Comments on: I Read A Thirty-Eight Page Comic About Google’s Browser https://www.pentadact.com/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser/ We're back on a default theme because comments broke on my custom one and I don't have the energy to figure out why Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:42:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: Matthew Francis https://www.pentadact.com/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser/#comment-35191 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:42:57 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/index.php/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser#comment-35191 I have now discovered you can get a Classic Firefox theme, so have reinstalled it with this and it looks like Firefox is supposed to look. I still hate what they’ve done to History though. I can’t find anything, even though it has a Search function.

]]> By: Pentadact https://www.pentadact.com/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser/#comment-35158 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:16:03 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/index.php/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser#comment-35158 I remember having some issue with it at first, but I’ve acclimatised fully now. There’s probably a workaround for any given issue, if it’s one change that’s bothering you.

]]> By: Matthew Francis https://www.pentadact.com/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser/#comment-35147 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:12:55 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/index.php/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser#comment-35147 Tom, do you hate Firefox 3 as much as I do? I only switched to Firefox because I hated Internet Explorer and now they’re imitating it. What’s the solution? (I’ve gone back to FF2 for the time being.)

]]> By: Jason L https://www.pentadact.com/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser/#comment-34546 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:32:41 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/index.php/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser#comment-34546 For the record, the tinfoil link now notes that Google’s fixed their EULA copy-and-paste booboo.

]]> By: mandrill https://www.pentadact.com/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser/#comment-34524 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:25:32 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/index.php/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser#comment-34524 Heh, should have read the rest of the comments before posting. Mike beat me to it.

]]> By: mandrill https://www.pentadact.com/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser/#comment-34523 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:24:23 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/index.php/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser#comment-34523 You realise that by uploading this post through Chrome you have given google the right to do anything they want with it?
Read this, and section 11 of the Chrome EULA if you don’t believe me.

]]> By: ZomBuster https://www.pentadact.com/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser/#comment-34520 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:33:57 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/index.php/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser#comment-34520 oops that failed D:

anyway steam:% crashes it even by just scrolling over a link to it

]]> By: ZomBuster https://www.pentadact.com/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser/#comment-34519 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:33:09 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/index.php/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser#comment-34519 [url=steam:%]Click this if you use Chrome[/url]

]]> By: Jason L https://www.pentadact.com/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser/#comment-34515 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:31:48 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/index.php/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser#comment-34515 You can make a TrackIR or other joystick work with anything via various tools that emulate keypresses or mouse events from the joystick… my preferred one is the obscure JoystickCursorTool for Flash games, but I don’t think it supports proportional mouse movement if you need speed-controlled scrolling. JoyToKey seems to have mouse movement and has per-application profile support, and of course AutoHotKey can do just about anything you can imagine if you can just figure out how to express it.

]]> By: Pentadact https://www.pentadact.com/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser/#comment-34500 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:25:30 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/index.php/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser#comment-34500 I did, feels like years ago. Latest word from the editors on that collection being published is: “to do this right it won’t be done soon. at this point not much more can be said.”

]]> By: J-Man https://www.pentadact.com/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser/#comment-34493 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:35:05 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/index.php/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser#comment-34493 Tom, did you write EXPLODED?

]]> By: J-Man https://www.pentadact.com/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser/#comment-34486 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:24:26 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/index.php/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser#comment-34486 Jason, trackIR is the head tracking thingimabob used for flight sims. I was wondering if it would work with an internet browser… Also, screw you chrome spellchecker, spellchecker and thingimabob are words.

]]> By: Sam https://www.pentadact.com/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser/#comment-34477 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:57:04 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/index.php/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser#comment-34477 Pod beat me too it…

]]> By: Sam https://www.pentadact.com/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser/#comment-34476 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:52:04 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/index.php/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser#comment-34476 Is it me or should they have just owned up and called the incognito window the porn window?

]]> By: Pentadact https://www.pentadact.com/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser/#comment-34471 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:43:23 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/index.php/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser#comment-34471 I look forward to Google’s “public performance” of this post now that they have acquired the legal right to conduct one. I hope it’s a sort of Shakespeare In The Park vibe.

]]> By: Mike https://www.pentadact.com/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser/#comment-34469 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:14:07 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/index.php/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser#comment-34469 So, according to conspiracy theorists, this post is now a Google franchise.

http://tapthehive.com/discuss/This_Post_Not_Made_In_Chrome_Google_s_EULA_Sucks

Make of it what you will, Tom.

]]> By: Jason L https://www.pentadact.com/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser/#comment-34462 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:03:17 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/index.php/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser#comment-34462 Trackir as in the flightnard infrared hat joystick gizmo?

]]> By: Lack_26 https://www.pentadact.com/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser/#comment-34461 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:32:57 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/index.php/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser#comment-34461 I was going to install it, but it wanted to have google updater run every time I start up, I told it to get lost. I’ll be sticking with FF for the foreseeable future.

]]> By: J-Man https://www.pentadact.com/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser/#comment-34450 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:48:20 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/index.php/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser#comment-34450 I pretty much agree with Connor, I’m gonna stick with FF. BTW, does trackir work with FF, ‘cos that would be better than christmas 2 months early, and a second christmas where the first christmas was.

