Comments on: Google Chrome – Just Another Web Browser

By: Bruce

Bruce — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:05:35 +0000

Yep, competition is a good thing and only time will tell whether Chrome provides enough benefits to user to make it worth switching.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:08:03 +0000

i’m satisfied with chrome, i can’t complain , didn’t have any problems with it … but really opera is the greatest, no one can compare with it

By: Bret

Bret — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:56:23 +0000

Thanks for the comment Catrin. The other thing your comment made my think about is the idea of “switching.” Is it necessary to use only one browser? While Firefox is my preferred browser, I still use IE on occasion. I think a lot people actually use 2 different browsers on a regular basis. Makes me wonder where Chrome will fit in for multi-browser users.

By: Catrin Florida

Catrin Florida — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:11:11 +0000

I have installed it, but haven’t tried it a lot. And i will not until they start building plugins database. Simply Firefox, currently, offers much more possibilities, and i won’t be changing for some time surely.

By: Bret

Bret — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:31:50 +0000

Yep, competition is a good thing and only time will tell whether Chrome provides enough benefits to user to make it worth switching.

Thanks for the comment.

By: Lena Steuern

Lena Steuern — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:48:50 +0000

I have heard a lot about this new chrome browser, but I have to say I am still a loyal Firefox user. I think Chrome will need to prove itself before it can take on the likes of Firefox and Safari… I guess it´s healthy competition?

By: Bret

Bret — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:57:51 +0000

6 years out is a lifetime in the world of tech; however, anything is possible. For the time being, however, I still believe that Chrome is just competing for the number 2 position. Not that there is anything wrong with that (to quote Seinfeld), but Chrome doesn’t represent the battle of 2 tech giants that the news reporters want it to be. Thanks for the comment Ps3 Man.

By: Ps3 man

Ps3 man — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:04:51 +0000

I think that when 90% of PC’s are use by ‘non geeks’ then whatever browser came with the PC is what will be used. Fast forward six years to a time where Google has a free equivalant to Windows and this is installed on the majorty of new PC’s (saving $70 or so on each PC). You now have Chrome well on the way to being the number 1 browser.

By: Bret

Bret — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:22:34 +0000

Now that’s another angle I wasn’t thinking of; however, do an ad hoc user poll. Talk to a sampling of average computer users not from the tech field and find out if a web enabled phone is something they want and if so, is it something they’re willing to pay extra for. Probably not. Then ask them if they want Google Chrome on their cell phone and they’ll probably tell you they’d prefer a different color.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:24:10 +0000

What if my computer browser and phone browser were the same? The day will come when more internet users are on phones than on computers.

Watched a good conversation about this on Cranky Geeks. They came up with a much more intriguing possibility than just striving for #2:

Chrome is a key component in Google’s attempt to take over the world by directing all traffic through Google infrastructure via (“free”) Google apps and operating systems (for phone any day now and for PC someday?)

Makes sense to me. I’m so tired of Windows bloat and lethargy that I just bought an iMac for the family.