Charlie Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Yeah, thats what I was thinking the past few days. I like the spaciousness of it. Yeah, I feel exactly the same about it. I don't know why though as there isn't really that much more space on it than other browsers. Maybe it's just because the whole layout is so clean and tidy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksnowman Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 I think its with having the tabs right up at the top, it takes everything else up with it out of the way and makes the whole screen feel like its the webpage. I noticed that its automatically fills in the "speed dial." Does Opera have the option to do that too? If so, I've not got my Opera configured to do so. I thought it was a nice touch in Chrome when I opened a new tab and it was already trying to populate the speed dial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 I think its with having the tabs right up at the top, it takes everything else up with it out of the way and makes the whole screen feel like its the webpage. I noticed that its automatically fills in the "speed dial." Does Opera have the option to do that too? If so, I've not got my Opera configured to do so. I thought it was a nice touch in Chrome when I opened a new tab and it was already trying to populate the speed dial. Opera has tabs pretty much at the top too though? Opera doesn't and I'm not sure which I prefer. I don't like the sites to move about all the time as I always seem to lose them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksnowman Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Is there an option in Opera to have tabs right at the very top like in Chrome? If so I haven't found or toyed with that option. In Opera (and Firefox... and... Safari too, lol) I've just got the tabs a row or two below the address bar, depending on what bookmarks and stuff I have between the address bar and the tabs bit. I haven't used Chrome enough to have the speed dial links move about alot yet. I guess it would be a problem if they automatically get listed in order of your most used- but isn't that what speed dial should be for anyway... your most frequently visited sites...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Is there an option in Opera to have tabs right at the very top like in Chrome? If so I haven't found or toyed with that option. In Opera (and Firefox... and... Safari too, lol) I've just got the tabs a row or two below the address bar, depending on what bookmarks and stuff I have between the address bar and the tabs bit. I haven't used Chrome enough to have the speed dial links move about alot yet. I guess it would be a problem if they automatically get listed in order of your most used- but isn't that what speed dial should be for anyway... your most frequently visited sites...? I have my tabs in Opera just above the address bar. Well yes, but they should be in the order I want them to be in rather than the order of most visited. I've got it set up nicely in Opera so I can do it virtually without looking at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorty Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Above the address bar is one thing but Chrome has them literally at the top, not just above everything else, but touching the top of your screen, where the application title would normally go. It also has no progress bar, just a small left-aligned one that appears when you mouseover certain elements. That's why it feels spacious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conzer16 Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 It takes up an awful lot of memory, but i really like it. It's clean, unobtrusive layout is really refreshing. It's not fussy. Loads pages really fast and i really like the window view on the new tab page. Firefox is feeling lonely since Ii installed it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbob Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 I'm considering installing this over the weekend, it does look impressive. I'm also thinking that this is an attempt by Google to take over the whole internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackster Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 I'm considering installing this over the weekend, it does look impressive. I'm also thinking that this is an attempt by Google to take over the whole internet. Dude, install it now! It'll take five minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shino Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 Dude, install it now! It'll take five minutes Actually, I don't know if its just me, but the install took AGES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasper Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 I'm considering installing this over the weekend, it does look impressive. I'm also thinking that this is an attempt by Google to take over the whole internet. Don't be wrong - it is an attempt of Google taking over the internet, but Google is a great overlord. The only thing we have to suffers through are those cumbersome Google Ads - and as long as Google makes money in that spectrum, we get stuff for free! Also, Google is already half the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirkatronics Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 Don't be wrong - it is an attempt of Google taking over the internet, but Google is a great overlord. The only thing we have to suffers through are those cumbersome Google Ads - and as long as Google makes money in that spectrum, we get stuff for free! Also, Google is already half the internet. Probably more. It indexes search engines too, so it will have almost everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daft Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 I'm ashamed to say Google basically run my life now. I use Chrome and am really liking it. I'm using Google Documents which is fantastic. I wish they had this a couple years ago since I wouldn't have lost so much work to broken HDDs and laptops. I use Gmail. I use iGoogle, Blogger and Analytics as well. Damn Google and their seamless integration and ease of use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coolness Bears Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 I've tried this out for the past few days but I'm moving back to firefox. Google Chrome didn't work properly for me and videos loaded slower and it kept freezing and sticking. I did like its speed and interface thouggh nice and easy to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCK Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 I tried it, and it's pretty cool! Hopefully the final version (if there'll ever be a non-beta Google project) will be a competitor of Firefox and Internet Explorer. You can make Firefox as spaceous as Chrome though. I have more space in FF than in Chrome. Nevertheless, I really like the interface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbob Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 Ok, i have installed it and my impressions of it are as follows: (bearing in mind i have used it for about 3 hours now) Its a good browser, it has a good amount of space and it does load up quick. It is easy to use as well. Now the problems, even though Firefox loads up slower it downloads pages quicker than Chrome. I tested it on a large data page and Firefox took less time to load the page than Chrome did. Videos and music play better in Firefox. Which is why i am now sticking to Firefox. Reason it is better, works better and actually loads pages quicker. And i am still sticking to my earlier statement with Google are taking over the whole Internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triforce_keeper Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 I like the layout a lot better than firefox. But when I go to play videos and the likes, Chrome freezes up, while it doesn't crash, it's very annoying. Will be switching back to FF me thinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AeroScap Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Remember guys. Beta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shino Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Remember guys. Beta. And that's how it will always be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Remember guys. Beta. So is Gmail, and that's 4 years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daft Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 So is Gmail, and that's 4 years old. Maybe that's its final name?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AeroScap Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 clever that. I wonder if google has actually made anything final! cept probably google the search engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirkatronics Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Remember guys. Beta.Its no excuse for majour things to have huge kinks in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daft Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Its no excuse for majour things to have huge kinks in it. I haven't had any problems with it. What have you found? I heard it was slow loading videos but I haven't tried that yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raining_again Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Its no excuse for majour things to have huge kinks in it. Beta = not neccesarily working. If you don't want to try something that *could* be faulty you don't try a beta. Theres nothing about no excuses, you aren't even paying for it Once I worked out how to get my favourite on it, s'all good. I quite like actually. Seems a bit slow, maybe its cause i'm on a wireless data card, i'm not sure - i'll give it a test with my normal broadband at some point. The only minor annoyance for me is the scrolling with mouse. I think I must have my Firefox set up so it scrolls slower, and its kinda making me a tad confused Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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