Google Chrome

[wpruitt]

The only glitches I've seen so far (aside from only being available for Windows) is its handling of PNG translucencies. And its form autocompletion is applied rather haphazardly.

Luckily, it's based upon the WebKit renderer (same as used by Apple's Safari and the Omni Group's OmniWeb, as well as Adobe AIR) so at least it's not a completely new renderer for us web devo types to have to worry about. But it is another browser that we'll need to test on.

As they say in the Redneck South, "Do what ?"

[slyinglide]

The only glitches I've seen so far (aside from only being available for Windows) is its handling of PNG translucencies. And its form autocompletion is applied rather haphazardly.

Luckily, it's based upon the WebKit renderer (same as used by Apple's Safari and the Omni Group's OmniWeb, as well as Adobe AIR) so at least it's not a completely new renderer for us web devo types to have to worry about. But it is another browser that we'll need to test on.

He's right....You can not miss handle the PNG's they could get Muuuuushy.

Psssst.....Could someone please tell me what the heck a PNG is?.......and explain all that other stuff he said....

[TheSlyBear]

LOL... sorry for geeking out.

PNG is a graphics format like JPEG. It's an advanced format that, unlike JPEG, can handle translucency -- the fancier sites that you see around that use drop-shadows and the like are taking advantage of this format.

The rest was just bitching about having one more browser to test web applications on...

[nomad]

LOL... sorry for geeking out.

PNG is a graphics format like JPEG. It's an advanced format that, unlike JPEG, can handle translucency -- the fancier sites that you see around that use drop-shadows and the like are taking advantage of this format.

The rest was just bitching about having one more browser to test web applications on...

Ya what he said 

I'm using it now and not to bad so far for us novices

[J Digory]

I have a mac. So no...

[FR8TRAIN]

The only glitches I've seen so far (aside from only being available for Windows) is its handling of PNG translucencies. And its form autocompletion is applied rather haphazardly.

Luckily, it's based upon the WebKit renderer (same as used by Apple's Safari and the Omni Group's OmniWeb, as well as Adobe AIR) so at least it's not a completely new renderer for us web devo types to have to worry about. But it is another browser that we'll need to test on.

So BB will you report a bug to Google dev for the PNG issue? It is Open Source and this is a Beta version. They might get it worked out if you ask. I expect a Mac version to be released within the year.

[TheSlyBear]

I have a mac. So no...

That is it's biggest drawback.

So BB will you report a bug to Google dev for the PNG issue?

Already have. They already know all about me from other bug reporting. 

[DJ_Bald]

Wow ! This browser works pretty darn good and is much faster than IE7 and Mozilla.
I am a techie by trade and yes this will be one more browser to test on but its VERY fast and efficient.
I love when you start to type in the URL it gives you a choice of finding the website that contains the text you want or gives you the option of doing a google search with that text. VERY cool.   
Type in "Philadelphia Eagles" and you will see what I mean. I am rarely impressed by something like this..very cool.

[FR8TRAIN]

I have a mac. So no...

That is it's biggest drawback.

So BB will you report a bug to Google dev for the PNG issue?

Already have. They already know all about me from other bug reporting. 

Very good. 

[Tyler]

I've been playing with it for the last couple of hours and while it is fast, so is Firefox without any plugins.  This brings me to some "flaws" that I have found.

1) Because it is so new, there isn't any of the plugins that are required for many video sites on the web, such as ABC.com and Fox.com.  These will only come if there's enough people using the browser.
2) Chrome doesn't always render proper CSS and XHTML appropriately. 
3) Importing bookmarks and such from Firefox is broken.
4) Oh, and typing Google.com in the address bar closes the browser...wtf?
5) I don't like that when I open a new browser that it shows all the pages I viewed last session.

[The Zook]

Can you describe the PNG issue? I have PNG graphics on all of my sites and haven't seen anything unusual, and yes they have transparency in them.

One is layer over layer of transparency:
http://geocaching.l13.us

A Mac version is in the works, can't wait since that is what I use at home.

The only glitches I've seen so far (aside from only being available for Windows) is its handling of PNG translucencies. And its form autocompletion is applied rather haphazardly.

Luckily, it's based upon the WebKit renderer (same as used by Apple's Safari and the Omni Group's OmniWeb, as well as Adobe AIR) so at least it's not a completely new renderer for us web devo types to have to worry about. But it is another browser that we'll need to test on.

[FR8TRAIN]

I've been playing with it for the last couple of hours and while it is fast, so is Firefox without any plugins.  This brings me to some "flaws" that I have found.

1) Because it is so new, there isn't any of the plugins that are required for many video sites on the web, such as ABC.com and Fox.com.  These will only come if there's enough people using the browser.
2) Chrome doesn't always render proper CSS and XHTML appropriately. 
3) Importing bookmarks and such from Firefox is broken.
4) Oh, and typing Google.com in the address bar closes the browser...wtf?
5) I don't like that when I open a new browser that it shows all the pages I viewed last session.

I have had no problem what so ever with the issues in bold. All video at ABC.com played flawlessly. When I typed Google.com in the address bar it navigated to the google home page.

[tomgallagher]

Tried it and don't like it.

[Hook'Em]

Any of you tekkies answer this for me. I have to adjust the font settings to a larger font but every time i open Chrome it goes back to the original size. Is there any way to keep the font settings that i want?

[The Zook]

Guessing:

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