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[Jennifer]

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I just downloaded Google Chrome, and so far I'm impressed.

It's fast and also loads plug-ins quickly; I did not need to restart my computer.

I love its utter simplicity; no busy looking buttons and tabs. The tabs are at the top of the page, not buried in some ridiculous toolbar.

Normally, I'm a Joanie-come-lately to new tech, but decided to jump in during day 2 of Beta.

Now, I have JUST downloaded Chrome, so have not yet had a chance to encounter the inevitable beta bugs.

For those of you who feel queasy about Beta downloads, I'll keep you updated on any issues I encounter.

 

For those of you who have decided to the Chrome plunge, feel free to discuss here what you like and don't like about it.

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I just tried spell-check, and it popped up immediately.


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[DuglasMark]

I haven't tried Chrome yet, but already I don't like it. Now we have another browser to 'format' about. And I still haven't checked Mac's browser, ?Safari?, nor downloaded Firefox v.3 yet.  Oh dear, what is my want-to-be-consummate perfectionistic control-freaking meatself to do?


IE is firmly establishment, Firefox counter-establishment, Chrome?  We'll see. Thanks Jennifer, I suspected Chrome would get adopted early by not-normally-early adopters. You're already helping me place Chrome demographically. Otherthan trying out Chrome, you are Firefox, no?
 

[Jennifer]

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Yes, Duglas,  I have used Firefox.

It's okay, but slow and busy (in terms of layout).

I have made a discovery on Google Chrome: apparently, you can't embed photographs from other people's sites, at least not easily (I'm sure there's a workaround, though).

This is both good and bad: users can't steal bandwidth from mom and pop sources, but that also means that one can't use bandwidth from big sites like Wikipedia.

I haven't tried YouTube.

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[DuglasMark]

Jennifer,

How much of an issue is bandwidth?

[Jennifer]

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Bandwidth is an issue for small sites but not really for large sites with nearly limitless space.

That's why I never embed from a small site.

Also, when you embed, if the original poster takes down the photo or video, you lose it too.

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[DuglasMark]

Yeah, I was watching one of those 'FutureWorld/Tech" shows. The futurist made it seem as though bandwidth-for-all was already here, along with everyone having their own servers. Also, that in the near future nearly 50% of bandwidth will be used by automata: machines exchanging information, on their own, with other machines.