I’m posting this because I’ll probably forget by tomorrow, and it’s of earth-shattering importance like all my posts.
Forget pigs in lipstick and hurricanes and the tanking financial system. Google has released a sub-optimal browser. There is weeping and gnashing of teeth.
It’s not that Chrome doesn’t do what it needs to do. There’s a ton of functionality* in there. But just try finding it.
Yowza do these guys know how to bury good features. Like keywords for bookmarks, as discussed here.
I dig that we’re all sophisticated web users and stuff like that there and that you Gmen (and women) are all about elegant design. But why make it so you have to have a graduate degree to find a basic navigational feature?
Anyone? Google? Anyone?
*enough functionality that I switched my default browser choice to chrome from firefox. I did that a couple of hours before writing this post. Be warned though you California ggeeks, I’ve got a touch pad and I know how to use it!







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September 17, 2008 at 10:08 pm
Rick
But….but….
What about all those wonderful extensions I’m enjoying with Firefox? Like these:
Google toolbar
Foxytunes
Evernote
Scribefire
Del.icio.us
FireFTP
ChatZilla
AdBlock+
Forecastfox
Where would I be without all of those guys?
September 17, 2008 at 11:39 pm
Will Humes
Rick,
You would be with a less RAM hungry browser : )
Jim,
I knew you would switch sooner or later. I just didn’t know that it would be this soon. We all end up doing things we never thought we would do at one time or another. As for me, I just got one of those 2nd generation Ipod touches for a little over 200 bucks and have been listening to my MP3s all day.
Yes, I am a hypocrite.
September 18, 2008 at 6:21 am
Jim
I miss those extensions too but I’m a bigger google fanboy than a mozilla fanboy. Besides, the extensions I used were all about making the browsing experience more intuitive, which chrome does right out of the box (except for those buried features!).
Btw, I don’t recall saying I would never switch from Firefox. I do recall saying that I would never switch to Opera, which still holds true. I also recall you saying on numerous occasions that you saw no reason at all to ever buy an iTouch.
September 18, 2008 at 10:05 am
Will
I lied, er . . . changed my mind. : )
September 18, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Jim
good choice, too. They can have my iTouch when they pry it outta my cold dead hand!