<quote who="[EMAIL PROTECTED]"> > On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 03:13:35PM -0700, MattyJ spake thusly: >> I'll try Chrome when it's no longer vaporware but I can't wait to see >> some >> real benchmarks pitting it against the other three browsers out there. > > It looks like the Windows version is available and they are working on a > Linux version. I have signed up to be notified (via the Chrome homepage) > when a Linux version comes out.
I was somewhat excited about this until about 2 minutes ago. The Windows installer is a 400K stub that obviously needs to download more files to install, but forget about it if you are behind a proxy. I never understood why anyone makes installers this way. With bandwidth being as cheap as it is, a 10 - 20 meg download is not a big deal any more. I want to copy that installer here, there, everywhere, run it again to install other components, install it on a laptop while I'm disconnected from the Internet, etc. Authoring and maintaining these types of installers is a pain, too. My first impression of Chrome is 'forget it', it's like getting a Christmas present wrapped in Tyvec. -Matt -- KPLUG-List@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
