Comments on: Chrome is Google’s Latest Jab at Microsoft

By: Samuel

Samuel — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:42:38 +0000

Yeah, I've been foolin' with Chrome for what amounts to a day's worth. Only thing is, due to the uberflow of students, all comcast's internet services are more overtaxed than usual. So far, it doesn't seem much better than FF. I'll let you know when it does.

Thanks, I'm off my web hiatus.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:34:14 +0000

I'd expect Google to stay online with its apps, with the exception of the offline mode available through Google Gears. I think they could do some interesting things with an operating system, but it seems too far removed from its core business to be justifiable.

I agree that Firefox is good enough - mostly. Apparently its architecture and lots of legacy code make it really hard to make big changes. After playing with Chrome for about 1/2 a day, the one thing advantage is that it's fast as &#$!. JavaScript performance with web apps is really impressive. And that's saying something, because I felt that Firefox 3 was a huge improvement over v2. Firefox is supposed to see some big changes here soon though, thanks to the TraceMonkey engine that's going to be incorporated soon.

So far, the biggest downside of Chrome is the lack of plug-ins and extensions. I rely on many throughout the day, so I don't see myself making a switch anytime soon.

BTW, nice to see you back here!

By: Samuel

Samuel — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:07:24 +0000

I find it frustrating almost. Isn't Firefox good enough? I think Google should go after MS's core programs like office and the OS. I don't care how. Just give them some real competition. They've got too much market share and they don't seem to innovate...