[BNM] Chrome: it's not a browser...

[iestyn lloyd]

Not used it much so far, but it's definitely faster. Really like the tear
off tabs - good spotting :)

If it's faster, more stable, and runs gmail and google docs better than FF3
then i'll probably switch to this.

Sorry FF :(



On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 9:34 PM, Steve Esson <stevee at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2008/9/2 James Moss <email at jamesmoss.co.uk>:
> > So has anybody actually downloaded and tried it yet?
>
> Just did... first impressions? Wow... it's like having a new laptop.
> Page renders are super fast, jquery is running very sweetly, it hasn't
> crashed yet.
>
> I now have FF3 and Chrome running side by side with GMail and another
> site open in tabs. A quick check in taskman and: FF3: 112300K (and
> climbing), Chrome 17,240K, so that's a big difference.
>
> UI is unobtrusive and very minimal so in my book that's a good thing.
> There's a lot of options, tools and preferences but very nicely tucked
> away.
>
> Tear off tabs are at last here.
>
> Firebug lite clone seems handy enough - it's got all the important
> bits which I'm sure will improve.
>
> Let's see what the plugin architecture and support is like...
>
> Steve
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