After using Chrome for about a week, I’d have to say that I’m not yet converted to it. No doubt some have taken the plunge and replaced whatever browser they have been using with the shiny new Chrome.
Interface. What I like about Chrome at first sight is that the interface is much cleaner than what I currently use – Firefox. The strategy used there was removing the all-to-familiar menu bar at the top, and pushing all lesser-used functions to the right of the screen. Wait – haven’t we seen that before? That’s what IE7 did to its revolutionary new interface:
Admittedly, Chrome’s interface does look a little more elegant than IE7, and shows off more of Aero with its abundance of space around the tabs.
Speed. Zipping around the web feels faster than Internet Explorer 8, and even Firefox 3. However, Firefox 3 still proves to be a good contender after a series of benchmarks.
I’m not converted.
Even with these features, some of which are improvements, I am still not yet converted to Chrome. For one, I can’t scroll up! Actually, I lied. The scroll bar on the right works, and the mouse scroll wheel works. But, I’m a laptop user, so I use a touchpad. I don’t know if anyone else gets this problem, but I can’t seem to be able to scroll up using the scroll of my Synaptic touchpad! Scrolling down works, but then I can’t go up again!
Apart from “feature”, another thing is that Chrome once again reminds me that there are ads on the internet. After using Firefox for quite a while now, with both AdBlockPlus and CustomizeGoogle, I’ve almost forgotten that advertisements actually existed. Oh well.
Before I’d make the switch away from Firefox, those two features needs to be fixed. And as for Opera or Safari? I’ve heard good things about Opera, but didn’t get around to trying it out. Safari, you need to make use of the Windows’ window management system. (Try tiling or cascading all windows — it doesn’t work)
What both Internet Explorer and Chrome needs is an easy way for developers to make add-ons for it. With add-ons, you’d get people customising the software in ways never thought of before.
I have the same problem with scrolling up. Any solution?
I’m glad to hear that I’m not the only one!
I don’t have any solutions yet, but we’ll see if Google fixes this “feature” in due time.