• 14Jan

  2011 - Google Chrome Speed Tests

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  These speed tests were filmed at actual web page rendering times. If you’re interested in the technical details, read on!

  Equipment used:
  - Computer: MacBook Pro laptop with Windows installed
  - Monitor - 24″ Asus: We had to replace the standard fluorescent backlight with very large tungsten fixtures to funnel in more light to capture the screen. In addition, we flipped the monitor 180 degrees to eliminate a shadow from the driver board and set the system preferences on the computer to rotate 180 degrees. No special software was used in this process.
  - Camera: Phantom v640 High Speed Camera at 1920 x 1080, films up to 2700 fps

  “Why does allrecipes.com in the potato gun sequence appear at once, and not the text first and images second? And why does it appear to render from bottom of the screen to the top?”

  Chrome sends the rendered page to the video card buffer all at once, which is why allrecipes.com appears at once, and not with the text first and images second. Chrome actually paints the page from top to bottom, but to eliminate a shadow from the driver board, we had to flip the monitor upside down and set the system preferences in Windows to rotate everything 180 degrees, resulting in the page appearing to render from bottom to top.

  “Why does the top one third of the page appear first on the weather.com page load?”

  Sometimes only half the buffer gets filled before the video card sends its buffer over to the LCD panel. This is because Chrome on Windows uses GDI to draw, which does not do v-sync.

  “The screen wipes are so smooth - how was that achieved?”

  The screen wipes up in a gradated wipe because LCD pixels take around 10ms to flip and gradually change color.

  More filming details below:
  Chrome Browser vs. Potato:
  We used a version of the web page allrecipes.com that is accessible when logged in. About four hours into the Potato Gun shoot we decided to use a locally loaded version of the web page to enable more precise synchronization with the potato gun. We finally got the shot we were hoping for after 51 takes.

  Chrome Browser vs. Sound:
  We loaded an artist page from Pandora.com, a streaming internet radio service directly off the web on a 15Mbps internet connection.

  Chrome Browser vs. Lightning:
  We used a locally loaded version of weather.com that was legally approved for use in this video (and all the standard website permissions procedures that goes into making videos!)

  While we had a super fast 15Mbps internet connection in the studio, any live internet connection introduces quite a bit of variability. To run speed tests on page rendering times, saving locally and loading from the local disk can help reduce this variability.

  Tags: chrome speed, google speed, speed, Speed test, Speed Tests

• 28Oct

  Google Chrome Blocked in Cuba, Syria, North Korea, Iran, and Sudan

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  Very interesting! Google Chrome is blocked in some countries (Cuba, Syria, North Korea, Iran, and Sudan) :
  Google says:

  “In accordance with US export controls and economic sanctions regulations, we are unable to permit the download of Google Chrome in Cuba, Syria, North Korea, Iran, and Sudan.”

  Tags: Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria

• 28Oct

  7 reasons why we hate Google Chrome

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  Think twice before switching browsers
  
  1. It’s only in its first beta
  2. You won’t have any add-ons
  Add-ons are a huge draw for Firefox fans, and none of these are available in Chrome yet. Google does intend to create an API for such extensions, but for now you’ll have to make do without your AdBlocks, Better Gmails, and BugMeNots, or you’ll have to switch between browsers to use the add-ons you want when you want them.

  3. You can’t synchronise
  One big plus of Firefox is its ability to synchronise across multiple computers using Mozilla’s Weave option. This arrangement allows you to keep your home browser, your laptop browser and your work browser looking identical at all times and once you get used to that level of synchronisation, it’s hard to give up. Chrome doesn’t yet have that capability.
  4. You may draw the short stick on standards
  5. You’re giving advertisers extra ammo
  6. The drop-down bar is dropped
  7. You lose some history power
  

  You can find more here pcadvisor.co.uk

• 15Sep

  Web Trends Report: Google Chrome

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  Very intresting John Sanders shows you how the Web giant Google hopes to shake up the Internet.

  Tags: Report, Trends, web

• 10Sep

  How can i install Google chrome browser ?

