Google Chrome news round-up
Posted by Jacque on September 5th, 2008
Update to Google Chrome’s terms of service
Many users and bloggers have questioned Google’s Terms of Service for new browser Google Chrome. Now we hear that for Google Chrome, only the first sentence of Section 11 should have applied, says the Official Google Blog.
“We’re sorry we overlooked this, but we’ve fixed it now, and you can read the updated Google Chrome terms of service. If you’re into the fine print, here’s the revised text of Section 11: 11. Content license from you; 11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. And that’s all. Period. End of section.”
The new terms will cover everyone who has downloaded Google Chrome since it was launched.
Google Chrome Tips
Here are some tips for some features that may not be obvious as you use Google Chrome. Your chance to do a lot of right-clicking.
Chrome on Android
Google’s co-founder, Sergey Brin talked about Chrome on Android. Even though neither has been released out of beta yet, Brin says that the Webkit-based Chrome browser is expected to soon supplant the Webkit-based browser in Android.
“Probably a subsequent version of Android is going to pick up a lot of the Chrome stack,” Brin said before adding, “My guess is we’ll have ‘Chrome-like’ or something similar,” when asked about the brand name.
Engadget has some doubts about the initial 1.0 Android OS release, “version 2.0 with Chrome is likely to be killer in every sense of the word to Symbian Nokia, Microsoft, and Apple.”
Portable Chrome: Take the browser on a USB Stick
Already wanting to take Google Chrome with you? Amit Agarwal reports that Carsten [English translation] has created a portable version of Google Chrome that has all the features available in the the main browser but requires no installation – just unzip all the files, and you can run directly from the USB stick on any Windows computer. All user settings including web history, cookies, etc. will also get saved to the same folder on the stick.
Portable Chrome has tested on Windows XP SP3 and Windows Vista SP1 machines.
Amit suggest you also see “Create Multiple Profiles in Google Chrome.”
TechCrunch reports on Chrome speed tests
“Chrome is the fastest browser I have ever used, says Michael Arrington at TechCrunch. More structured TechCrunch testing showed similar results.
Their conclusion after reviewing some other testing sites: “So Is Chrome the fastest browser? Who knows. It clearly runs Javascript, at least, very well.” They (and many others) are anxiously awaiting a release that runs on Mac and Linux.
