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Can't check the file name of images with out faffing about.
Back to FF.

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Originally Posted by Syxx_Killer

I looked at the browser yesterday. I guess it could get better in the coming days, but I still didn't download it. I know Google likes to mine data from people, so I'm not gonna trust a browser from them. :88)

Yes. When thinking about that every Google-search you ever started and ever page you clicked from their result list gets stored by them for the next 50 years... I hzave started to thinik twice befor using google search month ago. Terms that eventually ever may be considered critical or sensitive, I no longer search for via Google.

They definitely do not know what protection pf privacy is. the real porblem is that more and more of espoeically the younger ones, who do not know it any different, do not even care. It seems this generation does not need any data protection acts anymore. Leaders and companies will like that attitude.

Some goodies in Chrome.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-...d&subj=Webware

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Google's Chrome browser has as Spartan a user interface as possible, but the browser's Omnibox also turns out to be a window into a much more elaborate view of the browser.
That's because Chrome users can type several commands into the browser's address box to uncovers a wealth of nitty-gritty detail and an amusing Easter egg.

Firefox can be fine-tuned by typing "about:config" into its address bar, and other about: commands shed light on many details. Google followed suit.
Most folks won't care a whit, but the feature is notable for programmers--both those creating Web pages and those who might want to toy with Chromium itself, the open-source project behind Chrome. Programmers are a key audience for Chrome, which Google hopes will advance the state of the art in particular for Web applications.
One Firefox tool popular with Web developers is the Firebug extension, which permits detailed analysis of a Web site. Although Chrome lacks an extensions ability for now, right-clicking on Web page elements offers an "inspect element" option that reproduces some of Firebug's abilities.

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Happy Easter
For you non-programmers, there's an Easter egg, too: type "about:internets" into the Omnibox. I'm not going to be a spoilsport by revealing what happens, but here's a hint: Ted Stevens.
Because I'm interested in browser user interface limits, though, I'm very curious what rendering technology is used to produce the Easter egg output. Feel free to offer your theories in the comments field below.
Among the "about" features:
• about:memory shows how much memory the browser--and any other Web browser--is using. Conveniently for Web developers, it also shows how much each Web site in a browser tab is using.
• about:stats shows a wide range of internal measurements such as the time taken to initialize Chrome, load Gears, or perform various operations while running JavaScript programs with Chrome's V8 engine. The page also carries the amusing note, "Shhh! This page is secret!"

• about:network tracks the detailed network activity of using a Web site. • about:version shows details of what version of Chrome is running, along with the user-agent text that the browser reports when identifying itself to Web sites. Why "Mozilla" is in this string is a mystery to me, though perhaps it has to do with the way Chrome can use Firefox plug-ins; why "Mozilla" is apparently in the iPhone's user-agent text is even more a mystery.
• about:histograms graphs various performance measurements such as the time taken to autocomplete text users type into the browser.
• about:crash crashes the active browser tab.
With a little noodling around, I also found out that some of these services, but not all, can be retrieved with a different syntax. Try typing "chrome-resource://about/stats" for example.
One more tidbit for folks closely following Chrome: TG Daily uncovered a so-far hidden "themes" folder that's empty for now but that presumably could be used later to give Chrome different, well, chrome. Depending on how Google proceeds, this could be useful for adapting the browser to the native looks of Linux and Mac OS X, operating systems that Chrome will support later.

Gave it a try this week and can say not terribly impressed so far. Found a number of serious bugs that mean I won't be using the beta and will wait until the

Bug #1: Problems with https addresses from behind a corporate proxy server. For some reason any https address I try to go to whilst at work (and yes it uses the same proxy config and infact internet settings as IE which works perfectly), gives a blank screen and the address params in the address bar.

Bug #2: Problems with scrolling up and down using the mouse wheel. Others trying it have not experienced this but for some reason only Chrome stops the scroll up action working on my work laptop. Every other application it works fine.

Anyway until I see some of the other little problems fixed I'll not bother with it.

Anyone else a Clusty fan?

Google: Great search engine, mediocre browser.

I'm stickin' with FF3. :up:

I'll be dumping FF3 for Chrome, i like it. Very sleek with less clutter compared to IE/FF. Give it time and it will be a winner.

The German federal office for data security (BSI) has given an official warning of Chrome over serious security concerns, saying that it should be considered as "highly critical" that private business engages in collecting so ridiculous amounts of data about private persons like Google does regarding users of Google services, and labelling it as "irresponsibly" that a browser supporting this intention hidden from the perception of users is being made available to a wide public that generally is not too aware of the technical implications of these data collection "features". The BSI strongly recommends to avoid the use of Chrome.

Just heared on radio. Saw it somewhere in a German newspaper as well. I myself have lost any interest at all and feel glad I did not even download it. I have become extremely hesitent to even use Google Search for anything not being the most unsensitive and unsuspicious search terms. Be aware that every search term your IP ever logged in, and any site you ever called up from there, is being saved to Google's internal database for half a century to come, free for them to use these data to their unlimited will and liking. that gives them an frightening amount of potential power. and it iopens a wide door of temptation to start vtrading with these data. We just have a huge scandal in Germany with personal data of 20 million people being traded freely by corproations who obviously do not have the smallest awareness of themselves doing something wrong. Included are several tens of thousands of banking account data. It's a worst case scenario here. Pandora's Box has been opened, and now nobody wants to admit that it might be impossible to close it again.

That settles it...no thanks.