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Re: Does Anyone Use Chrome?

fredwilson — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:26:07 -0000

I started using chrome on my office machine (windows) this week

Its better than firefox. But I still keep ff open so I can use my extensions

I wish chrome had extensions

Re: Does Anyone Use Chrome?

Ted Rogers — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:10:01 -0000

I started using Chrome for one reason - I can type my Google search into the address bar. I know that sounds odd, given that you can just have Google search bar open in the other browsers. Something about the option of typing in a address or a search into the url bar feels more user friendly and slightly faster.

Re: Does Anyone Use Chrome?

DaveGoulden — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:09:14 -0000

I think you are right on.
As an early practitioner of behavioral marketing, I've been watching Google
play a similar game in advertising. They have amassed an amazing amount of
data about users, more than most of the other players (like more former
company) that got hammered for collecting and using behavioral data. Now
Google has fully unleashed "interest based" advertising after years of
saying "wink wink" that they were not looking at entering the "behavioral"
space. They took the long view and positioned themselves well (a la
millions of Toolbars collecting full clickstream, DoubleClick asset, etc.)
to fully leverage this data.

The browser/OS are missing pieces to this data game (and will allow them to
give away the software while MSFT tries to go after their core search
franchise). As you say they will be in the middle of it all.

Re: Does Anyone Use Chrome?

Keenan — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:23:59 -0000

Interesting comment. It has me wondering if there isn't a bigger play here. With GMAIL, Chrome OS, Chrome, Google Doc's, Wave (coming soon to theaters near you), etc it appears that Google is shooting to where they think the puck is going. Not where it is. If a thin client, cloud computing netbook driven world is where things end up, Google will have one hell of an ecosystem putting them right in the middle of it all.

Re: Does Anyone Use Chrome?

Keenan — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:15:34 -0000

This I think is the most relevant point. It is too easy to think the rest of the world is as plugged in to Internet technology as we are. The truth is, my wife and kids at that matter are like yours. They browse. Plugins, extensions, RSS etc. mean nothing to them. They just want to be on the web.

Re: Does Anyone Use Chrome?

Keenan — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:11:41 -0000

Fred, I didn't see you as a golfer. I guess that is why my mom said never judge a book by it's cover.

Re: Does Anyone Use Chrome?

Keenan — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:07:02 -0000

How do you make a browser that doesn't work on Mac?

Re: Does Anyone Use Chrome?

paramendra — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 08:32:50 -0000

I have avoided Firefox add-ons so far. No particular reason. JP got me onto Twitter. http://technbiz.blogspot.co... Maybe you will get me onto Firefox add-ons. :-) I will eagerly await the blog post.

Re: Does Anyone Use Chrome?

fredwilson — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 08:10:11 -0000

I should blog about that. I will

Re: Does Anyone Use Chrome?

paramendra — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:44:09 -0000

Again, you have a blog community that handily prefers Firefox to Explorer. That is a techie bias just like with the Windows, Mac thing.

I got excited about Chrome last fall but once I realized it does not jive well with Blogger I have been on Firefox since.

What are your top/favorite Firefox add-ons?

Re: Does Anyone Use Chrome?

Charlie Fishman — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:08:35 -0000

Well, I started using Chrome because Firefox has major issues with how the Quicktime and Java plug ins work together and behave. I often find even though I have the latest plug ins for Firefox version 3.0.11 - the quicktime player is not working and I can't use like uploads for Facebook photos because Java is not working. It's just terrible and impacts streaming media abilities. Chrome has offered me a fix for when I need to do these tasks on a browser.

Re: Does Anyone Use Chrome?

EmailBusiness — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:28:53 -0000

No one took me up on the bet yesterday.

Well Google CEO just announced today indeed, Google Chrome OS and Android are the perfect match.
Can I call em, or what?

The Half Truth Below:

According to Google CEO Eric Schmidt, the company’s Android mobile platform and their newly-announced Google Chrome OS have “a great deal of commonality.” In fact, according to the executive, the two OSes “may merge even closer” in the future.

A Great DEAL in Commonality???

Are they kidding. They where made to integrate, for what?

