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Chrome's turning 10, here's what's new
- tomc1985 8y agoDear Google, Why do you hate squares so much? Rounded corners looks like kid's toys. Sincerely, A concerned power user
- 21 8y agoHere's what's not new: lack of anti-tracking protections
- cheeze 8y agoMeanwhile, Mozilla is pushing forward in that area! https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2018/08/30/changing-our-approach-to-anti-tracking/ https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2018/08/30/changing-... I'm almost 100% Firefox at this point. I trust Mozilla.
- kareemm 8y agoI trust Mozilla and have zero trust in Google. But I just switched back to Chrome after an experiment with Firefox. It’s just too much of a resource hog vs Chrome. Hopefully they sort that out soon.
- testvox 8y agoI'm on waterfox. Mozilla lost my trust when they started installing advertising extensions without user permission. https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/16/16784628/mozilla-mr-robot-arg-plugin-firefox-looking-glass https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/16/16784628/mozilla-mr-robo...
- orf 8y agoPoor play on Mozilla's part, sure, and they paid their price. But it seems pretty damn silly to switch off Firefox for good because of this. In fact you'd be directly impacting the only browser vendor that does care about your privacy, reducing their ability to push forward with privacy focused initiatives. Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face! But, if you want to use a poorly maintained, out of date and insecure fork of Firefox privacy reasons (as if Mozilla is somehow terrible in this area!) then go for it, but understand you're sacrificing your security for no particularly good reason whilst simultaneously reducing their impact in influencing the design of a privacy orientated web.
- atonse 8y agoAgreed. I just can't go back to a browser without an ad blocker nowadays. I've forgotten how absolutely ugly and distracting most of the web looks with today's ads, not to mention the out of control tracking of users and invasion of their privacy.
- skybrian 8y agoI thought Chrome was supposed to be getting an ad blocker? Whatever happened to that?
- manigandham 8y agoyou can install on adblocker on any browser with extensions
- atonse 8y agoJS based blockers are not the same as declarative, native content blockers like safari pioneered.
- manigandham 8y agoExtensions have access to various browser APIs and you can enter a list of sites just like Safari. There is no difference.
- mholt 8y agoWhat about this? > ... We launched an ad blocker to keep you safe from malicious and annoying ads ... It's a start, at least. I still use uBlock Origin until Chrome gets their game together with ad blocking.
- romanovcode 8y agoLet me rephrase that for you. > ... We launched an ad blocker to keep you safe from ads that are not part of google ad-network ...
- chrisco255 8y agoFor that, there's Brave: https://brave.com/ https://brave.com/ Chromium-based, ad blocking by default
- econ4all 8y agoThe current chrome tab design is iconic, I hope they took that into consideration.
- xg15 8y agoThe cake is a lie.
- Flow 8y agoThat browser is feeling less and less like a Mac app every release. :-(
- Crontab 8y agoI have to agree with this comment. It looks really out of place now.
- Jerry2 8y agoHow about fixing some bugs? Chrome/Chromium for Linux stopped remembering which windows are minimized and which are not after a restart. Such an annoying bug that surfaced less than a year ago. Still not fixed.
- fixermark 8y agoI wonder if that's a Chrome bug or a bug in a popular window manager users are using.
- Jerry2 8y agoIt's a Chromium bug: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=827711 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=827711
- sofaofthedamned 8y agoI have the same in Firefox on Linux.
- benatkin 8y agoI'm sure Blink will continue to improve, but I'm not impressed with anything in the post - certainly not the design refresh.
- soperj 8y agoThat password piece seems particularly dangerous, and a huge lock in.
- xg15 8y agoIt asks before storing passwords and, in case of generated passwords, also displays the password - so it seems okay for me. Or do you think it's a lock-in because of missing export options?
- fixermark 8y agoExporting passwords from Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95606 https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95606 "Export: To the right of "Saved Passwords," click More : > Export passwords"
- soperj 8y agoIt's a lock in because people using this won't even know their own passwords.
