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Google Chrome

Posted by Simon Welsh | 10 March 2010 | Comments (3)

I have now been using Chrome for roughly a day. I notice very little differences in speed/layout from Safari (isn't WebKit great?) but the browser itself has some problems that mean I can not use it as my main, or even secondary, browser.

As such, once I've posted this, I will be switching back to Safari.

Bookmarks seem to be favoured over matches on the start of URLs

  • The default audio and video players don't look like they belong in OSX. Look more like some Java crap.
  • Glancing at the head of the window doesn't show which tabs are loading. Need to focus on the tab before you can kinda make out a spinner.
  • No (obvious?) way to close all tabs except the current one
  • Even though the resize handler shows, only the thin line between the inspector and the page resizes it
  • option-delete deletes more than it should, especially in the domain
  • If a form is autocompleted on load, only the background of the cell is changed, making the text a pain to read on certain sites
  • Can't delete bookmark folders until they're named
  • Only two parent folders to put bookmarks in, with it weighted towards the bookmark bar
  • Dragging bookmarks out of the bookmark bar opens them, rather then deletes them. Except for folders, which do nothing.
  • Has no idea what to do with a wmv. Just gives me a blank page.
  • Video playback support is shoddy at best. Either using the <video> tag or Youtube's Flash player.
  • Doesn't tie in nicely with OSX's frameworks, so no PDF display
  • Download bar at the bottom just sits there and gets in the way

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    • FLASH
      AH-AAAAHHH

      Posted by Caitlin, 14/08/2012 1:02am (9 months ago)

    • I don't right click on tabs with any other browser, so not at all obvious.

      Posted by Simon Welsh, 12/03/2010 9:25am (3 years ago)

    • 23, right click tab, "Close other tabs." Seems obvious enough.
      Chrome is really only good on Windows, where Safari and Firefox kinda suck. Safari is at home on Mac, Firefox on Linux, and Chrome on Windows, cause something's gotta replace IE.

      Posted by ddq5, 12/03/2010 8:05am (3 years ago)

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