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On Sun, 31 May 2009, Simon Waters wrote: > Gordon Henderson wrote: >> >> I didn't realise there was an alpha version avalable for Linux until the >> story on /. yesterday, so downloaded it and gave it a go.. >> >> If you don't have the link, then it's: >> >> http://build.chromium.org/buildbot/snapshots/chromium-rel-linux/ >> >> Seems to work OK. Very fast - esepcially with javascript, but also very >> "raw" - however bookmark support is somewhat lacking right now... > > So tell us is it any better than the Windows Chromium? Don't know - I've never tried it under windows... > Afraid when I realised the MS Windows version: > > Failed to respect key Windows manager defaults. > Failed to use standard components for common tasks (open a file). > Had basic errors in the custom components for same tasks. It doesn't seem that have that level of sophistication yet... > I took the view life was better without, especially if you wanted a > browser with similar rendering engine Safari for Windows was faster, and > less buggy, and also looks like it doesn't belong (sic), I dare say > there are other Webkit based rendering browsers for Windows as there are > several others around for Gnu/Linux and Unix. > > Market share of Chrome on Windows is a tribute to Google marketing. > > The Javascript engine was fast, but I hit a bug in the first few minutes > of usage, where as the new Javascript in Firefox 3.5 seems to be fast, > and "just worked". Not sure how Google can have got this wrong if they > do as much testing as they claim to do on Chromium, perhaps they just > render pages in testing and never exercise the interactive parts of the > Javascript code. > > I remember when Windows folk use to claim Unix desktops were ugly > because so many apps didn't fit with the Window manager, but they days > there are reasons aside from cosmetics to adhere to Window manager > conventions (Google "Chrome accessibility" for a few discussions of same). The layout could be better, but I'm used to firefox - Chrome has the go bar in the tab rather than above it. I've not tried ff 3.5, but have been using minefield (3.6 beta) for some time - I think Chrome is faster with javascript than minefield, but not by much. http://unicorn.drogon.net/tab1.png and http://unicorn.drogon.net/tab2.png is what happens when you open a new tab - which scarily remembers your browsing history and puts up little boxes. Natwest bank doesn't like it (surprise!) Does the world need another browser? Who knows - I'll stick to firefox for a while, but it was nice to try. Oh and their claims about being separate processes to not cause a total crash if one browser instance crashes are bolox - hit control-f as I did to try to pop up a 'find' ... All windows exited )-: Gordon -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html