[ale] OT: Google releases new OS browser - CHROME

[jim.kinney at gmail.com]

On 9/4/08, Jim Philips <philips_jim at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> On Thursday 04 September 2008 02:03:18 Robert Reese~ wrote:
>> Hey, I've been absent awhile (MAJOR family emergency... now run its
>> course)
>>  but I haven't forgotten y'all.
>>
>> Google released a new open source browser called CHROME.  Look here:
>> http://www.google.com/chrome
>>
>> As an aside, apparently there's even an Easter Egg!  Only works on
>> Windows,
>> sorry, but it is definitely worth it! (hint:  'about:internets'  and
>> that's
>> all I'm saying.)
>
> I downloaded it on my Windows laptop at work and on the Windows partition of
> this box. I'm still trying to figure everything out about it, but I like it.
> It
> is, without doubt, a resource hog. When I started the task manager with it
> running, I was amazed at how many instances of the program there were and
> how
> much memory they consumed. But it's silly to oppose higher resource demands
> without thinking about what you get from your resources. Is there bang for
> the
> buck? Yes! With Chrome, I'll be able to see where the resources are going
> and
> drop the offender without killing my whole browser. Firefox makes it damned
> hard to do that. At any rate, I think this is the first big advance in Web
> browsing to come along in several years.
>
> And for those of you trying to save the planet by using less RAM: Lynx is
> waiting for you.
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It's a bit slower than mousing around but gmail usable from links. I
should try it from a terminal on my Zaurus!


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