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

[Bill Drew]

I hope everyone is sending Google through the page icon in the right
hand corner, information about problem pages.  Remember this is a new
beta from Google.

Bill Drew

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>>> "Cloutman, David" <DCloutman at co.marin.ca.us> 9/3/2008 4:56 PM >>>
I think there may be issues surrounding the JavaScript implementation.
>From Google's explanation, I extrapolated that the browser does just
in
time compilation of JavaScript into bytecode (much like Servlet
containers do with JSP). This may mean that over the long run a piece
of
JavaScript will run faster, but when it is initially loaded, it must
be
compiled. In the case of Gmail, there may be significant chunks of
JavaScript that must first be converted to bytecode before execution
can
take place, which might explain the lag you experienced. I noticed
that
when I ran the browser through the Acid 3 test, there was a
significant
lag time between the page load and the execution of the scripting.
(Over
a minute!) I almost gave up, but it eventually executed. 

Of course, all of this is just speculation, based upon what I read in
the Google comic and observed as an end user. I have no inside
knowledge
of how the browser actually works, though I'm sure some intrepid C++
programmer is eventually going to read the source code and explain the
internals to the rest of us.



---
David Cloutman <dcloutman at co.marin.ca.us>
Electronic Services Librarian
Marin County Free Library 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Rob Amend
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 1:20 PM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org 
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] RE: [lita-l] RE: Google Chrome - Observations


I downloaded Chrome on my home computer last night and played with it
for
awhile. It worked very well with a variety of Google apps, but I did
notice
some lag time in rendering Picasa images. I liked the feel of the
browser,
though, and used it for a couple of hours of pointless surfing.

I did run into a problem, later on. I left the browser up to see what
my
wife would think when she was checking her email. After a couple of
minutes,
she complained that it was hanging up on Gmail, and then suddenly
asked,
"Is
this a new browser?" When I filled her in, she told me she didn't much
care
for it. So I suppose that counts as a split vote for us.

Rob Amend
Reference Librarian
rob.amend at gmail.com 
blog.reftechrob.com


On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 3:41 PM, David Kemper <siansleep at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
>
>
>
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