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Cool this off until the software is actually there?

2-Sep-2008, 10am. No trace of Chrome Beta. But a lot of Steve-Jobs-Announcement-Fuzz. Wikipedia, are you falling for a cheap PR campaign? The comic announces a "start from scratch", but then the browser is based on the good old mozilla core? C'mon, let's wait a few days instead of joining into some transcendental Apple-Hype about unverifiable design features! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 156.116.8.81 (talk) 08:12, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

10am GMT. — Byeitical (talk · contribs) 09:20, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Are you implying that these features might not actually exist in today's release? I agree that "start from scratch" is difficult to reconcile with use of open source components, but the browser architecture itself is in fact quite innovative even if the rendering engine is not. Be BOLD. samj (talk) 08:55, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Where did you get that its based off Mozilla? It isn't even using the Mozilla rendering engine (It's using Webkit) even if you chose to ignore all the fancy back end stuff like running each tab as a seperate process. 88.211.96.3 (talk) 09:12, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

They specifically credit Mozilla and WebKit on pp38, and I never said it was the Mozilla rendering engine. I've added a separate section on the rendering engine to clarify - thnanks for identifying the point of confusion. There are almost certainly other open source projects & libraries involved too. samj (talk) 10:46, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Add feature comparison?

Feature comparison to other major browsers? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.160.173.101 (talk) 04:55, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not yet, just put what we know from the comic until we can do more, and we have list articles for that. I'm slowly converting that feature list into a paragraph or two, any help is appreciated. — Byeitical (talk · contribs) 05:16, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'd like to see a comparision of:

certificate security & key management
compatibility of cryptographic functions, including mail
The privacy approach (cookies, session IDs, HTML headers with personal information, user-friendly privacy settings interface, TOR proxy support) - check the feature list that states "An 'incognito' mode that lets you browse the web in complete privacy because it doesn’t record any of your activity" - so what exactly happens in 'cognito' mode, esp. concerning Google's databases?
support for disability-related special output equipment (screen readers, braille, ...) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 156.116.8.81 (talk)

We can't do that until we have the beta. — Byeitical (talk · contribs) 08:17, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, let's just wait until it is released, before trying to write such comparisons or requesting features to compare to. So Why 08:18, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Link Does not work

Linked site has been removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.130.130.244 (talk) 05:37, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The link is official, see the last page of the comic. It's definitely going to be up within a few hours, Google just released the comic a little bit early. --superstuntguy - t3h ub3r k1tten (talk) 06:38, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, well let's leave it until it /is/ up to avoid confusion. — Byeitical (talk · contribs) 06:41, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

From this result. It may have been posted earlier at this address: http://gears.google.com/chrome/?hl=en with the following text:

"Google Chrome - Download a new browser
Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier."

But Google apparently took it down within a short while. --Toussaint (talk) 07:05, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm pretty sure that the address will be /chrome/ as it 404's when /anythingelse/ just gives a search page, but it's not worth adding when it's just a 404. — Byeitical (talk · contribs) 07:09, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Chrome's Tabs and Opera

The Tabs part is incorrect, since Opera also puts tabs at the top of window by default, under the menu bar though. However AFAIK there's no screenshot showing where Chrome's menu bar might be (or even if there will be one), so I'll just remove the mention of Opera from it for now. Ufopedia (talk) 07:15, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I put it back in, rewriting it to "similar to Opera". According to the comic (see link in article), it will be above the nav bar. So Why 08:14, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Google Code project

http://code.google.com/p/chrome/ returns 403 Forbidden but http://code.google.com/p/notchrome/ gives 404 Not Found. No prizes for guessing where the open source code will live. Added link, but commented out. samj (talk) 08:57, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Reads like a marketing text

Repeating bloomy design goals and talking about how it is catered to the users, reads like an advertisement. Could we get some NPOV here, please? 88.217.192.121 (talk) 10:08, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted "Speed improvements are a primary design goal" or the speed improvments sections. While essential, previous information was to POV. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.130.130.244 (talk) 10:14, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks but this was a placeholder for future subsections so I've reverted your edit and fleshed it out. samj (talk) 10:49, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"Chrome uses the WebKit rendering engine on advice from the Android team because it is simple, memory efficient, useful on embedded devices and easy to learn for new developers.[5]" If the second part is not marketing! text!!

9pm?

Where is the reference to the 9pm release, and which timezone is that? 213.143.18.224 (talk) 10:38, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not in the ref cited at least. I undid the edit until someone can provide a reliable source for this. So Why 10:41, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]