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Google Chrome v15 Released

59 points by yottabyte47 15y ago

aforty 15y ago
Ugh they didn't take the left-right scrolling/history thing out in OSX Lion from the beta. Infuriating that I can't scroll left without going back one page. Any setting discovered yet to turn this off?
- natesm 15y ago
  Switch back to three finger gestures in System Preferences. I have no idea why Apple thought that was a good idea. It used to be: - Two fingers for scrolling - Three fingers for in-app navigation - Four fingers for window management (Exposé, show desktop) Really easy to understand. Lion made "multitouch gestures" a major advertising point, but honestly... they were better in Snow Leopard. I've reverted with BetterTouchTool, as I could not even do the new "show desktop" gesture.
  - adamjernst 15y ago
    I think the issue is that Apple has devoted plenty of resources to tweaking gestures so that two-finger swipes can be used for both scrolling and navigation. It's a hard problem to solve, but if it's done just right it works. Safari does it just fine. Chrome is far too touchy about it, though. As soon as you hit the edge, you go back a page. Safari seems to take the velocity and acceleration into account in smarter ways.
    - tiles 15y ago
      I switched to Canary to fix this issue, which has a much less aggressive gesture. Now a slide switch (almost like iOS's unlock screen) transparently overlays the screen until you slide across your trackpad, then it goes back a page. No need to touch OS X settings. :) I was glad it was no longer sensitive, but I was still wondering why they didn't just implement Safari's page-reveal as you slide back. Then I tried using the Github website, which implements its own transitions using the History API, which worked splendidly on Chrome but was rather broken in Safari. The best compromise would be to see what sites implement the history API and switch, but I'm satisfied with working side-scrolling for now.
      - 8ig8 15y ago
        About Canary: http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/02/google-chrome-canary-os-x/ http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/02/google-chrome-canary-os-x/
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katovatzschyn 15y ago
Out of curiosity; Google Chrome was released about 37 months ago. 15 versions were released since then, so Google averaged about 15/37 versions per month, the "Chrome constant." Lynx was released in 1992, around 228 months ago. 228(15/37)=v92. So, were Lynx to have used an approximately similar version enumeration to Chrome, it would currently be at around version 92. Similarly: Opera: 178 * (CC) = v72 Konqueror: 180 * (CC) = v72 Firefox: 83 * (CC) = v33 Internet Explorer: 194 * (CC) = v78 Safari: 105 * (CC) = v42 Lynx: 228 * (CC) = v92 Another note of interest is that almost all of these browsers had their respective releases in September or October.
- azakai 15y ago
  Interesting to see those numbers :) What is also good is that the first few comments aren't "why is Chrome bumping the major version number so soon?" like we used to see with every Chrome and Firefox release. Maybe the internet is starting to move past that ;)
- brudgers 15y ago
  Windows: 311 * (CC) = v126
- cool-RR 15y ago
  I agree that it's interesting to see these numbers. But, take into account that Chrome sees much more intensive development than all these projects. Progress is a more fitting measure than time.
FilterJoe 15y ago
Anyone else noticing a big speed increase? Chrome 14 was actually much slower than the prior few versions on my 7 year old Windows XP system (1 GB RAM). I'm experiencing much faster page loads with Chrome 15.
- HaloZero 15y ago
  you sure it wasn't related to the fact that you restarted your browser? Have you been running Chrome 14 in one instance for a long time?
  - FilterJoe 15y ago
    I restart the computer and chrome each morning. And when Chrome gets to slow I restart it mid day sometimes. I also clear caches once every few weeks which seems to speed it up a little, but not like it did when going from Chrome 14 to Chrome 15.
- joejohnson 15y ago
  Speed changes would most likely be due to many other factors (like latency of your connection, the page you are loading, etc.) and these can vary much more widely and consistently that anything you are noticing.
thechut 15y ago
Why is Bing the default search when first Installed?
nuttendorfer 15y ago
Is there any way to change the New Tab page without the help of extensions? I prefered it blank which you can't do now.
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- peterjmag 15y ago
  Nor does there appear to be a way to toggle it from chrome://flags since it's not an experimental feature anymore. Is it worth opening an issue for this?
kyleslattery 15y ago
Does anyone here actually use Chrome apps? I personally don't really get the appeal, but maybe someone can explain it.
- toyg 15y ago
  From what I understand, they make more sense wherever Chrome is used as the main OS GUI ("chromeos" or whatever), basically being yet another app store.
- rooshdi 15y ago
  It provides the casual Web user with the familiarity and ease of the Desktop and App Store format.
- drivingmenuts 15y ago
  Some of those apps look pretty nice. Rather have desktop versions of them, though. I'd rather have some control over the personal information they're trying to collect.
- majika 15y ago
  Some apps like Google Docs require you to install the app for offline usage. I use apps to integrate them into Gnome Shell. I can press super+"gm"+enter to open up Gmail, or "cal" for the calendar, etc. There's no reason that you couldn't use this for bookmarks, but I guess Chrome apps allow for larger icons... Despite my usage, I'd agree that it's essentially just an ideological push by Google to convince consumers that the internet is a viable computing platform in its own right. This computing platform - would you believe it - consists largely of Google's own apps (but it doesn't have to).
simonbrown 15y ago
The canary build had a bottom tab for bookmarks. It seems they've taken it out, so I still have to install an app for every site I want a link on the new tab page for.
- callahad 15y ago
  Check out "Enable NTP bookmark features" in chrome://flags/
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joshuaxls 15y ago
Best new feature: different colors for padding and margin in the inspector. Already super useful.
huskyr 15y ago
I'm pretty excited about being able to sync open tabs and search engines. Still have to enable it in about:flags though.
foxylad 15y ago
Chrome has a wee bug that is incredibly annoying once you notice it, and it's still not fixed in V15. To reproduce, go to any web page with a confirm dialog: 1. Think of a secret number between one and ten (or higher if you are a patient person!) 2. Trigger the dialog. 3. Count up to your secret number. 4. Click OK on the dialog. 5. Count up until the page disappears. 6. And that's your secret number! Basically Chrome freezes after a confirm dialog for the same amount of time that you take to click the OK button. Most people assume it is just the following page is taking a while to load. I'd be interested in how widespread it is - it's affected every instance of Chrome I've come across, on Windows and Linux. Oh, and please star the issue here if it affect you. http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=98275 http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=98275

