September 7, 2008 at 11:03 pm · Filed under Tumbled
He then tells her “It’s embarrassing.” and “I run it in VMware on my Mac.”
Google founder on lack of Mac Chrome
via MacWorld
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Google founder on lack of Mac Chrome: “It’s embarrassing”
Google Chrome indexes HTTPS pages too
September 7, 2008 at 12:13 am · Filed under Tumbled
Google Chrome’s history search feature is a little too good
It indexes HTTPS pages as well as standard HTTP pages, meaning if you use online banking on Google Chrome (and don’t use incognito mode, and lets face it, you’re bound to forget one day, and shouldn’t need to use a special mode for online banking) all the text on the pages will be remembered, like account numbers, balance, etc. and someone with access to your computer/Chrome’s files could use the history search feature to find these things out.
I haven’t tried it myself, but Bit-Tech have verified it in their column about Chrome, and I trust them to be correct.
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Chrome statistics
September 3, 2008 at 4:10 pm · Filed under The blog
Two points, firstly: Google Analytics doesn’t yet distinguish between Google Chrome and Firefox yet. Crazy, when plenty of other places automagically did (their excuse of ‘only launched externally today’ is poor, Google Analytics belongs to Google, right?)
Secondly, people actually click the huge list of links on the Official Google Blog, because my stats look like this for yesterday:
Testing Google Chrome
September 2, 2008 at 8:44 pm · Filed under Software
A few things that weren’t answered by the comic or pre-release information.
- You can make a desktop shortcut for any webpage, not just ones that support Google Gears, though a website with Gears (such as Remember the Milk) automatically asks if you want a desktop shortcut in the same way.
- Google Gears is integrated by default, no surprise there.
- I’ve heard a couple of reports already that Gmail seems slower in Google Chrome which seems ironic. I’ve tried it, and scrolling seems to be heavy on the CPU (and a bit sluggish).
- The OmniBox fades most of the URL, leaving only the actual domain black. This was something that I believe was being suggested for Firefox, and is a useful visual aid to help avoid phishing scams.
- The options box is fairly thin on the ground, separated into 3 tabs: Basics, Minor Tweaks, and Under the Hood.
- You can search both history and downloads (which open in separate tabs)
- You can edit the keywords for the automatic searches (that appear when you use a search box anywhere on the web) in the options. Useful.
- Search on page highlights results, also searches through text boxes.
Probably plenty more things I have missed, but that’s all for now. Overall, some nice features. Feels like WebKit + Firefox. I can’t wait for a Mac version.
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