I've got mixed feelings on this. As somebody who does a bit of web development, it is nice to see how many visitors you're getting, what browsers they're using so you know what to design for, etc.

Not necessarily. Right now, Chrome is the only browser that compiles JavaScript, although I think Firefox has plans to compile JavaScript in the next major version.

Keep in mind, JavaScript is not Java. Java already uses a JIT compiler, but JavaScript never has.

yah it is open source and for earlier versions there had already been some spinoffs which removed all the "spying" stuff (and hopefully didn't add new one hehe)

I like it, and have been using it since it came out. It really needs an advert blocking tool though, Vibrant Media Intellitxt is driving my mad - that's the one that double underlines a load of words and pops up a video if your mouse happens to go near one of them.

I did find out that you can kill flash from Chrome's task manager (shift + esc), which is help with some adverts.

Everything is all right. But, unfortunately there is no version of Chrome for Linux. An open source browser, but not for Linux – that’s quite surprising.

No, I meant what I said. It's a direct compile to machine code. Starting at 24:34 in the video I linked to, they explain it.

It's true. Why are you surprised? Google has been a big player in Open Source with their Summer of Code projects and open APIs.

They are working on it. Already parts of Chromium are ported, and they are on track to make the entire browser available.

That's better. In Linux we face a problem with Java plug-ins. 64-bit browser don't recognize 32-bit plug-ins. 64-bit plug-ins is not available from SUN. But, I think as it has its own compiler with it, it won't create any problem regarding Java.

Just found the google site which states that "Google Chrome is built with open source code from Chromium". They are trying to build Chromium-based browser on Linux.

Alas, that's an issue in Windows as well. I ended up dumping 64 bit Java and going totally 32 bit Java because of of that issue.

BTW, V8 is just JavaScript. It is not Java. You still need a virtual machine to run Java.

JavaScript is not Java. Java is not JavaScript.

To be more precise, what we commonly call "JavaScript" is really ECMAScript, and is a totally different language than Java.

That's cos no-one actually uses Linux for anything other than to say they do.

Jafo runs and hides from the Geek-Squad for whom Torvalds is GOD ....

Exactly. I should have noticed that you were taking about Java Scripts.

32-bit browser never supports 64-bit plug-ins. Similarly, 64-bit browser never supports 32-bit plug-ins. This is the general rule for every OS - Windows, UNIX, or, any UNIX-like OSes.

To use 64-bit browser with 32-bit plug-ins, we need to install "nspluginwrapper" in Linux. But, I don't know about any such plug-in for Windows.

But, "nspluginwrapper" is not compatible with Java plug-ins. So, even after installing "nspluginwrapper" the problem continues with Java.

Sorry, m1. I used it for 10 minutes and hated:

a. creepy spy crap

b. can't be skinned

c. leaks all over (security)

so, you're second banana (  ) on this one.

Which to me is actually quite odd, considering how well the 64 bit OS itself handles 32 bit applications. I dunno about Linix, but 64 bit Windows normally works quite well with 32 bit applications. I'm wondering why browsers are different in that respect.

64 bit Linux also works quite well with 32 bit applications, but not the plug-ins and drivers. A 32-bit application need 32-bit plug-ins for it and similarly a 64-bit application need 64-bit plug-ins.

I thought I'd give it a try and speedwise it's much quicker at loading pages than IE7 and Firefox. I'm not a great lover of google products and some of the horror stories I've heard and read about from Gmail users on Security issues made me very reluctant to even try it however glad I did. System resource useage seems pretty OK. With a bit more work google may have something that I might actually use apart from their great search engine 

I don't trust Google, half the stuff I install tries to sneakily set my homepage to it, and install a toolbar, it's annoying and I certainly wouldn't browse with it

IE may suck.. but better the devil you know