Google Chrome was released, why didn’t I care that much?

September 9, 2008

The super power Google last week released Chrome, its entry to the segment of web browsers.  But, as you might have noticed we didn’t write a thing about it. Why?

1. I was super busy with other projects;
2. Chrome wasn’t released for Linux (my main OS);
3. When I tested on my Windows install, it was fast but not thaaaat fast (at least for me);
4. It actually completely froze on me a couple of times when testing;
5. No extensions (yet). C’mon! Even Songbird has had extensions since the very early days;
6. Google didn’t release it for Linux (yes, I´m writing it again). How rude was that??
7. A web browser made by Google… even though it is open source I’m still a bit suspicious to know what they’ll be watching for on my data. I think it is enough I give them my email, online docs, news feeds, … I want at least a part of my web life not related to Google.

I’ve heard a great number of people liked it. But, for me it is just not there yet.

What about you, switched browsers yet?

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