Google Chrome: What do you say?

abwebdesign · 09-04-2008, 07:07 AM

I recently blogged a bit about my thoughts on the implications and possible results of Google's new web browser, Chrome. I am interested in your opinions on what I have said, and maybe some of your own thoughts on the subject. Either comment here or on the blog itself, I don't care, just interested in feedback.

Here is the link: http://blog.abwebsitedesign.com/2008...and-maybe.html

***ian*** · 09-04-2008, 10:18 AM

I have yet to try Google Chrome, I will probably stick with Internet Explorer.

suz · 09-04-2008, 12:14 PM

I know I can't be bothered downloading it. I probably will though once peer pressure gets to me~

jnjc · 09-05-2008, 01:05 AM

It's a real pain. We don't need another browser. Right now you have to test and tweak your sites for the A Grade Browsers:

IE6
IE7
FF 2
FF 3 (which is turning out to be pretty troublesome)
Safari

Not to mention Opera, Seamonkey etc...

And now google throws in their two cents and with such high exposure I'm sure it'll only be a matter of time before that gets added to the "to-test" list also....

For the moment I'll be ignoring it in the hope it goes away....

suz · 09-05-2008, 01:10 AM

It apparently uses Safari's rendering engine so if your site works in that it will be the same in the Google browser.

jnjc · 09-05-2008, 01:24 AM

It'd be great if that were true, but I test on the windows version of Safari and I've had reports of pages rendering slightly differently on the Mac Version...

abwebdesign · 09-05-2008, 05:05 AM

It uses source from a wide array of open source code such as Firefox and Safari. The official user-agent recorded from the browser is:

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/525.13 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/0.X.Y.Z Safari/525.13.

Google has also opted to keep the source code for Chrome open and will be developing versions for both MacOS and Linux. I'd say it's a good deal.

AE7 · 09-06-2008, 11:21 PM

As long as it doesn't have problems interpreting CSS like IE does, I am perfectly fine with it.

dreamcon · 09-10-2008, 02:38 AM

we can alwys give it a try

User · 09-22-2008, 04:03 PM

I'm in love with ff - so i will not change.

09-04-2008, 07:07 AM	#1 (permalink)
abwebdesign Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Erie, PA Posts: 49	Google Chrome: What do you say? I recently blogged a bit about my thoughts on the implications and possible results of Google's new web browser, Chrome. I am interested in your opinions on what I have said, and maybe some of your own thoughts on the subject. Either comment here or on the blog itself, I don't care, just interested in feedback. Here is the link: http://blog.abwebsitedesign.com/2008...and-maybe.html __________________ Cheers, Christopher M. Arkwright AB Web Design, LLC. www.abwebsitedesign.com

09-04-2008, 10:18 AM	#2 (permalink)
*ian* Administrator Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,945	I have yet to try Google Chrome, I will probably stick with Internet Explorer. __________________ Computer Forum

09-04-2008, 12:14 PM	#3 (permalink)
suz Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 378	I know I can't be bothered downloading it. I probably will though once peer pressure gets to me~ __________________ Art for the web - Web page templates The work from home blog

09-05-2008, 01:05 AM	#4 (permalink)
jnjc Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 493	It's a real pain. We don't need another browser. Right now you have to test and tweak your sites for the A Grade Browsers: IE6 IE7 FF 2 FF 3 (which is turning out to be pretty troublesome) Safari Not to mention Opera, Seamonkey etc... And now google throws in their two cents and with such high exposure I'm sure it'll only be a matter of time before that gets added to the "to-test" list also.... For the moment I'll be ignoring it in the hope it goes away.... __________________ www.solasit.com.au Free Online Competitions

09-05-2008, 01:10 AM	#5 (permalink)
suz Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 378	It apparently uses Safari's rendering engine so if your site works in that it will be the same in the Google browser. __________________ Art for the web - Web page templates The work from home blog

09-05-2008, 01:24 AM	#6 (permalink)
jnjc Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 493	It'd be great if that were true, but I test on the windows version of Safari and I've had reports of pages rendering slightly differently on the Mac Version... __________________ www.solasit.com.au Free Online Competitions

09-05-2008, 05:05 AM	#7 (permalink)
abwebdesign Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Erie, PA Posts: 49	It uses source from a wide array of open source code such as Firefox and Safari. The official user-agent recorded from the browser is: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/525.13 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/0.X.Y.Z Safari/525.13. Google has also opted to keep the source code for Chrome open and will be developing versions for both MacOS and Linux. I'd say it's a good deal. __________________ Cheers, Christopher M. Arkwright AB Web Design, LLC. www.abwebsitedesign.com

09-06-2008, 11:21 PM	#8 (permalink)
AE7 Bronze Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 51	As long as it doesn't have problems interpreting CSS like IE does, I am perfectly fine with it. __________________ IE Bugs are compensated for with extra code My username is not intended to be the acronym for After Effects 7

09-10-2008, 02:38 AM	#9 (permalink)
dreamcon New Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 23	we can alwys give it a try __________________ ROoch Website Design Web Application Development Web design Company Web developers Website design australia

09-22-2008, 04:03 PM	#10 (permalink)
User New Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 2	I'm in love with ff - so i will not change.

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