]]> By: Connor D https://www.pentadact.com/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser/#comment-34442 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:05:34 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/index.php/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser#comment-34442 Hmm, gave it a try, and I’m not amazingly impressed. I know it trys to draw me in with its speed, and with its lack of memory useage and slick looking browser. But overall, it’s just quite a shallow experience. It just can’t hold a light to FF3. Where’s the middle mouse click and scroll ability, which I use too often for forums? I’d also miss the undo close tab, which hasn’t been made for Chrome. Not even mentioning all the add-ons. A very decent try from Google, but I’ll stick to FF3 for the meanwhile, maybe in the future, ey?

]]> By: Alek https://www.pentadact.com/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser/#comment-34427 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:40:39 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/index.php/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser#comment-34427 What makes the comic terrible, exactly?

I like Scott McCloud’s work a lot, so I was glad to see it here.

Also: Firefox addiction > Shiny new software by GOOGLE!

I tried the new browser, but nothing about it made me keep it. I do like all the security. Firefox, adapt now! :P

]]> By: Hermes https://www.pentadact.com/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser/#comment-34413 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:49:50 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/index.php/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser#comment-34413 hmm… adds a bunch of features that have been in Safari for AGES. Still very nice, and I look forward to the Mac version of Chrome.

]]> By: TychoCelchuuu https://www.pentadact.com/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser/#comment-34412 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:08:57 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/index.php/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser#comment-34412 Good:
Automatically adds website searches to the main bar
Slick
Drag and drop tabs

Bad:
Not faster than Opera, and history browser is worse
No mouse gestures
You can’t click the middle mouse button down to scroll quickly.

Neat stuff but that last “Bad” point is enough to keep me from using it. Still pretty interesting.

]]> By: Tom Camfield https://www.pentadact.com/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser/#comment-34411 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:14:43 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/index.php/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser#comment-34411 Not to hog the comments, but the javascript for the official fantasy football site is amazingly fast – whoosh fast.

]]> By: Tom Camfield https://www.pentadact.com/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser/#comment-34410 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:10:17 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/index.php/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser#comment-34410 Agreed, not only superfast, but I can now use my scroll wheel properly on webpages. Before I’d have to find a sweet spot between frames on, say, Eurogamer or RPS, before I could scroll up and down, now no matter where the mouse is on the page it just works. It’s so liberating!

]]> By: Major Tom https://www.pentadact.com/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser/#comment-34408 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:05:06 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/index.php/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser#comment-34408 Ok having now used it for about 5 minuites all I can say is, sweet mother and mary its fast. When I think back to using IE 5 on dial up this is just ridiculous.

It has to be tried.

]]> By: DoctorDisaster https://www.pentadact.com/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser/#comment-34401 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:36:38 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/index.php/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser#comment-34401 That comic is terrible. I mean REALLY terrible. I am mightily impressed by the way you threw yourself in front of a bus for us there, Pentadact.

I agree with others who say Firefox’s feature-richness has earned it some continued loyalty from me. I’ll go another step and say that I suspect most of the Google browser’s features will just go nom nom nom right into the next version of FF anyway.

]]> By: Pod https://www.pentadact.com/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser/#comment-34396 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:33:47 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/index.php/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser#comment-34396 Page 22: Porn mode.

Ace.

Anyway, I’m suprised to have heard this first through James! I’ll definately give it a try though.

]]> By: Tom Camfield https://www.pentadact.com/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser/#comment-34389 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:38:22 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/index.php/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser#comment-34389 (Well, not anything, but stopping javascript crashes is aces.)

]]> By: Tom Camfield https://www.pentadact.com/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser/#comment-34388 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:37:00 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/index.php/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser#comment-34388 Anything that stops javascript from crashing my browser is a good thing.

]]> By: Lack_26 https://www.pentadact.com/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser/#comment-34385 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:27:44 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/index.php/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser#comment-34385 The moment I opened this page, the exact same thing came up on radio 4.

]]> By: Major Tom https://www.pentadact.com/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser/#comment-34384 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:36:27 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/index.php/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser#comment-34384 Google is getting frighteningly big and ambitious, it can’t be long before they release their own OS and when that happens all hell will break loose.

However the main problem they have is lazyness, I’m too lazy to switch from Firefox as though tabbed browsing was a revelation multi threaded tabbed browsing isn’t a revolution its just taking it a step further. But mainly as others have said the ease of use and number of good plug ins means it would be impossible to switch over.

]]> By: roburky https://www.pentadact.com/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser/#comment-34382 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:44:38 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/index.php/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser#comment-34382 After the upgrade to FireFox 3, my tabs extension broke, so my browser doesn’t do what I expect it to any more, which is terribly frustrating. If I can customise Chrome so it opens new tabs on normal mouse clicks when I want it to, I’ll be switching to that.

]]> By: Devenger https://www.pentadact.com/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser/#comment-34381 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:33:51 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/index.php/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser#comment-34381 Agree; I’ve nevr had severe problems with anything about Firefox, but ChatZilla (IRC), FireFTP and my self-modified theme are the real reasons I won’t be leaving Firefox for a good while yet regardless of Google’s ongoing rampage of awesomeness.

Haven’t seen Adblock before (now I’m wondering how). Thanks for the heads-up.

]]> By: Heavy https://www.pentadact.com/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser/#comment-34378 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:22:29 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/index.php/2008-09-02-i-read-a-thirty-eight-page-comic-about-googles-browser#comment-34378 Where is funny post Sandvich!? MEEDDDIIC!!

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