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Google Chrome 6 Beta Is Right Around the Corner

30 points by raphar 16y ago

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Hovertruck 16y ago
Wow, I actually thought it was already out. That's what I get for using the dev release for every day use.
- shantanubala 16y ago
  The amazing thing about Google Chrome dev releases is that they're unusually stable. Occasionally a tab will crash, but thanks to the multi-process architecture I barely even notice that I'm using the dev release.
  - avar 16y ago
    Yeah, usually it's really stable. Although the Chrome 6 beta segfaulted on me a few days ago on Linux, killing all the chrome processes.
truebosko 16y ago
Hrm, the built-in PDF viewing must not be on the Ubuntu PPA (Didn't see an option for it anywhere either) Also, I'm not sure how the bookmark sync works. I set it up on one instance of Chrome, then on my other computer, it over-rides the first instance, removing some and merging others. I don't really know what it did, but it seemed kind of inconsistent. But of course, I was using a daily
- mattyb 16y ago
  Are you using Chrome or Chromium? libpdf.so isn't free (as in speech), so it's not bundled with Chromium. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/07/use-google-chromes-native-pdf-reader-in.html http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/07/use-google-chromes-native...
- pavs 16y ago
  I think it happens when you manually update it on browser, after adding few bookmarks. Let the sync take care of it. It happened to me couple of time, now it works fine. Syncing among Windows,Linux and OSX dev channel.
- patrickaljord 16y ago
  You can activate the PDF plugin by going to chrome://plugins
MikeCapone 16y ago
Chrome might just be the best piece of software that I use daily, and I didn't have to pay a dime for it. Big kudos to Google. Chrome is my second favorite product of theirs after Google Search (hmm, and Gmail might be tied in second place - hard to decide).
- Qz 16y ago
  Google Search is slowly becoming less and less useful. I find it harder to find the things I'm looking for than it was 2-3 years ago.
  - swah 16y ago
    Is there anything better?
    - wwortiz 16y ago
      Someone will suggest duckduckgo I'm sure but it doesn't really work well for me and my usually obscure searches I must agree however that google is getting harder and harder to find what I want and more often than not searches are returning way too many blogs with minimal content and excessive ads just fishing for views.
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  - MikeCapone 16y ago
    I wonder if it's possible that your usage of search has changed in the past 2-3 years? Could it be that the difficulty of your searches has increased faster than Google has improved?
    - gojomo 16y ago
      Google search may be improving, but the cambrian explosion of SEO/Made-for-AdSense/Spablum content is growing faster.
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30 points by raphar 16y ago

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Hovertruck 16y ago

Wow, I actually thought it was already out. That's what I get for using the dev release for every day use.

shantanubala 16y ago
The amazing thing about Google Chrome dev releases is that they're unusually stable. Occasionally a tab will crash, but thanks to the multi-process architecture I barely even notice that I'm using the dev release.
- avar 16y ago
  Yeah, usually it's really stable. Although the Chrome 6 beta segfaulted on me a few days ago on Linux, killing all the chrome processes.

truebosko 16y ago

Hrm, the built-in PDF viewing must not be on the Ubuntu PPA (Didn't see an option for it anywhere either) Also, I'm not sure how the bookmark sync works. I set it up on one instance of Chrome, then on my other computer, it over-rides the first instance, removing some and merging others. I don't really know what it did, but it seemed kind of inconsistent. But of course, I was using a daily

mattyb 16y ago
Are you using Chrome or Chromium? libpdf.so isn't free (as in speech), so it's not bundled with Chromium. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/07/use-google-chromes-native-pdf-reader-in.html http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/07/use-google-chromes-native...
pavs 16y ago
I think it happens when you manually update it on browser, after adding few bookmarks. Let the sync take care of it. It happened to me couple of time, now it works fine. Syncing among Windows,Linux and OSX dev channel.
patrickaljord 16y ago
You can activate the PDF plugin by going to chrome://plugins

MikeCapone 16y ago

Chrome might just be the best piece of software that I use daily, and I didn't have to pay a dime for it. Big kudos to Google. Chrome is my second favorite product of theirs after Google Search (hmm, and Gmail might be tied in second place - hard to decide).

Qz 16y ago
Google Search is slowly becoming less and less useful. I find it harder to find the things I'm looking for than it was 2-3 years ago.
- swah 16y ago
  Is there anything better?
  - wwortiz 16y ago
    Someone will suggest duckduckgo I'm sure but it doesn't really work well for me and my usually obscure searches I must agree however that google is getting harder and harder to find what I want and more often than not searches are returning way too many blogs with minimal content and excessive ads just fishing for views.
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- MikeCapone 16y ago
  I wonder if it's possible that your usage of search has changed in the past 2-3 years? Could it be that the difficulty of your searches has increased faster than Google has improved?
  - gojomo 16y ago
    Google search may be improving, but the cambrian explosion of SEO/Made-for-AdSense/Spablum content is growing faster.
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