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Google Chrome: Time for a Second Chance?

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MilesAhead:
Hmmmmmmmm, I guess MS is locked into "Internet Explorer" otherwise with the "cloud push" in all the ads I don't know why they don't come out with a browser named "Cloud."  It seems inevitable.
-MilesAhead (February 11, 2011, 02:14 PM)
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Didn't that happen today? IE 9.0 RC (Release: Cloud)
-Ath (February 11, 2011, 03:02 PM)
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That may be the "code name" but they should dump the IE moniker and just be Cloud period.  Plus it's a pain every time you search for stuff about Explorer file manager you get all kinds of IE hits that don't apply.

Curt:
http://www.google.com/chrome/eula.html?standalone=1 will give you Chrome without the updater.

Thanks to dotTech: [CC] Trick to get Google Chrome’s standalone installer (instead of using Google Updater) | Community Content | dotTech:

The trick to avoiding Google Updater is to add ?standalone=1 to the URL address. In other words, instead of going to http://www.google.com/chrome/eula.html, you should go to http://www.google.com/chrome/eula.html?standalone=1.
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MilesAhead:
http://build.chromium.org/f/chromium/snapshots/chromium-rel-xp/

I've taken to using the link above for Chromium. I download the chrome_win32.zip instead of installer.  Before trying a new one I save my Chromium folder from AppData\Local.  Also I put the version and build numbers into the filename once I find out what they are. Makes it easy to go back if the new one has bugs.

I'm using 13.0.762.0 build 84892 now.  The only 2 things that kept getting killed on these nightly builds for me were favicons, so I wrote a tool to visit all the bookmarks to get them back, and AutoCopy, so I wrote my own as a Tray Hotkey.

I tell you Chrome is fast, but this build I'm using right now is super snappy!!  It seems to run 8 instances of chrome.exe plus 1 for each tab, but it's worth it!!  On my Windows7 PC I only have 2 GB ram and a dual core and it honks!!

Mark0:
Starting from June 15 about everywhere:

Google Chromebook

I think it's a great concept for a lot of people / situations. Probably game changing stuff.

MilesAhead:
I enjoyed using Speed Dial but when the disk is busy it really slows down loading.  I've been looking around all day for something that would let me load a bookmarks file as New Tab automatically.

Found it just now:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/icpgjfneehieebagbmdbhnlpiopdcmna

You can use file:/// notation to have it load a local file.

I periodically export my bookmarks as html.  Sometimes it just easier to do Control-f search on the bookmark list than remember what folder I stuck the bookmark in.  I miss the graphics but I'm using a "Frequent" bookmarks folder to copy bookmarks I use all the time like Donationcoder.  Not perfect but it doesn't slow loading and you don't need to have a local web server running or pick up the list from internet.

edit: I found it will also accept about:blank.  Think I'll load my bookmarks file as the home page.  Then use about:blank as New Tab. I usually open a link in new tab anyway but got into the habit of New Tabbing to Speed Dial.  Just for eye candy. :)

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