Comments on: Google Chrome breaks out of beta

The Web giant's recently launched browser is now officially ready for the public. Plus: How to make sure you get the new build.

[loose_screw]

Updated last night, still loving Chrome! Thanks Google!

[joggyiscool]

They should be working on Google Chrome for mac for than just another beta

[superaznman]

chrome is awesome. I have been using it for a while and it is faster than firefox and ie. the beta had a few bugs, and didnt have many options, but it was just so fast. so now i use chrome as my default and firefox only as a backup.

[Ceedub2]

I enjoy the light and simple aspect of Google Chrome. I used to use Firefox allot before finding Chrome. Now my main browsers are Chrome and IE 7 with IE7Pro installed

[tm_anon]

Hmmm, MSFT and Google. Somebody's been drinking his kool-aid like a good little boy.

[loose_screw]

What do you us, tm? So that I can call you a fanboy of Apple/FF/whatever too. How freaking lame.

I also use Chrome and IE7 w/IE7pro. Chrome because it's fast and reliable, and IE7 because I have some work sites that use ActiveX. IE7pro because it's needed to make IE more functional.

It has absolutely nothing with "drinking coolaid." Get a clue.

[Venutian]

Fast but still very buggy. Back button doesn't work on many sites including popular news site such as reuters.com. Also crashes often as well. These are serious bugs that's forgivable in beta but not officially released browser. I expect Google to test their browser better before the official release.

[rkf2007]

Its lighting fast and user friendly.

[wiredchicken]

What motivates people to get chrome anyways? All it is, is another weak application made by Google!
If you compared the power of the two
Internet Explorer is like the power of a nuclear power plant
Google Chrome, power of a 9v battery!!!

[tm_anon]

nuclear power plant? maybe if the walls were weak and all the workers exposed to radiation you could say that. Using the same analogy, FF is like a little sun, but you can keep shoveling more fuel into it if you want to support a solar system, Flock is like a sun that's got more than enough fuel to support the solar system as is, but you can keep shoveling more into it anyway, Opera, go ask an Opera user if you can find one.

[loose_screw]

Are you a paid shill for MS? LAME.

[DCAivan]

well i will give Google a pat on the back the fact they have made a browser that's different from others wile keeping up with the competences so late in the game. but im not going to give praise for the fact there out of beta. i think they need to do a little it more work on it. and it will be awhile b4 i will try it again.

[stockyjoe]

Chrome isnt bad. Its fast but to be honest all the browsers are so much faster I don't really notice the differences that much unless you are crunching milliseconds and charts. What I do notice is Chrome's minimalist typical Google look which I do not like and of course its less then stellar features or add ons. I will stick to Firefox because the add-ons available are awesome, I prefer the UI and nothing, I mean nothing beats firebug if you are a web developer.

And to you minimalist freaks out there. People have the choice with Firefox, Opera or even IE to install addons and all. None of these browsers come with tons of these addons pre-installed so no big deal. Most people want customizations and addons. This isn't Google search its a browser. Also, The simple corel draw look and UI just wont do. Tell Google to hire some more good UI designers they need it.

[loose_screw]

I disagree. I have IE/Opera/FF/Chrome on my system, with no add-ons except for IE7Pro for IE. Guess what? I use Chrome as my default browser, and rarely open the other browsers except for IE7 to use some work sites that use ActiveX.

Nothing comes close to Chrome's performance and simplicity. NOTHING.

[Shaymojack]

Chrome probably won't replace Firefox for me, but it's perfect when I just want to get on, check some sites real quick, and get off. Get me Adblock and I'll be hooked.

[tm_anon]

SRware Iron, Chrome without Google attached and it already supports Adblock. Someone posted the site farther up in the comments.

[dianaedwards]

mine's still checking and I am getting fed up with Vista's working in in the background revolving circle - I get it a lot and Picassa is still very slow but at the moment IE8 takes twice as long to load.

[dianaedwards]

and still checking - is there a download somewhere?

[dianaedwards]

The thing I like about IE is it works with DAP and you can see exactly where everything is being saved and then unzip it when you want to. Safari is also customisable to save downloads to a specific folder, but slower. Chrome I don't know about - I had a download running in the background - destination unknown - and the upgrade was already installed but didn't show up - it told me to close the browser to install it, so I had to cancel the second one. Launchcast radion on Yahoo says it doesn't work with Safari when I was using Chrome but it didn't work it IE8 anyway. I prefer last fm which is on one of my igoogle pages. It's not tabbed anymore so you lose the tune when you switch pages but you can open the player in a new window. I think Yahoo have had it - especially after they stopped storing our photos, but is Picassa also doomed?

[tm_anon]

FF lets you not only choose where the file goes, but whether you'd like to unzip it or save the zip file directly to wherever you'd like. It also works bookmarks and has a great little addon called fire.fm, lets you listen to last.fm without going to the site. Launchcast radio works with FF. Of course, you could always do what I did and go for Flock. They're working on adding Last.fm to the browser itself, adding in the social networking side of the site. At least, lots of the users have asked that it be added in, and Flock guys listen to their users. It loads just as quickly as FF 3.0 has ever loaded for me. This, of course, means if you're using an old computer, it'll load a little slow. I'm using a 1.8 Ghz with 512 ram and it loads very quickly for me, not exactly the newest comp on the market, in other words. Oh, and if you do any kind of blogging or social networking or you've ever wanted to be able to drag and drop photos from the internet to other sites, get Flock, it's what it was made for.

[wluders]

I am using chrome right now, but it does not do a very good job on all websites. Especially ColdFusion sites and those using safe Java applets are not displayed very well. Most HTML/Flash sites are ok. The speed is fantastic! I will keep it and hope that there will be improvements on above in near future.

[MMC Racing]

Typical google. If it isn't search, it is a 3rd rate product from them.

[JunkSiu]

The main problem I encounter now is posting in various forums. I think chrome should stay in beta.

[dangtrade]

still don't like how the tabs are on top of the address bar, i have to move my mouse further each time to change tabs.