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Chrome: 50 releases and counting

18 points by rayshan 10y ago

xg15 10y ago
I find out interesting that they got the numbers for pages viewed and password forms filled in: I would think that those activities only involve the client side and should not hit the google backend at all. So those stats would have to be gathered by chrome and sent back to google at some point. (Unless they are approximate numbers) I'm aware that complaining about this when using Chrome is like complaining about wet feet when you go diving in the ocean, but just out of couriosity: Is there a list of things that chrome keeps statistics about and a way to access those statistics?
- pfg 10y ago
  I'm guessing this is part of the telemetry Chrome gathers. IIRC when you first install Chrome, there's an opt-in (or opt-out) where it asks the user whether sending usage information to Google is okay. Firefox does something similar. The total on that page is either the number from their telemetry or an approximation based on those numbers and the size of their user base.
elcapitan 10y ago
I don't know if Chrome was the first or one of the first desktop apps to do that, but they really brought a breakthrough in continuous updates, and it would be totally worth that even if we wouldn't use Chrome itself anymore. Crazy times when we had to manually update all the time from Firefox 3.whatever to 3.whateverelse to get some minor improvement in functionality plus 10 new things breaking until the next update. I used to keep the last couple of versions of Firefox in my Apps folder just in case.
pfg 10y ago
Slightly OT: I wish more projects with a rapid release cycle would adopt CalVer (calendar-based versioning, like Ubuntu). I find they're much easier to parse for humans, and the semantics are just fine for projects such as Chrome and Firefox.
wyldfire 10y ago
> 9.1 Billion: forms and passwords automatically filled each month ... I simultaneously love and and terrified by chrome's capability to store and sync my passwords to all the websites I log into. It sucks when you use another browser: only by repeatedly typing the password(s) can I train myself to recall it. It's fantastic on all of the devices I use Chrome on. And I'm placing absolutely enormous trust in Google that's probably pretty risky for many reasons. Yes, I acknowledge that there are other solutions available as plugins and whatnot. It's just too remarkably convenient to keep using the builtin solution.
- tracker1 10y ago
  I've been using LastPass for a while now... I recently switched to a Nexus 6p, and have to admit the fingerprint integration is great, I bypassed lastpass half the time before, because my master password is pretty long/complicated.
- pfg 10y ago
  You can actually set a passphrase that's used to encrypt all synchronized items, before they're being sent to Google[1]. [1]: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/1181035?hl=en https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/1181035?hl=en
tracker1 10y ago
Now, if they'd only enable extensions for android versions... so that ublock/ghostery could work...

18 points by rayshan 10y ago

xg15 10y ago

I find out interesting that they got the numbers for pages viewed and password forms filled in: I would think that those activities only involve the client side and should not hit the google backend at all. So those stats would have to be gathered by chrome and sent back to google at some point. (Unless they are approximate numbers) I'm aware that complaining about this when using Chrome is like complaining about wet feet when you go diving in the ocean, but just out of couriosity: Is there a list of things that chrome keeps statistics about and a way to access those statistics?

pfg 10y ago
I'm guessing this is part of the telemetry Chrome gathers. IIRC when you first install Chrome, there's an opt-in (or opt-out) where it asks the user whether sending usage information to Google is okay. Firefox does something similar. The total on that page is either the number from their telemetry or an approximation based on those numbers and the size of their user base.

elcapitan 10y ago

I don't know if Chrome was the first or one of the first desktop apps to do that, but they really brought a breakthrough in continuous updates, and it would be totally worth that even if we wouldn't use Chrome itself anymore. Crazy times when we had to manually update all the time from Firefox 3.whatever to 3.whateverelse to get some minor improvement in functionality plus 10 new things breaking until the next update. I used to keep the last couple of versions of Firefox in my Apps folder just in case.

pfg 10y ago

Slightly OT: I wish more projects with a rapid release cycle would adopt CalVer (calendar-based versioning, like Ubuntu). I find they're much easier to parse for humans, and the semantics are just fine for projects such as Chrome and Firefox.

wyldfire 10y ago

> 9.1 Billion: forms and passwords automatically filled each month ... I simultaneously love and and terrified by chrome's capability to store and sync my passwords to all the websites I log into. It sucks when you use another browser: only by repeatedly typing the password(s) can I train myself to recall it. It's fantastic on all of the devices I use Chrome on. And I'm placing absolutely enormous trust in Google that's probably pretty risky for many reasons. Yes, I acknowledge that there are other solutions available as plugins and whatnot. It's just too remarkably convenient to keep using the builtin solution.

tracker1 10y ago
I've been using LastPass for a while now... I recently switched to a Nexus 6p, and have to admit the fingerprint integration is great, I bypassed lastpass half the time before, because my master password is pretty long/complicated.
pfg 10y ago
You can actually set a passphrase that's used to encrypt all synchronized items, before they're being sent to Google[1]. [1]: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/1181035?hl=en https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/1181035?hl=en

tracker1 10y ago

Now, if they'd only enable extensions for android versions... so that ublock/ghostery could work...