Comments on: Why Google Chrome May Dominate

By: ADMIN

ADMIN — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:34:39 +0000

OS X and Linux versions will be available soon in January. Most bugs will be fixed in early 2009 and add-ons/extensions will also be available in 2009.

By: Microsoft: Following Google Into The Cloud | HaveMacWillBlog (aka Robin Bloor’s Blog)

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:47:41 +0000

[...] to Google Chrome (if you’re not sure what relevance the Google Chrome browser has, read this and while you’re at it, it may make sense to read this too.) Ballmer seems to agree with me. [...]

By: film fan

film fan — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:28:15 +0000

there are so many advantages and features with Chrome, such as it’s speed, for example; now if only they would take care it’s quirky cookie management…

By: Robin Bloor

Robin Bloor — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:59:15 +0000

That’s right. If you have a Mac (like me) you either run it in Parallels, or you wait for the Mac version.

By: madpotter

madpotter — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:56:26 +0000

OK, now I am really ready to use on my Mac. *waaaa*

By: Malcolm Ramsay

Malcolm Ramsay — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:37:52 +0000

having tested chrome yesterday I have to admit I am decidedly underwhlemed. While all the future facing features are useful and there are undoubtedly some nifty gimmicks I dont feel it has anything to blow away the competition.

By: Robin Bloor

Robin Bloor — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:32:23 +0000

The initial take-up is surely going to be in the consumer market. I’m guessing that it won’t get a footprint in the corporation until it meets a whole set of usage standards including security standards, that are now “de rigeur”. But let’s be realistic, this is still a beta product.
The HIPAA question is really about data security, since that’s where HIPAA bites. Browsers don’t compromise data security directly. Hence the real risk to data security is from malware infection. Once Google gets the security solid then, because of two features:
a) Warnings about malware infested web sites
b) Sandbox operation at the “tab” level
Chrome will have advantages over alternatives. However the other browsers will inevitably catch up. I suspect it will be HIPAA neutral once it’s a solid release.

By: johnbaxter

johnbaxter — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:21:16 +0000

The future of Chrome looks good, provided some of the present is fixed, and the future arrives.

1. Outlandishly insecure installation, including the unprotected location and the failure to set NX bits where appropriate. Not a good way to get onto IT’s good guy list. And not a way to get the initial beta onto my machines.

2. The process per tab (vs IE 8′s approach of process per tab or a few similar tabs) burns memory. Not good in what you call “underconfigured PCs” (although much less a problem on modern machines than the wailing would suggest). And what is one example of a PC without a whole lot of memory: a virtualized machine with limited memory available, such as may become typical in the enterprise.

3. It appears the cookie cutter EULA is being fixed “as we speak” per Ars, but the initial version is a show stopper.

4. Privacy fears: Chrome user looks at a page on the company Intranet. Does Chrome do anything with that information that gets back to Google? How do we know?

5. HIPPA (can [a future release of] Chrome be used in a HIPPA-compliant environment? (I only know to ask the question; I don’t know the answer.)

By: Robin Bloor

Robin Bloor — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:18:06 +0000

You are right, of course, that this is far too early to have any deep confidence in Chrome – and right now it doesn’t even have a Mac version and there are probably a few irritating holes in its functionality.
So to be more precise, what I’m saying here is that Google has got the concept right, and because Google is Google, it’s gonna be a success. What I’m not saying is drop your browser and get Chrome. The time to do that will be when Chrome is clearly ahead of the alternatives.

By: Laurent Blondeau (Evidencesx)

Laurent Blondeau (Evidencesx) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:46:01 +0000

Great but new. Be careful about “new” things, I must agree it’s a well thought product by thousands of engineers, but no trackback yet, only 2 days of use. It seems to “users centric”, funny, useful, but, something is boring…why didn’t they get a mac verse now…?
I agree with you, they’re something like “dark force” (related to star wars maybe…;-), interesting features…But still too new for me. Let’s wait some months of daily use, and see what’s happen…
Kind regards,
L.