59 points by yottabyte47 15y ago

Ugh they didn't take the left-right scrolling/history thing out in OSX Lion from the beta. Infuriating that I can't scroll left without going back one page. Any setting discovered yet to turn this off?

natesm 15y ago
Switch back to three finger gestures in System Preferences. I have no idea why Apple thought that was a good idea. It used to be: - Two fingers for scrolling - Three fingers for in-app navigation - Four fingers for window management (Exposé, show desktop) Really easy to understand. Lion made "multitouch gestures" a major advertising point, but honestly... they were better in Snow Leopard. I've reverted with BetterTouchTool, as I could not even do the new "show desktop" gesture.
- adamjernst 15y ago
  I think the issue is that Apple has devoted plenty of resources to tweaking gestures so that two-finger swipes can be used for both scrolling and navigation. It's a hard problem to solve, but if it's done just right it works. Safari does it just fine. Chrome is far too touchy about it, though. As soon as you hit the edge, you go back a page. Safari seems to take the velocity and acceleration into account in smarter ways.
  - tiles 15y ago
    I switched to Canary to fix this issue, which has a much less aggressive gesture. Now a slide switch (almost like iOS's unlock screen) transparently overlays the screen until you slide across your trackpad, then it goes back a page. No need to touch OS X settings. :) I was glad it was no longer sensitive, but I was still wondering why they didn't just implement Safari's page-reveal as you slide back. Then I tried using the Github website, which implements its own transitions using the History API, which worked splendidly on Chrome but was rather broken in Safari. The best compromise would be to see what sites implement the history API and switch, but I'm satisfied with working side-scrolling for now.
    - 8ig8 15y ago
      About Canary: http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/02/google-chrome-canary-os-x/ http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/02/google-chrome-canary-os-x/
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katovatzschyn 15y ago

