Wise old chinese proverb says that something cant just be the same - it 
needs to be better for users to make the change .

500,000,000 people installing it only for a quick look at it means jack 
shit at the end of the day .

"Krustov"  wrote in message 
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> Wise old chinese proverb says that something cant just be the same - it
> needs to be better for users to make the change .
>
> 500,000,000 people installing it only for a quick look at it means jack
> shit at the end of the day .

I'm just uneasy about the potential hegemony it creates: people already use 
Google for 80% of their search operations.  God knows what percentage of 
small content providers use AdSense.  If Google corral the public into using 
their browser and doing things in a "Google" way then we're going to be even 
more beholden to the them.

+mrcakey

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> I'm just uneasy about the potential hegemony it creates: people already use 
> Google for 80% of their search operations.  God knows what percentage of 
> small content providers use AdSense.  If Google corral the public into using 
> their browser and doing things in a "Google" way then we're going to be even 
> more beholden to the them.
> 

Apparently the (privacy) option in IE v8 beta 2 screws up google ads as 
it prevents certain information from being sent .

Well done microsoft .
   

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> Wise old chinese proverb says that something cant just be the same - it 
> needs to be better for users to make the change .
> 
> 500,000,000 people installing it only for a quick look at it means jack 
> shit at the end of the day .
> 

Just downloaded and installed it ..... Zzzzzzzzz .

Uncle bill can sleep easy :-)


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"+mrcakey" wrote after krusty's words...
>> Wise old chinese proverb says that something cant just be the same - it
>> needs to be better for users to make the change .
>>
>> 500,000,000 people installing it only for a quick look at it means jack
>> shit at the end of the day .
>
> I'm just uneasy about the potential hegemony it creates: people already 
> use Google for 80% of their search operations.  God knows what percentage 
> of small content providers use AdSense.  If Google corral the public into 
> using their browser and doing things in a "Google" way then we're going to 
> be even more beholden to the them.
>

I saw this on News24 earlier. I knew 'somebody' would be marching the picket 
line with a megaphone.

Everybody hates a monopoly don't they, but every IT company with weight is 
doing there part to kick Bill Gates in the balls. If Chrome sucks, it sucks 
and users will notice, it's not like it comes built in.

Good day to you all,

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On Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:38:07 +0100, +mrcakey wrote:

> I'm just uneasy about the potential hegemony it creates: people already
> use Google for 80% of their search operations.  God knows what
> percentage of small content providers use AdSense.  If Google corral the
> public into using their browser and doing things in a "Google" way then
> we're going to be even more beholden to the them.

I appreciate the underlying sentiment that Google is getting very big and 
powerful, and not as morally squeaky clean as it set out to be. Add to 
that the fact that Google has been financially supporting Firefox: I 
wonder how that will be in the future?

But there are two important differences from another perpetrator of lock-
in hegemony I can think of:

1) Chrome is standards compliant enough to pass the Acid2 test (not 
Acid3, though, it seems)
2) It's open source. Anything anyone doesn't like about it can be 
changed....

So far, I like it...

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"Krustov"  wrote in message 
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> Wise old chinese proverb says that something cant just be the same - it
> needs to be better for users to make the change .
>
> 500,000,000 people installing it only for a quick look at it means jack
> shit at the end of the day .

Well CrackGuitar isn't showing any visits from a chrome browser this month 
and that's got the audience of the american teenager.

-dE|_---

On Wed, 3 Sep 2008 11:56:56 +0100, "dE|_"
 wrote:

>Well CrackGuitar isn't showing any visits from a chrome browser this month 
>and that's got the audience of the american teenager.

Even Google Analytics is still recording Chrome as Safari (well it was
a few hours ago). For a very obvious reason the user agent strings are
very similar and the analysis configuration needs to be updated to
detect the difference.