- mholt 8y agoBut that's helpful for the 99% of Chrome users who aren't technical enough to even know that they should be using a password manager. Having a halfway-decent password manager "just work" when they "open the Internet" is still a huge plus.
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- manigandham 8y agoWhy? Chrome has had a built-in password manager for years, synced to your account, and accessible on the web: https://passwords.google.com https://passwords.google.com
- rayiner 8y ago
- mholt 8y agoTheir Android screencasts look nice but my Pixel 2 still doesn't have that slick new launcher (I am on Pie, however). Did anyone get that update?
- thezilch 8y agoLike the new Gmail design, I do NOT like what appears to be a similar design applied to Chrome. Everything old is new again I guess. Material design is out; bubbly everything is in. Changing these for no described nor apparent reason is not "boost your productivity".
- manigandham 8y agoYes, seems Google just suddenly changed their design language within the last 18 months into a strange rounded-material style for no real reason. And it doesn't look good at all to me.
- webwanderings 8y agoThe new design is pretty good actually (change is good this time around, to defy the stereotype!). But, how do I get it updated on my Win 10 machine? It seems the update does not carry forward everywhere with you.
- manigandham 8y agoGo to Help -> About Google Chrome to get the update option.
- riquito 8y agoI'd like to see more sportsmanship between browsers (not just Chrome). As an example “Search for a website in your Omnibox and Chrome will tell you if it’s already open and let you jump straight to it with “Switch to tab [a good idea we took from Browser X].” (here Firefox, as far as I know)
- exodust 8y agoI doubt anyone gives a toss if Chrome is having a "10th birthday" except Google. Never liked how this browser forces updates down your throat including "new looks" without any choice. Feels like software I have zero control over, if every time I open it, a new version of itself downloads and installs without my permission. Google enjoys forcing itself on users regularly without consent. Which is creepy when put like that.
- fixermark 8y agoYou can disable auto updates [https://www.chromium.org/administrators/turning-off-auto-updates https://www.chromium.org/administrators/turning-off-auto-upd...]. But the risk, of course, is that security updates are then also disabled. There's a case to be made that one could develop security updates separate from "look-and-feel" updates, but I think, sadly, it's a weak case; it's all one software package, and look-and-feel changes can impact security and vise-versa. I don't think the system would actually be more secure if Chrome tried to maintain various mini-forks of versions with different look-and-feels. I'm curious though: how is this handled in your browser of choice? IE updates look-and-feel all the time and so does Mozilla. Perhaps it's the auto-updating that's the issue? But we already know what happens if the auto-updating is removed from the equation: the web has to collectively support IE6 approximately forever.
- exodust 8y agoThat doesn't work. You've linked to outdated information. If you search the web for how to disable Chrome updates, you'll find people on StackOverflow etc saying the same thing... that it's not easy or not possible when following that page you linked to. In my case, I don't even have that Google Update registry key you've linked to. So they're doing some other nasty hacky thing to silently install new versions over itself without my permission. Google REALLY doesn't want people disabling auto updates. It's like other things they do, they don't hesitate to build-in arrogant patterns in order to herd everyone into the same behaviour. Like with the account chooser, it's no longer possible to simply sign out of Google and be properly signed out, so your name doesn't appear on the sign in page. Google remembers your login and shows your email address on the sign in page, even though you're logged out. This is Google REALLY not wanting anyone to sign out.
- Crontab 8y agoJust upgraded; the UI is fucking ugly.
- forgot-my-pw 8y ago> When it’s time to create a new password, Chrome will now generate one for you (so you’re not using your puppy’s name for all of your passwords anymore). One less reason to use a password manager now.
- delcaran 8y agoYes, for the casual internet users like my parents. I rather have my passwords stored in an encrypted container with a password I'm sure it's not linked to something I have online.
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- MR4D 8y agoWhy anyone thinks that reduced contrast is an improvement in usability needs to talk to someone over the age of 10. Seriously. Also, what's with the smaller icon on the start page? Not a good change for me.