Comments on: 10 Scariest and Most Annoying Facts about Google Chrome

By: Francois Botha

Francois Botha — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:15:54 +0000

This article deserves a review now that the browser is a year old.

By: Sir Tobias

Sir Tobias — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:02:09 +0000

wow… WOW… there’s a lot of stuff I want to say about how stupid some of these points are but it’s already been covered.

I know this thing is old, but it is on the first page on some searches about Chrome, and I want to say how stupid the privacy thing is……

–”Did you know that whenever you type in a search and hit submit, data is actually TRANSMITTED TO GOOGLE?! I mean, like, is this 1984? I smell fascism.”

–”I was for warned early on that it’s not a good idea to allow google to know too much about you. You allow them to track you through Chrome and well like your ss# do you really want it all out there?”

The first one made me laugh. Honestly. What do you think happens to ANY data you type in the address bar of ANY browser???? It has to get transmitted somewhere, lol, how else are you supposed to get a response to what you typed in? hahaha pure stupidity there…

okay now, so what ISPs do you people use? Do you ACTUALLY think they aren’t seeing anything you do on the internet? haha… they can see MORE than chrome could ever see if they wanted to… comcast

anyways I’m sure my point is made by now…

By: Leicester

Leicester — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:08:25 +0000

Scary stuff! Those conspiracy theories are big much though. The thing which worries me most about chrome is the effect it is going to have on firefox, as google can’t continue promoting it once chrome is released? I’m a die hard FF user.

By: darren

darren — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:46:15 +0000

There’s one vital point that the geeks have missed.

Chrome is outrageously fast compared to IE and FF. And that’s the most important thing.

By: michiel

michiel — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:53:02 +0000

quote:"I do not remember allowing Google Chrome to take my Firefox bookmarks either."

chrome does ask if you want to important your personal data from any other browser ... which obviously includes your bookmarks.

I kind of like it, as it is faster indeed, but I just can't do without my firefox add-ons, so I stay with firefox for now ...

then again, once the plugins start to appear, I'll give it a second try for sure ...

By: Eduardo

Eduardo — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:45:06 +0000

I was for warned early on that it’s not a good idea to allow google to know too much about you. You allow them to track you through Chrome and well like your ss# do you really want it all out there?

By: mark

mark — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:27:40 +0000

Soon Google will know when you get up. when you go to bed and what you had for breakfast.

By: Dennis filler

Dennis filler — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:39:18 +0000

Wow! I guess I would have to agree with your observations! I downloaded it some time ago, but never looked into it until now. Thanks!

By: kaycee725

kaycee725 — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:02:27 +0000

i haven’t tried google Chrome.. i use vista and really its taking too slow. anybody experience this?

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 03:10:18 +0000

These complaints seem extremely petty (and somewhat erroneous) to me. The one about registry access is ridiculous. One of the registry’s main purposes is to store application-specific data; thus, being upset that an application is accessing the registry is absurd.

Comparing Chrome to the Windows version of Safari? Not valid. Chrome uses WebKit, the renderer used in Safari to layout & display the webpage. The problems in Safari for Windows are because the application sucks–not the renderer. If the renderer were the problem, the same problems would be observable on the Mac version of Safari which also uses WebKit. You are comparing Chrome to a shitty Windows port of a Mac application done by Apple themselves simply b/c they have one component of their overall technology composition in common. That is an indirect, erroneous, and overall weak train of logic.

The complaint regarding the “Most Viewed” feature? Wow, if sexygals.com is coming up as one of your 9 most visited sites, you should take it as a quiet reminder that your priorities are in disorder.

There are so many blogs out there criticizing Chrome as a piece of software. I like Firefox as much as the next guy. Hell, I can’t decide which browser to use at this point, b/c two really great pieces of software are out there now, both with their own ups and downs.

It seems like everyone is letting reservations they have about the rise of Google get in the way of their opinion of Chrome. Judge it for what it is–a piece of software. It’s a pretty good one. You can tell time was spent on devising features that are desirable for the user, as well as on the technology that makes everything work. That’s my opinion as a Software Engineer, and as someone that’s enthusiastic about quality software.