Comments on: Google Chrome, decorative monograms, and biffing the Bing

By: David Airey

David Airey — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:29:18 +0000

Flight of the Navigator! That takes me back to the days when I half-hoped it was real, wanting to drive that ship myself.

Ah the days.

By: Sherrie

Sherrie — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:20:12 +0000

I liked Chrome, but it wouldn’t let me do certain things, such as delete “x” boxes in Facebook. Just weird, quirky things. Someone I know who works in computers told me it’s still pretty buggy. Had I not had those few issues, then I would still be using it. It is visual in orientation, which I like. For ex., when I open it, it displays mini-window screens of the Web pages I most frequent.

The logo reminds me of the top of a Simon game. Anyone remember Simon? And the video eye reminds me of “Flight of the Navigator,” the movie, for some reason.

Monograms strike me as so personal. Not corporate or business. They are used on wedding invites, towels, and sometimes shirts or cuff links. So I could see them working as logos for companies that want to add a softer, personal touch. But if their type of business didn’t match my pictures of personal, then it would seem out of place. Nonetheless I love them. Especially on pillow cases.

By: John A Robb

John A Robb — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:18:34 +0000

I’ve been using Chrome since it came out. It’s way faster then IE. The speed isn’t what gets me, it’s the interface. Moving the tabs into the title bar makes the most sense to me now that I’ve been using it for so long. I do miss my toolbars though :-(

By: Douglas

Douglas — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:02:18 +0000

I only use Google Chrome. I used to be a Firefox user, but I just love the UI of Chrome, very small and it has rid itself of the blue application window in most Windows apps.

By: Martyn Web

Martyn Web — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:29:29 +0000

I quite like the bing logo however because its part of Microsoft I feel the need to combat the urge to like it.

Even though the chrome ad is a little odd I quite like that as well.

By: Matthew R

Matthew R — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:24:01 +0000

I’m currently browsing this page in Chrome, and I think it’s a great browser. And btw, I too find the advert creepy!

By: Tjeerd van Sas

Tjeerd van Sas — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:41:26 +0000

I’ve never experienced any oddities in Chrome/Iron CSS wise, but then again I’m not creating or using complex infrastructures. Thanks for your elaboration!

By: Monica

Monica — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:56:19 +0000

@Tjeerd van Sas

“worse than IE6? How?”

SIMPLE! try to test a complex CSS, with forms and database behind….. bla bla bla, or an iGoogle app (live feeds, lots of graphics). Our QA was on holiday, so I did the testing. I tested on IE6, IE7, Mozilla, Opera, Safari and Chrome (don’t say that you don’t mind how it looks in other browsers). It was excellent in all but IE6 and Chrome. In IE6 was fixed, but impossible to fix in Chrome. And it wasn’t my work, it was the work of the programmers and web designers that I work with and believe me, they are f… smart :D (very good ones) So… that’s the problem with Chrome being worse than IE6 and beside this, it has same big usability problems. But… don’t hit me, it’s just my (our) personal experience. :) Everybody it’s free to use whatever it suits better the taste and needs.

PS: we are not fanatics or doomsayers for watching and posting those links, they are excellent documented and have nice graphics. It’s ones to decide what to believe and not. :) It just gives you a view from another perspective.

All the best and don’t take it personal PLS :D

By: Tjeerd van Sas

Tjeerd van Sas — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:13:18 +0000

I LOVE Chrome… stripped fom all privacy-invading crap. For those of you who love Chromes abilities but hate the datamining, there’s an alternative: http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron.php

It’s Chrome without the calling home stuff. I hope for the Maccies amongst us that SRware creates an Apple version once it’s comeplete.

@Monica: worse then IE6? How?

By: Monica

Monica — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:41:26 +0000

That’s true Nonnu, but me, personally I like Mozilla, it’s excellent for web dev…

About the links, there are a few more I found on Youtube that are great, linking from this one, regarding all sort of control issues. I’m not gona post them here (don’t want to overcrowd this post), but you can find all of them following that link. Some of them are extraordinary. And yes it seems like the same voice and similar animation :) This guys are pretty cool :D

I’m still going to post something really nice that I found digging around Youtube. Enjoy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVPfTlpCKaw&feature=related

All the best