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Google Chrome 2.0 is faster, features full page zoom, full screen mode
Google Chrome 2.0 also includes the ability to remove thumbnails from the new tab page, as well as a bunch of features which have long been common in other browsers, such as:
- Full page zoom (previously you could only zoom the text, not images and other page elements)
- Full screen mode when you press F11
- Form autofill
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Subscribe to commentsHZMay 21st 2009 10:09PM
i'm still waiting an option to disable the trojan-like chrome updater.
i don't like the idea of that particular proccess at all.
still, i did noticed a little improvement in some pages like yahoo (mail) and similar webpages.
der_tuxmanMay 22nd 2009 7:59AM
OK it is faster but it is still Google spyware crap. Bah.
AaronMay 22nd 2009 7:59AM
Ad blocking, please... I know this is totally against Google's method of raising money, but some sites, like Time.com, have amazingly intrusive ads.
dreamscape86May 22nd 2009 8:00AM
Downloadsquad covered how to do this a couple months ago:
http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/04/06/how-to-block-ads-in-google-chrome-with-adsweep/
In my experience, Adsweep does even better than Adblock Plus.
nikescarMay 22nd 2009 7:59AM
For some reason java script stopped working after updating
FredMay 22nd 2009 7:59AM
I sub scribed to the dev tree, so have been getting these piecemeal along the way. So far I love Chrome. I prefer minimalist looks, and though I can get similar appearance with FF, Chrome is faster on my system.
Also, on my netbook, it's interface is a perfect size.
I don't, personally, understand what people have against it. HZ doesn't like Google Updater, but all it does is download and install updates. Just like Firefox does.
Der_tuxman refers to some kind of 'spyware crap', but I don't know what that means (you can opt out of the search logging).
benMay 21st 2009 11:32PM
Firefox has an updater that runs when you run the browser. It's not a separate program. Chrome's updater runs in the background constantly.
HZMay 22nd 2009 7:59AM
They're putting an extra process in the background without your permission.
there SHOULD be an option to choose wether you want to make it work that way or if you want to update when there's an update available, like All the other browsers.
It's faster than firefox in both my pc and my netbook, uses less space and i also love the minimalistic and stylish look of it...YET...the update is a very bad thing.
FireFox is the best in the update process, you can download the update within FF and it'll be installed right after the download it's complete.
Opera, on the other hand, makes you download the whole new browser
GoogleChrome updates everything in the background, making use of your processor, cycle times of your processor [of course.], memory, and let's not forget about your network. They may be small enough so you don't have to care about it, but it's still being used without any particular Good reason.
There are three "update paradigms" there :
FF > normal update paradigm
Opera > worst update paradigm
Chrome > best update paradigm
I don't know how Safari's is.
Why is it the best ? because the browser is going to be up to date every day withouth bothering you to download and install it. This may be the best choice for the "end-user without a lot of knowledge about how to use a computer", but still, it's a "trojan-like" behaviour that MOST of us [us as in the people who knows how to really use a pc] don't like at all and want to control it.
It's a "cloud" approach to regular updates and you can read Lee Mathews' article about why cloud computing is not the best thing after all [and i couldn't agree more with him in this matter].
But the worst part of all, is that you don't have any idea if this GoogleUpdate.exe proccess it's actually checking for updates or sending other information. You just can't tell because you didn't program it, and it's something unnaceptable.
Yet, it's the best one to mantain the browser updated, but people HAS to have an option to disable it and update when they feel to.
So, as you can see it's not just "i hate it because i can", i have reasons.
QuikboyMay 22nd 2009 8:00AM
@HZ: How would you rank the latest IE update paradigm?
HZMay 22nd 2009 8:01AM
@Quickboy
I wouldn't call "a good update paradigm" to update the important things once a decade. Most of -if not all- IE updates on IE6 and IE7 has been security updates because of their buggy development paradigm [yes, i love the word paradigm].
Still, even though i'm using IE7 i tried to install IE8 and nothing happened. but i really don't care [yet]. But, after all, MS lets you choose if you want every update to be downloaded/installed automatically, auto-downloaded and manually installing it or everything manually. Which is the way to go. (IMO)
Still2, they may change that because people always blame them of faulty software (which indeed it is) and they don't get updates for X reason and it gives a bad image [which they already have and it's purely their fault] to them. Remember the pro-pirate updates on w7 ?
But, staying on topic, IE at least lets you CHOOSE. Actually not IE but Windows, but still.
FrancisJun 1st 2009 7:38AM
@HZ
You're kidding right? Opera has the "worst update paradigm" because you need to download a new 5.4MB file?
WarningHPBMay 22nd 2009 8:00AM
http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron.php
WarningHPBMay 22nd 2009 8:00AM
should have added this is and I quote:
' SRWare Iron: The browser of the future - based on the free Sourcecode "Chromium" - without any problems at privacy and security '
QuikboyMay 22nd 2009 1:21AM
Surprised it took this long. Even IE7 has has those features since it launched.
JohhMay 22nd 2009 8:00AM
IE1 was not launched in 2008.
Maff MaceMay 22nd 2009 8:00AM
anyone know how I can downgrade back to version 1?
version 2 doesn't work with the web proxy at my work like the beta versions of 1 didn't so the software is unusable for me!
JeffMay 22nd 2009 8:00AM
Out of beta and now at version 2? Chrome for OSX is still at version 0 and Chromium builds are a massive pain to get working (you have to install all kinds of ridiculous software to your system just to get a super rough version). Surely they have more than one (or a half of one) guy working on this thing?
shaunisadirtyMay 22nd 2009 8:01AM
I'll admit straight up I have never personally used Chrome. However just looking at screenshots makes me feel like a 1st grader came up with the design scheme. I know it's supposed to be a full fledged browser, but it looks more like a...mobile browser?
JM2Jun 17th 2009 4:38PM
Actually, that is basically what I thought at first as well.
After going ahead and giving it a try, almost a month now, I'm actually enjoying it. Compact as hell, Great speed, minimalistic, some shortcuts like CTRL+B are awesome, and most of all the colours do not distract from you browsing..... A big difference from Opera, Internet Explorer, and a handful of other browsers.....
It does not come without its flaws though. You get very little control over it, there are virtually NO customization options (turning off parts of it, changing others, moving stuff.....) and it also seems to have negative effects in the Windows Vista OS..... one of the major things with that is not allowing you to pop up the task bar when hidden.... you have to press the "Windows" button. OH!!! And on the normal F11 Screen... (full mode) it shows you no 'hidden' controls... you have to know the shortcuts..... not THAT bad I guess... but I like just moving the mouse and 'click' .....
~JM2
BrianMay 22nd 2009 8:01AM
STILL not going to move to Chrome until it has support for add ons.