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  Here is a short movie with installation help of the new Google Chrome browser (sound included)

• 10Sep

  Reactions in the internet world - TheChromeBlog.NET

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  The announcement of the lunch of Google Chrome made in early September can be considered the most important event of the year not only because Google tends to revolutionize the internet browsing experience but also because  it comes as a strong competitor for Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. Some rumors in the web world say that Chrome was designed to be Explorer’s killer and by lunching Chrome, Google declared war to Microsoft. They say that this new browser by Google is only the first step of an operating systems revolution. In the future we’ll may be using an application of this kind for all our computer related work. So, Chrome is Explorer’s killer only on short term. In a long shot Google plans to take down Microsoft’s top product, Windows.
  Beside this rumors Chrome made a lot of people curious. These people immediately wanted to try out Google Chrome. They’ve downloaded it from google.com and off to a new web browsing experience. The first reaction: stunned by the user friendly interface, simple and efficient. When these curios internet users began surfing they were even more impressed of what Chrome can do. They’ve experienced a much safer, faster and reliable web surfing session.
  Generally the online world is happy with what Google managed to achieve with its Chrome. Even though Chrome is available for all users, Google admits that his web browser is far from being completed. There is still a lot of work to be done and Google is open to any suggestions for improvement coming from users.

  www.TheChromeBlog.NET

• 08Sep

  Why I never trust new browsers - Chrome included

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  A new article made by Roger Grimes for InfoWorld dot com, Why I never trust new browsers and Chrome is included!

  If you want to read the article click here

  
  Google’s Chrome is a worthy option in the browser battles, but far from perfect from a security perspective

  Google released its new, open source, browser, called Chrome, a few days ago. You can download it from Google’s home page. It’s a pretty, clean, fast browser. [As a Microsoft employee], I welcome the competition. Competition is always good and improves everyone’s product.

  As a security guy, I wondered how well Chrome would prevail against malicious misuse. One of Chrome’s benefits is that it is relatively smaller, code-wise, than its nearest competitors (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Opera, and so on). Less code could mean less potential exploit vectors and bugs. It will be a year or so before we can see how well it fares overall, but it isn’t off to a stellar start.

  [ Check out InfoWorld's Special Report for all the news, reviews, and commentary on Google's open source Chrome browser. ]

  There were at least three announced Chrome exploits in the first two days. The first exploit showed that Chrome could be tricked into silently downloading executables to local user locations. After this exploit was announced came the expected rash of novice defenses stating that just because something is downloaded to a user’s desktop doesn’t mean it is executed, and therefore the user is safe. Yeah, right. Apparently you’re new to computing and haven’t learned that stage one of the exploit (the hardest part) is always followed by stage two, where someone else teaches us how to silently execute that code ..
  

  Why I never trust new browsers - Chrome included

• 08Sep

  Let’s take a look under Chrome’s hood

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  First of all we should mention its new JavaScript engine V8 meant to give more strength to the browser. This power opens the road for future web applications that were impossible to run with today’s common browsers.
  Because of its engine Google Chrome is capable of running our day to day complex web applications in a more secure and fast way. For example each tab was made to be an isolated “sandbox”. This feature resolves a stability problem of all the other browsers because if one tab crashes for different reasons, the other can function normally without any data loss.
  Beside speed and independent tabs Google Chrome has also other cool features that can make him the next generation web browser. Here is the top 10 of this browser’s coolest features:

  • One box for everything
  • New Tab page
  • Application shortcuts
  • Dynamic tabs
  • Crash control
  • Incognito mode
  • Safe browsing
  • Instant bookmarks
  • Importing settings
  • Simpler downloads

  After taking a look at Google Chrome we can clearly see why he is better than all the other tools of its kind. It has more speed due to his JavaScript V8 engine, more stability given by his independent tab feature, a much safer browsing and last but not list a more user friendly interface characterized by simplicity and reliability.

• 07Sep

  Do You Think Google Chrome is Just Another Web Browser?

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  A cool presentation from http://chris.pirillo.com about the new Google Chrome.
  This guy likes the same thinks that we all like: chrome speed, efficiency, clean and open source.

  http://www.youtube.com/user/lockergnome
  http://live.pirillo.com - In a few short hours from the time this was recorded, we all had our hands on Google Chrome. I feel this is a game changer in the way the World Wide Web works. I made up a list of five reasons that Chrome will soon become your default browser.

  Tags: browser, chrome, gadgets, Google Chrome, internet, pirillo, webkit

• 06Sep

  Chrome’s privacy problems

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  On the CNET News Daily Debrief, Charles Cooper and Ina Fried consider the questions raised by the disclosure that Google has the right to log every keystroke you type into the browser’s address/search bar.

  This is related to “To Crom or not to Crom” post

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