzan :

The EULA seems as bad (or worse) than Netscape's.

said by lilhurricane :

»Be sure to read Chrome's fine print

..and uninstalling sure left alot of reg traces.

Perhaps there will be more options and choices when out of Beta

said by Maccawolf :

Dad was looking at it last night, when I heard a cry of alarm.
It seems it's ONLY for XP and vista.
Dad uses 2K and I use Linux. I guess neither of us matter to Google.....

said by cho0b :

From the Chrome EULA:

quote:

---

11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling Google to display, distribute and promote the Services and may be revoked for certain Services as defined in the Additional Terms of those Services.

---

Send an email through yahoo using chrome - Google Owns it. Post a facebook message - Google owns it. Send an idea about a new business through Chrome - Google owns it. Yes these are exaggerations - but they are not limitations under that clause.

Until Google removes these sections from their EULA I will not be using Chrome.

said by earletp :

I was curious, but not curious enough to allow Google to invade my computer. :D

said by earletp :

I'm confused now, faster rendering of a page doesn't mean faster loading of that page?

said by FiL :

I reallllly like this browser in XP... and hope Ad-Block + gets supported soon.

Its scrolling this page slower then FF3 would, and I think its cause of the pictures attached and are visible immediately. But otherwise, its stable.

said by BinaryXtreme :

That's what I posted. Look at it, read it, learn it.

said by BinaryXtreme :

3 machines loaded now and remarkably, you have 5 executable files missing in your tab. Even Google lists more processes and Google claims it uses more memory than other browsers as per the Mtn. View base company. Their very own press release is stated here.

said by BinaryXtreme :

Damn. FF runs on my machine at 94mb and Chrome at 188mb, rofl, uninstall Chrome for the win. Also it's just plain and too ugly.

»/r0/download/1···sers.png

said by MysticGogeta :

I would say its faster then IE but that's not saying much. I thought Opera and Firefox even Safari (For XP) were much faster. I think it has a LONG way to go to catch up but I will give it another run after beta.

said by AmeritecTech :

I'm not able to get to G-Mail in Chrome. Anyone else experiencing this? It may be work proxy-related, but I can get to G-Mail in Firefox and I.E. I've deleted cookies, disabled popup blocking, and everything else I can think of. It just takes me to a blank page rather than the G-Mail login screen. The same happens if I go to google.com and click Sign In at top right.

said by Tuxified1 :

Sure, 15 minutes and the computer is as fresh as a daisy again. :)
Done it quite a few times actually after installing questionable software, it takes less time to reimage than to hunt and eradicate the unwanted registry entries.

said by norky :

You would honestly reimage for a few left over registry entries?

said by Kawartha :

I have an issue so far.... I can scroll DOWN.... but not UP.

Anybody?

I have read other threads elsewhere that some people can scroll DOWN.... but it actually scrolls UP.

Anybody? :)

said by Kawartha :

I have an issue so far.... I can scroll DOWN.... but not UP.

Anybody?

I have read other threads elsewhere that some people can scroll DOWN.... but it actually scrolls UP.

Anybody? :)

said by Siko :

This browser will last as long as the beta gmail.

said by dadkins :

*** Chrome folder and Update Folder. :huh:

said by FunnyBones :

Oh and if your using vista C:\Users\"YOUR USERNAME"\Application Data\google

I agree I still feel dirty lol

said by sivran :

Found and removed.
No sign of the service, probably wasn't installed. XP 32bit SP3 here.

said by FunnyBones :

Make sure you also remove the google update task from
C:\WINDOWS\Tasks

said by Oddsk8er :

Yeah... Learned this the hard way. I uninstalled Chrome and GoogleUpdate.exe is still around and it still phones home to check for updates. As far as I know, the only way to "uninstall" it is to remove the registry entries for it manually and uncheck the msconfig run at start up option, on top of deleting the exe. Is there a real way to uninstall this that I'm missing?

said by Oddsk8er :

Yeah... Learned this the hard way. I uninstalled Chrome and GoogleUpdate.exe is still around and it still phones home to check for updates. As far as I know, the only way to "uninstall" it is to remove the registry entries for it manually and uncheck the msconfig run at start up option, on top of deleting the exe. Is there a real way to uninstall this that I'm missing?

said by AmeritecTech :

Well, Mozilla's final release (1.7.13) was in April of 2006, almost 2.5 years ago, so perhaps they considered it a deprecated browser and that's why they didn't create the possibility to import from it.

said by MagMan :

Watch when un-installing it does not like to go easy, the google updater to be exact, does not go quietly. Beware!

said by Vathral :

With 10 tabs open
Chrome = 181mb
Firefox 3 = 94mb

said by Tuxified1 :

Ugh, downloaded it and installed, now wished I hadn't.
This thing acts like spyware.

(Update):
Uninstalled, no thanks Google.

said by sivran :

I don't use Firefox.

Apparently it will ONLY import from Firefox and IE. Users of other browsers are screwed. If Firefox is not installed it will only offer to import IE favorites. Sucky.

said by AmeritecTech :

Hmm, it imported my Firefox stuff (and offered) on first boot. Worked great.

said by Tuxified1 :

Ugh, downloaded it and installed, now wished I hadn't.
This thing acts like spyware.

said by AmeritecTech :

I thought this might be my G-Mail problem, but no such luck.

said by sivran :

Does not import, and does not offer to import, Mozilla html bookmarks files.

said by Titus Pullo :

That's because it's freaking Safari

said by Matt :

Have to use Java 6 Update 10, which is beta.

»www.google.com/support/chrome/bi···c=&type=

said by pat_lc2000 :

adding bookmarks at all...no option to add them

said by Dan Given :

Very fast but Java doesn't work.

said by lilhurricane :

GoogleUpdater as a service? :p

No thank you

said by WillZ7000 :

Does anyone have a memory/cpu usage comparison to other browsers

said by pat_lc2000 :

Has anyone had a problem with bookmarking in Chrome?

said by MagMan :

Sorry I don't like it, not customizable enough.

It is fast though, but ads suck.

said by joako :

But does it work in full mode or lite mode?

said by lilhurricane :

»Be sure to read Chrome's fine print

..and uninstalling sure left alot of reg traces.

Perhaps there will be more options and choices when out of Beta

said by voip_user :

It sure is fast .. works also with OWA (MS Outlook Web Access).

said by cocothebean :

Who's running what???
XP or Vista???
I am wondering if it works smoother on one or the other or is it buggy on both???