Google Chrome Browser
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_dobbo_ said:
I only installed it to see how some of my websites render.
The fact that without asking it's installed an updater which is now relentlessly trying to get out to the internet does not bode well. Why does the updater need to run in the background at all times - why not just run when it launches like Firefox does?
You've just caused me to check my running processes and what do I find there....? Yup, googleupdater.exe! This is despite having closed and uninstalled the browser entirely. The fact that without asking it's installed an updater which is now relentlessly trying to get out to the internet does not bode well. Why does the updater need to run in the background at all times - why not just run when it launches like Firefox does?
Christ, just fired up WinPatrol and it's added:
* ActiveX control
* Scheduled Tasks entry
Nasty bit of kit, especially as I'VE UNINSTALLED IT...!
Funk said:
_dobbo_ said:
I only installed it to see how some of my websites render.
The fact that without asking it's installed an updater which is now relentlessly trying to get out to the internet does not bode well. Why does the updater need to run in the background at all times - why not just run when it launches like Firefox does?
You've just caused me to check my running processes and what do I find there....? Yup, googleupdater.exe! This is despite having closed and uninstalled the browser entirely. The fact that without asking it's installed an updater which is now relentlessly trying to get out to the internet does not bode well. Why does the updater need to run in the background at all times - why not just run when it launches like Firefox does?
Christ, just fired up WinPatrol and it's added:
* ActiveX control
* Scheduled Tasks entry
Nasty bit of kit, especially as I'VE UNINSTALLED IT...!
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Stuart
sstein said:
Funk said:
_dobbo_ said:
I only installed it to see how some of my websites render.
The fact that without asking it's installed an updater which is now relentlessly trying to get out to the internet does not bode well. Why does the updater need to run in the background at all times - why not just run when it launches like Firefox does?
You've just caused me to check my running processes and what do I find there....? Yup, googleupdater.exe! This is despite having closed and uninstalled the browser entirely. The fact that without asking it's installed an updater which is now relentlessly trying to get out to the internet does not bode well. Why does the updater need to run in the background at all times - why not just run when it launches like Firefox does?
Christ, just fired up WinPatrol and it's added:
* ActiveX control
* Scheduled Tasks entry
Nasty bit of kit, especially as I'VE UNINSTALLED IT...!
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Stuart
Installing that thing was a mistake. Should've known.
Morningside said:
Posting using Chrome...
VMWARE comes in very handy for testing the great unknown
Just one question....Why do we need another browser?
We don't, but what we need is Mozilla to incorporate the good points of chrome (tabs as separate processes etc) though VMWARE comes in very handy for testing the great unknown
Just one question....Why do we need another browser?
Wonder how long google will keep feeding Mozilla with the $$$$$$ if they now have a competing browser??
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Stuart
Funk said:
You've just caused me to check my running processes and what do I find there....? Yup, googleupdater.exe! This is despite having closed and uninstalled the browser entirely.
Christ, just fired up WinPatrol and it's added:
* ActiveX control
* Scheduled Tasks entry
Just wondering... is that after a reboot?Christ, just fired up WinPatrol and it's added:
* ActiveX control
* Scheduled Tasks entry
xiphias said:
Er Incognito has been around for yonks in safari.
They did say they've taken bits/aspects of what's out there already and implemented them - Private Browsing being one, and moveable tabs being another.The nine "thing" looks a bit like what Cuil does for its search results.
Gotta say though, the Windows style look really doesn't do it any favours - I would imagine the Mac version will look less cluttered.
I've thrown in the towel.
What a load of tripe that was. It dragged my PC down to crawl at times, although I'm not sure how since Firefox uses about 4 times as much memory whereas Chrome was running on about 40MB!!!
Keep in mind I have 4GB of RAM on my machine (well 3.5MB)
I'll wait until the next release and install on Virtual PC, thank you very much. Not trashing my PC set-up again!!!!
What a load of tripe that was. It dragged my PC down to crawl at times, although I'm not sure how since Firefox uses about 4 times as much memory whereas Chrome was running on about 40MB!!!
Keep in mind I have 4GB of RAM on my machine (well 3.5MB)
I'll wait until the next release and install on Virtual PC, thank you very much. Not trashing my PC set-up again!!!!
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