Chrome vs IE
I feel like one of the citizens of that fine fairytale land when the emperor was duped into believing he was wearing new clothes, when he wasn’t wearing any.
In the days after the release of Google’s Chrome there were various glowing reviews, that promised a browser revolution. Maybe I expected something shiny and new, but I don’t see it yet.
I do like the little snapshots of websites I visit often and the tabs are always welcome, but not unique.
At the moment I am bidding on some auctions and have to do so from Internet Explorer, because I cannot navigate back to the page just before I bid with the 1 click that I require. It’s a huge annoyance in Chrome.
My expectations of computer programmes are minimal. I don’t need or want it to think for me, unless I choose that option. IE is a static browser that leaves a lot of decisions for me.
I am writing this blog from Chrome, so it’s not a hopeless story.
Many of my little irritations can be fixed if the options menu was more adaptable.
I’m usually a huge fan of Google’s applications, but Chrome, not so much.
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2 Responses to “Chrome vs IE”
By Wogan on Sep 24, 2008 | Reply
And here’s the other irony – Google didn’t build Chrome at all:
http://dev.chromium.org/
They simply adapted the code available from the Chromium development team. They even used the Chromium logo for Google Chrome (just changed the colors).
~ Wogan
By Glass Pearl on Sep 25, 2008 | Reply
Thanks for the info, Wogan. I had no idea! Will check out that website.