[olug] Chrome

[Carl Lundstedt]

Sheesh, it just browses the *same* internet.  Where's the innovation in
that?!@? 

:P

Carl 
On Wed, 2008-09-03 at 13:46 -0500, T. J. Brumfield wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 12:54 PM, Luke -Jr <luke at dashjr.org> wrote:
> > Really? I haven't seen a single one, other than Google Earth which supported
> > Linux before Google bought it.
> 
> I run Picasa, Google Gears, and Google Earth just fine on Linux, all
> with official Linux support.  Google even helped write some patches
> for Plasma so that it could support Google Gears as Plasmoids.
> 
> > That's okay. It's got nothing special or innovative after all.
> 
> Wow.  You obviously didn't read the comic.  V8 is pretty huge in and
> of itself, but each tab is a separate process, and each function
> within the tab is a separate process.  It makes reclaiming memory much
> easier to do.  The browser is also really big on sandboxing, and
> approaches the web with a sane security model.  The separate process
> thing is also a big deal for me, since I loathe how the entire process
> hangs on one request (be it network, javacsript, etc).  Browsers are
> also pretty unstable in how any one thing can easily bring everything
> down.  The comic also suggests you'll easily be able to check out the
> sub-processes and monitor them to check for CPU and memory usage.
> Incredibly innovative and useful there.  They go even further and do
> garbage collecting in between sites within the same tab.  Monitoring
> connections across multiple domains can prevent cross-site scripting
> attacks.
> 
> The greatest innovation however is the sad tab.  Never underestimate
> the power of "cute" in marketing your product.
> 
> I'd say Chrome represents the single biggest batch in browser
> innovation I've ever seen with a release.  Yet you suggest there is
> nothing special or innovative about it at all.
> 
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