[Web4lib] RE: [lita-l] RE: Google Chrome - Observations

[David Kemper]

I installed Google Chrome and I am enjoying the experience. The
browser is light-weight, nimble but lacks the bells and whistles one
would expect from a browser. But I suspect this is done by design and
for a reason.

I agree with Bill. As he wrote, "If someone uses exclusively web based
programs such a Google Docs and others, Google Chrome is the perfect
browser."

I think this is Google's master plan: host apps and services on the
web exclusively - and Google Chrome is designed specifically for that.

Need a RSS reader? The plan here, I feel, is to use Google Reader,
which runs very smoothly in Chrome.

I'd like to hear more comments on your early testing and experiences
with Chrome.

David

On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 3:02 PM, Joubert, Doug (NIH/OD/ORS) [E]
<joubertd at ors.od.nih.gov> wrote:
> As a recent transplant to the MAC environment, I am disappointed that Chrome is not yet available for the MAC. I have wait until I get home to download the browser.
>
> Cheers
>
> Doug
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: George Porter [mailto:george at library.caltech.edu]
> Sent: Wed 9/3/2008 2:26 PM
> To: 'lita-l at ala.org'; web4lib at webjunction.org
> Subject: [lita-l] RE: Google Chrome - Observations
>
> Following Bill Drew's post (thanks, Bill!), here are a few of my thoughts and experiences.
>
> The ability to import usernames and passwords from Firefox is touted.  In the password manager, it appears to have been successful.  In practice, the usernames are not mapping into the boxes, though, and must be saved anew.  Whether or not saving usernames in browsers is a safe computing practice is an entirely separate issue.
>
> Bookmark import works well.  RSS imports, however, fail, since Chrome does not (yet?) provide RSS reading capabilities.
>
> Display of my library's main page <http://library.caltech.edu/> is clean and quick.  Interestingly, the space below the designed size shows white, rather than continuing the border color as Firefox and SeaMonkey.
>
> Visiting Dana Roth's Chemistry page <http://library.caltech.edu/collections/chemistry.htm> is very instructive.  Chrome loads it instantly. Other browsers, if it isn't cached, have visible lag.
>
> I truly miss my type-ahead find function in both Firefox and SeaMonkey.
>
> George S. Porter
> Sherman Fairchild Library of Engineering & Applied Science
> California Institute of Technology
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