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03 Sep 2008
Chromed

So far, this site -- yes, this site -- looks all right. Page jumps a bit when I click on that video. No biggies.

Loading speed is not bad. Of course, the true performance test would only come later, when I start feeding vampires and co.

So far, I've had but good experiences with Google products. Well, Reader still doesn't allow me to rename my folder/tag/label -- would you guys please decide already what you want to call it -- but it's nothing major. As my colleagues are prone to say: it's no P1. So yeah, nothing but high hopes for this Chrome thing.

I'll let the pros do the proper reviews.

Updated 15:33 WIB
Chrome thing passed the vampires feeding test, so that's 10 points earned by the new kid on the block. Plus 5 extra points for retaining the last dropdown value selected when I clicked the back arrow. Too bad it -- like Firefox, unlike Opera and Safari -- does not provide a feature to submit a form in a new tab/window. Nonetheless, once someone builds a mouse-gesture plugin, this thing will be my main feeding tool.

Oh, and those snapshots of last visited sites when you open a new tab are way cool.

Updated Sep 6 21:40 WIB
Just realized. The iframe is kinda messed up.

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Current mood: happy

Posted by at 9:46 AM WIB
Comments

It's very responsive (launching, opening/closing tabs), although page loads are not significantly faster than Firefox. I miss having plugins to block ads and Flashes (is that how you call it in plural?) though.

Posted by on Sep 03, 2008 10:48 AM WIB

No worries, I am very sure plugins would come in time, once they release the source code.

I wonder what would happen to my beloved Firefox if this one took off.

Is a status bar really missing or am I just too dumb to figure it out? :-/

Posted by on Sep 03, 2008 10:55 AM WIB

Oh, and space bar doesn't work on a dialog box default button.

Posted by on Sep 03, 2008 10:58 AM WIB

The status bar shows up (bottom-left) when you mouse-over a link or when a page is loading.

Posted by on Sep 03, 2008 11:16 AM WIB

Hey, you're right. It's Gmail that seems to have this blank space down there.

Posted by on Sep 03, 2008 11:21 AM WIB