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Message 11803 (15. Jan. 2010 21:44) (Tree)

biffsk8er
CHROME
Excellent advice. Thanks for the heads up. I had already noticed the zoom problem as well. I\'ve looked high and low to see if it has a way to change that. Today, I was going to go look at their Chrome tips page.
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biffsk8er: CHROME (15. Jan. 2010 07:36)
 Hey, off topic.....I'm trying out the new CHROME browser. Has anyone else been using it? Any tips or observations about possible pluses and or minuses? So far, it seems to be really fast. I think I like it!!
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Beer Hunter: CHROME (15. Jan. 2010 14:13)
  Last year I did start using Google Chrome and continued for several months. I liked it initially and got my brother-in-law Eric to check it out as well. After a couple months I became frustrated and went back to Firefox. Eric is still very happy with Chrome and continues to use it exclusively. He also has designed a number of customized themes that can be downloaded and installed in the browser.

The one major gripe I have with Chrome is that the default web page zoom level [ (ctrl) + (mouse scroll) ] is reset to zero after closing the browser. Firefox remembers the zoom level you choose for each web site and always opens each site at the level which you last viewed. Chrome is slip on features which makes it simplified and easy to use, but also gives you less control over what you want to do and how you want to view pages.

Chrome seems to work best with standard 17" monitors (non wide-screen) and a desktop resolution set at 1024x768. If your computer is configured this way them you could be very happy with Chrome since the default zoom level will fit your screen very well for many websites.

I also had many problems trying to play skate videos here. That put me over the edge!
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biffsk8er: CHROME (15. Jan. 2010 21:44)
 Excellent advice. Thanks for the heads up. I had already noticed the zoom problem as well. I\'ve looked high and low to see if it has a way to change that. Today, I was going to go look at their Chrome tips page.
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biffsk8er: CHROME (15. Jan. 2010 21:59)
 You are right, Tim. I just tried playing your photobucket videos here with chrome, and they would not play. And the browser locked up. Definite negative.
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Bernhard: CHROME (16. Jan. 2010 10:47)
 I'm sure Chrome is a very fine browser (as far as I'm aware it has e.g. the fastest JavaScript implementation around) and that Google will fix all technical issues. My main concern would be with privacy and Chrome "phoning home". Google is accumulating ever more information on what you are doing on the internet. If you use the Google name server they now not only what you are searching, but everything else. And if you have a mail account with them, they also know exactly who you are.
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biffsk8er: CHROME (16. Jan. 2010 16:01)
 As much as I agree with you, I do not think it matters much. 'They' (if you mean the government) probably already have means of getting whatever they want, info wise, from me at any time. I do use g-mail, and I've thought about the privacy issue. I guess that I do not see myself as a huge threat to them. If I'm wrong, I guess I'll be dealing with the consequences later.

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Bernhard: CHROME (16. Jan. 2010 17:51)
 Nope, I do not mean the government here but Google. After Microsoft, Google is quickly becoming the greatest threat to privacy. And I also think it matters for everyone of us harmless types.

But the government isn't without problems, either. Here in Germany we witnessed an ever increasing cutback of civil rights. There is connection data recording, there is censorship via web access blocking, there is the federal trojan horse and more. And there are also incidents showing what can go wrong with those techniques. There will hopefully be some improvement with the current government (not that I like them particularly) but I do not know if this hope is justified. The immigration restrictions introduced by the Bush administration are also still in place ... The rule seems to be once a civil right has been restricted it is very hard to get it back.
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Jay: CHROME (17. Jan. 2010 03:21)
  Mr.B You are a Wise Man.
Once a civil right is gone, it's gone. Unless &/or until people are ready to fight for it again.
Sorry things are sounding so familar in duetchland. Things are tough all over. aka The New World Order.
PEACE....
Jay
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