Anyone else check out the beta for the new Web browser Google announced today? I'm using it right now and while it definately won't instantly replace Firefox for me, there's some potential here, and I'm going to be keeping an eye on this as it goes through the beta.
Anyone else give it a whirl? Here's the link if you're curious: http://www.google.com/chrome
My dad of all people gave me an interesting idea: make Chrome compatible with Firefox extensions/add-ons.
I'm not really sure that's at all feasible, but Firefox IS open source, so it's not like Gogle can't use firefox's code. ...I think.
Then again, coding isn't just "copy feature" "paste feature here" from my limited experience.
No thankyou @ Chrome EULA...
From the register.co.uk
Astute Reg readers have pointed out a Chrome condition of service that effectively lets Google use any of your copyrighted material posted to the web via Chrome without paying you a cent.
Here's the relevant section 11.1 of the Chrome EULA ( http://www.google.com/chrome/eula.html ):
11. Content licence from you
11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights that you already hold in Content that you submit, post or display on or through the Services. By submitting, posting or displaying the content, you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free and non-exclusive licence to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content that you submit, post or display on or through the Services. This licence is for the sole purpose of enabling Google to display, distribute and promote the Services and may be revoked for certain Services as defined in the Additional Terms of those Services.
Granting Google 'a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free and non-exclusive licence to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content that you submit, post or display on or through' Chrome is coming it rich.
Suppose Google does this to material you have posted that's not yours? No problem. It has a get-out-of-jail card signed by you in section 11.4 of the EULA:
11.4 You confirm and warrant to Google that you have all the rights, power and authority necessary to grant the above licence.
But you may be posting material via Chrome to your employer's site and it owns the copyright of anything you create in work time. What then if Google adapts, modifies and distributes it? Your fan has brown stuff all over it but none of it sticks to Google.
Back in 2001, El Reg first revealed how Microsoft's new single sign-on Passport, used for all its web services including Hotmail, also appeared to grab your intellectual property. Microsoft issued a reworded ( http://www.theregister.co...30/all_your_data_and_biz/ ) Terms of Use ( http://www.theregister.co..._reader_outrage_prompted/ ) a few days later. Similar land-grabs have been attempted other operators including MySpace ( http://www.theregister.co...06/08/blly_bragg_myspace/ ), amongst others.
Copyright-sensitive sysadms may banish Chrome from their networks because of this. Google's been asked how it fits in with its general 'Do no evil' ethic but wasn't immediately able to respond - because they're not in their office yet.®
So yeah...
Chrome? via chrome? What is chrome.
chrome is the web browser that google is developing and that everyone in this thread is talking about. the layout looks interesting, but i don't think i care enough to try it.
A few things to know about Google Chrome:
1. The logo:
http://www.glazman.org/we...p?post/2008/09/02/Deja-vu
2. As of now, it suffers from a WebKit vulnerability. This is fixed in newer versions, like the one in Safari 3.1.2.
3. This contains a PDF of a Google comic that was sent out to journalists the day before the unveiling of the beta.
http://mozillalinks.org/w...me-joins-browser-wars-ii/
And for more fun, this mocks the comic itself: http://www.portfolio.com/...ures/2008/09/Google-Comic
This chrome is fast and sleek. It is amazing. But what is it's gimmick?
It's a team rocket browser that steals intellectual property. That is the gimmick. *uses any upload form on any site and gives google free everything?*
I love the aggressive garbage collection concept, on the other hand, the whole "intellectual-property-is-our-property" thing makes me say nay. 
It appears that Google has removed the offending segment of the EULA (the "Team Rocket scheme" in 11. Content license from you). It now only reads:
11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services.
If that was what was holding you back from trying Chrome, go ahead and try it now.
- Offers a privacy mode (called Incognito) you can enter to have all cookies, saved forms, history, etc. wiped out as soon as you leave the mode. A similar feature is already available in Safari and Internet Explorer 8 betas. Firefox 3.1 will not have this feature as initially planned.
Uh, something I noticed in that form.
So, my Firefox is the only one that DOES have something like that...?
And yes, before you asked, it's not an add-on that does it. I have a clear private data tool, and I'm pretty sure I can set it to autorun, which does the same thing as this.
- Offers a privacy mode (called Incognito) you can enter to have all cookies, saved forms, history, etc. wiped out as soon as you leave the mode. A similar feature is already available in Safari and Internet Explorer 8 betas. Firefox 3.1 will not have this feature as initially planned.
Uh, something I noticed in that form.
So, my Firefox is the only one that DOES have something like that...?
And yes, before you asked, it's not an add-on that does it. I have a clear private data tool, and I'm pretty sure I can set it to autorun, which does the same thing as this.
Clear Private Data doesn't stop the browser from writing to history in the first place. Unless you meant something else.
Same result. Anyway, that says wiped out when you leave the mode, not prevented from the start.
