News - Google to enter browser wars with Google Chrome

[dangel]

Any reason why it installs in

C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe

? Weird

Not weird, broken. That's horrible.
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe on Vista)

[Stringent]

Will it install plugins? I like GMail manager for FF and Adblock, gestures too. Also bookmark sync.

Using Chrome at the moment, for normal surfing its great! Never liked Opera, although now I have about 5 browsers on my PC!

[Saracen]

I liked it then I read this : http://tapthehive.com/discuss/This_P...e_s_EULA_Sucks

That kills it for me. Given that, I don't care how good or fast it is, it goes nowhere near any of my machines. What a liberty.

[Lanky123]

And back to IE I go...

What do you think the reason for those terms was, they must have known someone would read it and kick up a fuss. What are the chances of them changing it if enough people throw it back at them?

[kopite]

I`ve never read the terms and conditions for FF or IE so dont know if they have a similar rule

[directhex]

it's probably copypasta from a different service like youtube. you'll find most social media websites have terms like that - but it's pretty unique for a browser. especially given it isn't logging the data it claims to own here.

[mycarsavw]

it's probably copypasta from a different service like youtube. you'll find most social media websites have terms like that - but it's pretty unique for a browser. especially given it isn't logging the data it claims to own here.

Spot on.

Item 6. C.

For clarity, you retain all of your ownership rights in your User Submissions. However, by submitting User Submissions to YouTube, you hereby grant YouTube a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicenseable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform the User Submissions in connection with the YouTube Website and YouTube's (and its successors' and affiliates') business, including without limitation for promoting and redistributing part or all of the YouTube Website (and derivative works thereof) in any media formats and through any media channels. You also hereby grant each user of the YouTube Website a non-exclusive license to access your User Submissions through the Website, and to use, reproduce, distribute, display and perform such User Submissions as permitted through the functionality of the Website and under these Terms of Service. The above licenses granted by you in User Videos terminate within a commercially reasonable time after you remove or delete your User Videos from the YouTube Service. You understand and agree, however, that YouTube may retain, but not display, distribute, or perform, server copies of User Submissions that have been removed or deleted. The above licenses granted by you in User Comments are perpetual and irrevocable.

http://uk.youtube.com/t/terms

[directhex]

Spot on.

is that ever in doubt?

and in answer to earlier questions: ithe toolkit for the Windows version is WTL.

oh, and if you want to avoid the EULA applying to you, build from source: http://dev.chromium.org/developers/h...ctions-windows

the most interesting bit there is that you can compile it using the normal Webkit Javascript engine OR with V8 - meaning benchmarking of heavy AJAX apps can be done to compare them

[Saracen]

.......
oh, and if you want to avoid the EULA applying to you, build from source: http://dev.chromium.org/developers/h...ctions-windows

Looks too much like actual work, to me. It reminds me to deciding to have an extension built on your house, then deciding to dig up the clay to produce hand-made bricks to build it with. As a foundation member of the Lazy Ol' Git Club, I have a serious allergy to doing things the hard way.

[Stoo]

I'm guessing that EULA will vanish rather rapidly in the new build - they've also got the safari carpetbombing bug to fix as well as a few javascript glitches...

Still, repeat the following: It's still a BETA, it's still a BETA, it's still a BETA...

It should be good by the time it hits the final build, it's probably the best beta of a browser I've used

It renders our corporate website at blinding speed, and that's full of all sorts of ugly things - asp.net, asp.net AJAX, Radcontrols, hand written javascript apps..

[ACiD303]

That kills it for me. Given that, I don't care how good or fast it is, it goes nowhere near any of my machines. What a liberty.

So much for "Don't be evil".

[Vroomfondle]

That kills it for me. Given that, I don't care how good or fast it is, it goes nowhere near any of my machines. What a liberty.

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Hmm.

[directhex]

someones been hit with the dns spoof vulnerability, by the sounds of it

[kalniel]

Yeah, it's not moved for me.

[Saracen]

So much for "Don't be evil".

Huh?

[Spud1]

Any reason why it installs in

C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe

? Weird

Thats not good at all..especially not from a company that I normally respect, like Google.

There are guidelines for application deployment for a reason..the number one reason why Windows has often been called unstable (and similar words) is due to application developers not following the guidelines.

Still, this is only a beta, so hopefully Google will notice that they are ignoring all the rules and will put the exe/data in the correct places for the final build!