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Google Chrome vs Java

I guess by now most of you guys must have started using Chrome and getting the HANG of it.

Well some of the features I really liked/disliked in Chrome:

LIKED

Faster??

Yeah, Chrome is faster but only for Google applications (Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, G! Docs, etc)

Well this is still a debate, many say it is faster. I experienced this, when opening my gmail, it loaded faster in Firefox (FF) and in Chrome it said, “Still loading…”

Home Page

This is a nice feature, showing the recently opened pages on the screen. Hmm…well it is kinda risky also sometimes, I guess you know what I am saying :P

Incognito

Google says that the sites are not recorded/tracked, etc, etc. I am not sure how far it is true.

DISLIKED

Java Support?

Well, I guess Chrome does not support all Java applications. Check the pic below, I tried to open a chess game from Chessgames.com, but I got this error.

Chrome vs Java Support

Chrome vs Java Support

Yeah, the plugin is not installed, so what should I do? Just sit staring at the window? In FF/IE, there is a popup asking the user to install the required plugin. It is missing in G! Chrome :(

Youtube HANG?

Did any of you guys face this? I had opened few youtube windows in Chrome normal window and another two/three youtube windows in Incognito window and suddenly both stopped working (HANG). Finally, I had to open Task Manager and close both Chrome and restart it. It happened many times not once. Maybe G!, needs to check this issue.

I don’t have the screen shot of it, when the error strikes again (yeah – Emperor Strikes Again type :P ),  I will surely post the pic here :)

Currently, I am using G! Chrome for extensive Google search and Google docs only. Not even Gmail… :P

Google so far has worked on the deploy-and-build mode rather than build-and-deploy mode :)

Well right now it is fast (so called), need to check the next version (when they fix all these bugs) and let us see if that is fast also ;)

September 23, 2008 Posted by Saravanan | Pers Exp, review | , , , | 2 Comments