Google Chrome Early Testing
Posted by sandnsurf on September 2008
Big day has arrived. Testing most of the night down under and surprised with some of the results. Check out Sergey Brin from the launch on September 3
Already grabbing up to 1% of the browser market – even this early!!
Positive Findings
- Clean cut and crisp
- No separate address and search bars
- Simple download, setup and
- Love the upper tab browsing
- Great features of undo close and ‘basic tab’ page
- More like a Mac than a PC
- More like an app tool than a browser
- Intelligent bookmarking
- You can still use your favourite search engine to search
- No bulky toolbar – I can see my whole screen
- But what about all the feature functions of my favourite FF3 sites?
- Great downloading feature – interactive and functional
- “Create App Shortcuts” – e.g. create Gmail shortcut on the desktop and launch Gmail without any browser trappings.
Negative things
- Still can’t access Gmail
- Some of the older format sites are non-compliant and distorted such as Ecademy.com
- Many images not loading or only half loading
- NEED my StumbleUpon toolbar, Diigo and delicious mechanisms….
- Bugs and glitches already identified
- Will Google control all our information? Read the license
- Why Chrome and not a better Firefox?
- When will Chrome arrive for Mac?
- Great review on the 10 ‘myths’ surrounding Google Chrome
More things to review and get excited about:
- Live testing with readwriteweb.com
- Discuss the latest findings, tips and tricks live on ChromeSpot.com
- Get help and join discussions directly in the Google Group
- Review of the browser speed in virtual box with jofarnold.com
Google Chrome - launch date « The 28-Hour-Day diet said
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DocRipster said
Agreed, it has lots of high end tech specs – but I only see half the images, it is moderately faster than Firefox 3, but I can’t use any of my preferred toolsets