Out of curiosity; Google Chrome was released about 37 months ago. 15 versions were released since then, so Google averaged about 15/37 versions per month, the "Chrome constant." Lynx was released in 1992, around 228 months ago. 228(15/37)=v92. So, were Lynx to have used an approximately similar version enumeration to Chrome, it would currently be at around version 92. Similarly: Opera: 178 * (CC) = v72 Konqueror: 180 * (CC) = v72 Firefox: 83 * (CC) = v33 Internet Explorer: 194 * (CC) = v78 Safari: 105 * (CC) = v42 Lynx: 228 * (CC) = v92 Another note of interest is that almost all of these browsers had their respective releases in September or October.

azakai 15y ago
Interesting to see those numbers :) What is also good is that the first few comments aren't "why is Chrome bumping the major version number so soon?" like we used to see with every Chrome and Firefox release. Maybe the internet is starting to move past that ;)
brudgers 15y ago
Windows: 311 * (CC) = v126
cool-RR 15y ago
I agree that it's interesting to see these numbers. But, take into account that Chrome sees much more intensive development than all these projects. Progress is a more fitting measure than time.

FilterJoe 15y ago

Anyone else noticing a big speed increase? Chrome 14 was actually much slower than the prior few versions on my 7 year old Windows XP system (1 GB RAM). I'm experiencing much faster page loads with Chrome 15.

HaloZero 15y ago
you sure it wasn't related to the fact that you restarted your browser? Have you been running Chrome 14 in one instance for a long time?
- FilterJoe 15y ago
  I restart the computer and chrome each morning. And when Chrome gets to slow I restart it mid day sometimes. I also clear caches once every few weeks which seems to speed it up a little, but not like it did when going from Chrome 14 to Chrome 15.
joejohnson 15y ago
Speed changes would most likely be due to many other factors (like latency of your connection, the page you are loading, etc.) and these can vary much more widely and consistently that anything you are noticing.

thechut 15y ago

Why is Bing the default search when first Installed?

nuttendorfer 15y ago

Is there any way to change the New Tab page without the help of extensions? I prefered it blank which you can't do now.

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peterjmag 15y ago
Nor does there appear to be a way to toggle it from chrome://flags since it's not an experimental feature anymore. Is it worth opening an issue for this?

kyleslattery 15y ago

Does anyone here actually use Chrome apps? I personally don't really get the appeal, but maybe someone can explain it.

toyg 15y ago
From what I understand, they make more sense wherever Chrome is used as the main OS GUI ("chromeos" or whatever), basically being yet another app store.
rooshdi 15y ago
It provides the casual Web user with the familiarity and ease of the Desktop and App Store format.
drivingmenuts 15y ago
Some of those apps look pretty nice. Rather have desktop versions of them, though. I'd rather have some control over the personal information they're trying to collect.
majika 15y ago
Some apps like Google Docs require you to install the app for offline usage. I use apps to integrate them into Gnome Shell. I can press super+"gm"+enter to open up Gmail, or "cal" for the calendar, etc. There's no reason that you couldn't use this for bookmarks, but I guess Chrome apps allow for larger icons... Despite my usage, I'd agree that it's essentially just an ideological push by Google to convince consumers that the internet is a viable computing platform in its own right. This computing platform - would you believe it - consists largely of Google's own apps (but it doesn't have to).

simonbrown 15y ago

The canary build had a bottom tab for bookmarks. It seems they've taken it out, so I still have to install an app for every site I want a link on the new tab page for.

callahad 15y ago
Check out "Enable NTP bookmark features" in chrome://flags/
- deleted 15y ago
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joshuaxls 15y ago

Best new feature: different colors for padding and margin in the inspector. Already super useful.

huskyr 15y ago

I'm pretty excited about being able to sync open tabs and search engines. Still have to enable it in about:flags though.

foxylad 15y ago

Chrome has a wee bug that is incredibly annoying once you notice it, and it's still not fixed in V15. To reproduce, go to any web page with a confirm dialog: 1. Think of a secret number between one and ten (or higher if you are a patient person!) 2. Trigger the dialog. 3. Count up to your secret number. 4. Click OK on the dialog. 5. Count up until the page disappears. 6. And that's your secret number! Basically Chrome freezes after a confirm dialog for the same amount of time that you take to click the OK button. Most people assume it is just the following page is taking a while to load. I'd be interested in how widespread it is - it's affected every instance of Chrome I've come across, on Windows and Linux. Oh, and please star the issue here if it affect you. http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=98275 http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=98275