Want to really no what google is planning to do with Chrome OS?
Isn't it clear as day.

Anyone who's been around long enough can see the next step,
which is one of Google's very Own Apps.

I'm sure they will be announcing this coincidental commonality soon as well.
It is not commonality, it is strategic development.

LEAKED: Google Chrome OS: The Real Truth
http://yourblogmoney.com/blog/2009/07/10/leaked-google-chrome-os-the-real-truth

Re: Does Anyone Use Chrome?

Ian Betteridge — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:18:59 -0000

9% is pretty high. The May figure from Net Applications was 1.8%, and I think that's more reflective of the general internet audience. Worth noting, too, that NA puts IE at 65%, still.

Personally, I've tried Chrome and like it. But I'd rather use Safari, because I want something which works across all the platforms I use.

Re: Does Anyone Use Chrome?

deancollins — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:58:39 -0000

on your website Fred - hardly a 'representative' site with the number of techies you have on your site.

IE (in various flavors) still leads the world be a very very large margin.

Re: Does Anyone Use Chrome?

jehutson — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:38:56 -0000

chrome is coming out soon for macs. chrome is so fast for web apps, that its unreasonable to not use it for that purpose. but if Google made Firefox apps compatible or created a solid extension market - that would be huge. FF is blowing it by not making extensions compatible with 3.5

Re: Does Anyone Use Chrome?

rosshill — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:00:07 -0000

Interesting to see this next to your other blog post about mac vs pc use - because I use my MBP most of the time (Safari) but a PC with Chrome at work. I think Chrome is fantastic and wish it was around for mac.. but there's that whole availability thing stopping me :)

Re: Does Anyone Use Chrome?

fredwilson — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:49:17 -0000

Any idea when mac users will get a production version of chrome dick?

Re: Does Anyone Use Chrome?

fredwilson — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:49:15 -0000

This is how I work now too. No desktop apps

But I don't have chrome on my mac

When I do, it will be great

Re: Does Anyone Use Chrome?

fredwilson — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:49:09 -0000

I shot 50 on the front that day. I think I went 50/40

Re: Does Anyone Use Chrome?

EmailBusiness — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:04:00 -0000

Any chance Google OS could be targeted just for Android Mobile, I mean most comp
users will use Ubunta or Windows. I think it is heading straight to Anrdoid. Actually
I'm almost sure about it. Any one care to comment on this. - Place your bets.

Re: Does Anyone Use Chrome?

Jauder Ho — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:21:54 -0000

It is if you are willing to live on the edge. Some versions may not work very well but the one I am using works like a champ.

There's no Flash support right now but I can always hop back to FF for that. Chrome works very nicely as a second browser.

Get it here. http://build.chromium.org/b...

Re: Does Anyone Use Chrome?

Bob DeMarco — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:41:53 -0000

I use Chrome 90 percent of the time. When I first made the move to Chrome, I was constantly going back and forth between Chrome and FF. Chrome does grow on you.

It is faster and easier to use once you get use to it. Some people find the switch to Chrome disconcerting. I did at first.

But like most things, faster and simpler is good.

I remember way back when I first learned about Google for search. Used it sparingly at first, and then, bye bye Yahoo. Now it is bye bye FF.

My guess is that Chrome will win out in the long run.

Re: Does Anyone Use Chrome?

ShanaC — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:49:36 -0000

Which is why I've decided t stopped to think of them as just browsers. They are more like- what can I do with this new machine sort of things.

Unless you are doing something that needs to be done on a computer as a computer, such as heavy graphic work- the internet is the new computer. It's like getting home the first computer I really worked with, I hated it until I figured out how to use it. We're still figuring the internet out.

Re: Does Anyone Use Chrome?

NICCAI — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:45:34 -0000

Never really clued into FF having that - guess cause they still have the
search box.

Re: Does Anyone Use Chrome?

ShanaC — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:39:47 -0000

Umm- Firefox sort of does that.
Type in "how to get something done"- and it will reroute you to google's top link, which happens to be at Ehow.

The UI of both are not well developed- because those facts are not made clear