And, here’s an almost 40 page (scroll down), comic book style DESCRIPTION of the product (although perhaps some magnification could be useful, here).
Unfortunately, at present it’s in BETA release, and it’s only available for Microsoft based computers, although a Mac version is currently in the works.
Could this become the next new wave, to make other browsers obsolete?
I saw the Chrome thread, too, but didn’t know how to tell what it was all about. Now I do.
I didn’t download it to my PC so far as I know, but it’s there, like it or not. At first I hated it - just more cybercrap - but I’ve found myself taking more and more advantage. It’s proved quite an enhanced efficiency thingum for me.
And as a local uberGeek friend pointed out, getting the jump on Bill Gates is always something to love.
OK, so maybe Chrome wants to steal from you, to the benefit of Google, at least at the moment.
However, the isolating of its tabs, to prevent crash or lockup from disrupting a larger process, is a great feature, and I also approve of the communication security priorities, very good!
Despite the controversy, moreover, I give credit to Google on this one, big time, especially as the entire package is offered as of open source. That is, because it’s not proprietary, it’s possible for another party or parties to modify Chrome, including an ability to alter or to remove any objectionable features.
The Chrome ball is now in motion, and it doesn’t look like this new genie is going back into its bottle anytime soon.
It appears that Google has ordered the priorities of operation in this new browser, to be inherently secure. To then rearrange those operational priorities, or any other feature, could require a root user status, having ultimate control, including programming. So, it all comes down to an ability to keep unauthorized programming out. If that can’t be done, then yes, the system could be compromised.
It seems there is already a user backlash against Google’s policy of automatic updates, as it is done in secrecy. Google claims that it’s a matter of security, but others say that it allows Google too much control, in more ways than one.
I can’t give you a step-by-step without installing it myself. But I assume it
comes with an uninstall program. It should be somewhere in your Start Menu
under Programs (or “All Programs”). Look for a folder in that programs menu
that says Google or Chrome. Under that should be something that says
“Uninstall Chrome” or the like.
If not, you can go to your Start Menu, and find the Control Panel (which
may be under Settings). When the Control Panel comes up, double-click on
“Add or Remove Programs”. When Add or Remove Programs comes up,
look in the list of programs for Google Chrome (or a similar name) and click
on it, then click on the “Remove” button.
All this presumes you are using XP. Vista will be a little different.
Thanks. Yes, XP, here. I tried your excellent advice, but I found nothing there under such names. So, it looks to me like either it’s not a program installed specifically to my computer, or it’s a stealth job under a different name.
Needless to say, I’m rather disinclined to go a-Googling at all these past few days. I may have to do the heretofore unthinkable and rely on Yahoo search instead. Uncharted waters…
Then there’s the distasteful irony of doing a Google search on how to deal with this.
Wait, now I’m really confused. Google Chrome is a program that replaces
your web browser. You’d use it instead of Internet Explorer. From your quote
above, it sounds like you’re talking about going to the Google website inside
of Internet Explorer, which is not the same thing at all. That’s still relatively
secure and unobtrusive. I wouldn’t worry about doing Google searches at all.
I’m running Chrome on XP, and when I go into the Control Panel/Add or Remove Programs window, I see Google Chrome listed there along with my other software. If I wanted to uninstall Google Chrome, I would just double click where it’s listed there, I would get a window asking me to confirm that I want to remove it, and off it would go.
Your computer doesn’t show Google Chrome on the Add/Remove Programs list?
Re: the red print above: yes, that’s exactly what I’m talking about. I dislike bells and whistles; any time I’m asked if I want to install a new glitzy feature, I always opt against it. So, it sounds as if things are basically tickety-boo, then?
Correct. I never installed it. Referring again to the above, what I do is go directly to the Google website, and as I type in letters for the keywords in question, a list of possible choices based on the letters available shows up beneath the keyword box, and the list changes as the letters are added on as I type. This is new; I found it initially obtrusive, and mistook - or not - that for Chrome, or at least an extension of the feature.
OK, yeah. That’s fine. The way things work on Internet sites inside your
web browser can change any time because the change will happen on
their servers, not on your computer. So changes can happen on the
Google site anytime without you changing anything on your computer.
This is normal (though the suggestions have been around a long time…
weird).
I thought you meant that Chrome had been installed without your
knowledge, which would be scary, but that is not what has happened.
Sorry to stir up a fuss.
During the last couple of weeks in Germany all kind of institutions have picked up on Google Chrome… and warned to install it… first reason it is just a Beta-version, it is not the finished programm and bugs still need to be solved with it… but the main reason is that it is called a Data-sucking-tool… whereas google used to be known for respecting your privacy (at least in the beginnings) now with chrome it spies on your online-activities more than anything before… The governmental department BSI which is kind of the IT conscious of the nation to quote from this article http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/tech/0,1518,576664,00.html warns to install it and give explanations what all is stored in google headquarters from your internet activities… run the artice in a translation page to get an idea…
You can say German’s are paranoid about Data security but I do not think so. I am happy that even though protection is shrinking and shrinking also here as other governments demand from Germans datas their own government would never been able to demand from them in the past. Due to the loosing of personal protection I am happy that somewhere/someone makes us here aware about the “big brother technologies” that are thrown on us by people pretending they do us a favour.
