Chrome: A Bit More Than Just Another Browser Chrome might look like just another browser to the average user, but, under the hood, Google has focused on building a system dedicated to running web based applications.
What does that mean?
People are running increasingly complex applications inside the browser; which has resulted in performance and security problems. To advance Google’s agenda, of getting more people to use its web applications (Gmail, Google Docs, etc), the company wanted a fast, secure and stable platform upon which those applications could run.
While there’s a lot to like about Chrome’s architecture, in theory, I’ll be sticking with Firefox. Since Chrome is open source software, the Mozilla developers will pick and choose what they like from Chrome and hopefully make Firefox better, faster, more secure, etc.
That’s fine with Google. Google doesn’t care about who’s using which browser. The point is that the browers need to be able to run web apps properly.
With the release of Chrome, many at Microsoft must have soiled their union suits. Microsoft is pushing their expensive, closed source stuff, as usual. But with so many and open source options emerging for developing and using web based applications, Microsoft could be facing very serious difficulties ahead. As the article below states, “Killing Internet Explorer isn’t really Chrome’s goal. No, killing Microsoft Office is Chrome’s goal.”
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Om te verduidelijken: als ik bovenstaande had geschreven in Chrome zou die tekst door Google te gebruiken zijn om bijv in een boek te kwakken, te vertalen, op een vlag te drukken, etc.
De opmaak is anders dan we gewend zijn, maar daar wil ik graag aan wennen. Die enorme snelheidswinst heb ik niet kunnen ontdekken na GC een dag te hebben gebruikt. De (zakelijke) sites die ik bezoek komen over het algemeen trager op en ik was vergeten hoe tergend langzaam afbeeldingen opgebouwd kunnen worden.
De vereenvoudigde locatiebalk (=zoekfunctie, =historie) is een teleurstelling. Ik vond het prettig om diepe links uit een rijtje terug te kunnen halen (FF), maar Chrome lijkt zich alleen maar de indexpagina van een site te herinneren.
Ctrl+klik opent een link weliswaar een nieuw tabblad, maar ik moet daar dan wel zelf naartoe klikken. Lijkt IE wel. Over IE gesproken; als ik in IE het laatste tabblad sluit (Ctrl+W of Ctrl+F4) sluit de browser in z’n geheel af. Idem dito voor GC.
Nondeju, ik wil gewoon een blanco browserblad, en niet opnieuw te hoeven starten.
Ik houd het voorlopig bij FF, maar zal de ontwikkelingen in het oog houden.
Hij installeert o.a. sowieso een updater die automatich start bij het opstarten van Windows en die ook niet uninstallt als je GC un-installed
Tis nog beta natuurlijk, maar das wel erg slordig imho
Als ik CTRL F4 doe wordt alleen de tabblad, waar ik nu in zit, afgesloten. De rest blijft open.
Wat ik handig vind, is de startpagina, waar je je favoriete pagina’s zo kunt zien. Ff klikken en klaar.
Ik ondervind momenteel weinig problemen met Chrome, ook al moet ik zeggen dat ik niet het onderste uit de kan haal, zoals sommigen wellicht hiero .
Wel ondervind ik, net als firefox, een probleem met het afspelen van video’s via bijvoorbeeld vkmag.com. Na 4 of 5 seconden stopt het beeld en geluid. Bij IE totaal geen last van.
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Om te verduidelijken: als ik bovenstaande had geschreven in Chrome zou die tekst door Google te gebruiken zijn om bijv in een boek te kwakken, te vertalen, op een vlag te drukken, etc.
Google heeft de EULA aangepast
Here’s an official response from Rebecca Ward, Senior Product Counsel for Google Chrome:
“In order to keep things simple for our users, we try to use the same set of legal terms (our Universal Terms of Service) for many of our products. Sometimes, as in the case of Google Chrome, this means that the legal terms for a specific product may include terms that don’t apply well to the use of that product. We are working quickly to remove language from Section 11 of the current Google Chrome terms of service. This change will apply retroactively to all users who have downloaded Google Chrome.”
. Tjek ook het filmpje, waarin Chrome wordt uitgelegd: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnZxeR-lIvM
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