A new browser was/is not at the top of my wish list. However I’m really enjoying Google Chrome. It’s only game-changing in the sense that Google’s search was game-changing when it came out. It doesn’t cook dinner or anything. It just works better, faster. Faster, however, is the main thing. It is just so much faster than IE, even Firefox. You don’t appreciate it until you try. Now IE seems painfully sluggish in comparison. It definitely makes surfing more pleasurable. It’s not a complete alternative to IE. Just like Firefox, Sharepoint breaks. Also a bunch of css/javascript-filled web sites haven’t been made compatible yet. Nothing major, just some annoying format glitchs from time-to-time. Assuming that over time the web developer community embraces it as a legitimate platform to include when coding, Chrome will probably be my default browser from now on. Which is surprising since I wasn’t looking for a new one.
I was surprised too…I’ve been using Chrome and Firefox both (I ditched IE a long time ago) and Chrome is noticeably faster; particularly on startup.
I also like Chrome’s very judicious use of desktop real estate.
The only reason I continue to hang on to Firefox is because I’ve fallen into the “Microsoft” trap before and am worried I might fall into a “Google” trap where I have to use all their stuff because it “works better together.”
I use Chrome and firefox too. Main reason I keep firefox around is I have a ton of extensions installed and Chrome doesn’t yet the capability. But I use Chrome for my web apps. Except for the annoying ones that seem to require IE, then I sue IE Tab in Firefox
I jumped on Chrome as soon as it dropped, and though I still tend to use Firefox more than it, that’s more out of habit than preference these days (soon to change once they come out with an OS X version of Chrome).
As to the IE centric pages not working in Chrome, well, if a company can’t be bothered to build a product or page that won’t work with anything other than IE, then I’ll be happy to visit and fund their competition who do. I had a second point here, but it got so involved I decided to make it in to a post on my own blog (shameless plug following I know, but thought you might be interested):
http://blog.brandonschory.com/2008/12/chrome/
Hey Ed,
Thanks for the recommendation I will make sure that I check it out sometime next week after finals are all done with. Currenlty I’m on Safari that’s my default browser for the moment.
All the best,
JP
chrome rules! just tried http://www.etsy.com site which would take me at least 2 minutes to load on IE. only a sec on Chrome. love it. thx, e.