Filed under: Google, Beta, Browsers
Google Chrome hits 1.0
So why remove the beta label now, especially when the 4 year old Gmail service is still officially in beta? Well, the official explanation is because the company's goals for stability and performance have been met. But it also likely has something to do with Google's plans to convince hardware makers to preload the web browser on computers -- something they may be reluctant to do with beta software.
So aside from the version number, what else is different in the latest build? Honestly, I'm not sure. Most of the items that Google showcases in its blog post about the new release are updates that we've already seen like the addition of a bookmark manager, and improved speed and performance.
More updates are still in the works. Google is promising support for plugins, RSS feeds, and form autofill features.
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ryley said 3:30PM on 12-11-2008
How about support for basic things like OWA??
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Bert said 3:30PM on 12-11-2008
Chrome is 1 but Gmail is still beta. Nice!
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Brett said 4:00PM on 12-11-2008
Chrome has been my primary browser for a while now, because
1) It's speedy
2) When I close a tab, I get that memory back. Imagine that!
But going 1.0 without supporting plugins is pretty lame.
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noirlunadragone said 11:20PM on 12-13-2008
But you lose more memory when opening a tab. Imagine that...
Stephen Ingraham said 4:01PM on 12-11-2008
While there is still no official way to turn greasemonkey on, it is there. You have tack -enable-greasemonkey after the last quotation mark in the Target line in the Chrome shortcut’s Properties box (that is "space dash enable dash greasemonkey"). You can copy your scripts from the scripts folder in Firefox (C:/programs/Mozilla/Firefox/scripts) to C:/scripts (make the folder first), and you are good to go!
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drgambit said 4:31PM on 12-11-2008
Any adblock software for this yet that isn't a proxy?
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Sora said 7:04PM on 12-11-2008
Unless Adblock + Noscript-esque things are released for it, I'm not gonna bother with it. I tried the beta and loved it, but I can't live without Adblock or Noscript anymore...
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fartass said 10:46PM on 12-11-2008
Chrome sucks
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Marc said 11:05PM on 12-11-2008
1.0 without:
Cross Platform (Linux, os x) (Criminal)
Plug Ins
Tons of little quirks
SAD
Another Google App down the drain. What is it like 1 in 50 do well?
If it wasn't for Google Reader, GMail and Google Docs (Which they bought) I would not use anything of Google's.
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Tim said 9:51PM on 12-17-2008
I still think the logo looks like a poke-ball...
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