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Comments on: Google removes Chrome beta wrapping

Er... 

Posted Friday 12th December 2008 10:53 GMT

"We have removed the beta label as our goals for stability and performance have been met "

What does that say about Gmail and Docs..?

not mentioned 

Posted Friday 12th December 2008 11:06 GMT

anything on when you can use the middle button scroll yet?

After Beta comes.. 

Posted Friday 12th December 2008 11:26 GMT

Gamma, then Delta, Epsilon, Zeta....

Middle button incalcitrance 

Posted Friday 12th December 2008 11:32 GMT

Boffin

@Sampler

Middle button scroll works for me in Vista 32bit, XP Pro and even in hacked Win2k Pro.

Need a big G halo post icon

that's a very... 

Posted Friday 12th December 2008 11:34 GMT

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stupid decision! They could've kept it in beta until they had linux and mac versions, and simultaneously removed the beta label on all three. Now they just look like they don't care about other platforms and probably galvanised linux firefox users against chrome.

scroll fixed 

Posted Friday 12th December 2008 11:39 GMT

I had the "no scrolling up via mousewheel" problem and it has now gone away with today's new version of Chrome (click help/about for the "update now" button)

Bookmarks 

Posted Friday 12th December 2008 11:41 GMT

Until i can sync bookmarks between computers, its of no interest to me

There was a middle button problem? 

Posted Friday 12th December 2008 11:52 GMT

Coat

That's

to me

news

@ Anonymous Coward 

Posted Friday 12th December 2008 12:16 GMT

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"Until i can sync bookmarks between computers, its of no interest to me"

You mean you don't put your bookmarks into an iGoogle gadget and then make iGoogle your home page? Blimey. I do, and now all my bookmarks are right there on-screen on my home PC, my laptop, my work PC, my mobile phone and any other PC or device I use. No synching required. You can use any browser you like as well.

Works a treat!

cant even get it to load 

Posted Friday 12th December 2008 12:30 GMT

i get application error on any work machine i try it on. and im an admin.

works at home but i still prefer IE

Firefox 

Posted Friday 12th December 2008 12:41 GMT

Go

anyone else find they try out all these new browsers every time a new one gets released but just end up back on firefox a week later?

Still won't install behind a corporate firewall 

Posted Friday 12th December 2008 13:48 GMT

Stop

Version 1 or not, I still can't download it at work behind a firewall that needs a password. Why can't Google just provide a direct link rather than using their own downloader for no apparent reason?

Not feature complete 

Posted Friday 12th December 2008 13:56 GMT

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Well they might think it is but after all the talk about making it easy for developers to work with, so many obvious features are missing. There's no way to tell if a page is rendering in quirks vs. standards mode. In fact all the page info dialogue box says is how many times you visited and whether the connection was secured. Half the box is empty, it might as well say in the about box

"TODO: the rest of that stuff you wanted..."

@Alex Hooren 

Posted Saturday 13th December 2008 22:14 GMT

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I tried out Chrome when it was first released. Kept using my usual browser (Opera) on my work PC due to the scrollwheel-up problem, but I've been using Chrome ever since on my own laptop. Never really had much cause to go back. Call me a convert!

@Alex Hooran 

Posted Monday 15th December 2008 07:50 GMT

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No...

@Alex Hooren 

Posted Tuesday 16th December 2008 15:24 GMT

When a new version of Firefox comes along I try it and then end up back with Opera.

Just a thought though. Mozilla are on the Google gravy train aren't they. Once Chrome gets into it's stride how long will it be before the gravy dries up?

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