People (well, us) are starting to put a list together of Google products that don’t play nicely with Chrome, their new Windows-only browser.
First up is Google Analytics, which doesn’t track Chrome usage separately from Firefox (why Firefox?) for now, even though other services made the change immediately. Since Chrome is a two-year project and shouldn’t have been a surprise to anyone at Google, the cynic in me thinks they will wait until they have a few points of market share:
Q. Will I see Google Chrome listed as a browser in my Google Analytics reports?
A. Because Google Chrome was not launched externally until today, we haven’t yet changed Google Analytics to recognize it when you segment by browser within reports. However – this will change in the coming weeks (until then, the browser will show as Firefox). We’ll let you know when the change happens.
And Lively (remember Lively? That was two months ago) requires Windows Vista/XP with Internet Explorer or Firefox. No virtual world for you, Chrome users.
I’ll just point out that Google Trends still won’t track most Google sites, either.
well, they still have Firefox with Google Toolbar in the Google Pack. I imagine that it will change in the future (or it should).
Will this chrome replace internet explorer and firefox.
NEVER
I’d bet it’s on par with FF within two years.
Why so long? The only thing they’re missing is extensions and since they took the time to devote 1/2 the comic to showing you how security, performance and stability issues are always extensions’ fault they must have already done a lot of work towards implementing them.
… or they were explaining, why they’re not coming (or at least not like you know them from FF).
Watch Sergey in the video, where he says (as answer to when extensions will be coming) that Chrome is open source and thus anyone can extend it.
Now tell that to your mother
(or his mother)
Sold. How much money you got in your pocket?
The new Google Chrome also don’t supports toolbars such as Alexa and StumbleUpon.
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oh wow a browser for FREE! Just what I needed.
So when are they coming out with their Google Game Console ?
i love the fact that Google apps like reader, gmail etc. don’t work properly on their OWN browser … i mean that’s just unforgivable.
Reader, Gmail, Picasa Web Albums, Adsense, Analytics, all work fine on my end
Yeah, noticed that too. Tried to use Google Spreadsheets. Things that work are fast, ok, but some pretty fundamental stuff like the magical right click won’t work at all.
Wasn’t this supposed to be the browser especially made for Google’s own AJAX-applications?
nope, that’s not what it’s supposed to be
I’ve been having Gdocs hangups a few times today using Chrome. Across several tabs nevertheless. Actually now I think about it, the hangups in Gdocs affected my open Gmail tab also.
Disregarding compatibility with competitor services, OK, it is an experimental beta. But playing nicely with other Google products would be the least I’d expect from 2 years of development…
I’m back to FF tomorrow.
lol? Chrome is a experimental Beta for Windows Only (because its an experimental beta) for NOW. Why you treat it like a final Browser. Its pretty useless to collect sites that doesnt work now.
“their new Windows-only browser” no its not their new windows only browser, its their new browser concept (platform independent in the future)… made public for a sneak preview.
right. and it doesn’t work with lively. and goog analytics doesn’t support it.
don’t get me wrong, I love this browser. If it was windows only permanently I’d strongly consider moving away from Mac products just because of it.
Why would you move away from Mac products because of that or any other browser? Is it Safari that is keeping you on the Mac?
Are you serious ????
yep, very serious. I’m not happy with Apple at all right now.
http://www.tech...y-at-the-edges/
Mike, you guys oughta start using Clicky on TC
We operate on the freemium model but would of course give you guys a full Pro account for free, indefinitely. Don’t you want to know your Chrome market share? 
“Chrome is a experimental Beta for Windows Only (because its an experimental beta) for NOW. Why you treat it like a final Browser. Its pretty useless to collect sites that doesnt work now.”
Just like GMail has been beta for almost 4 years…
Yeah, I keep wondering when gmail will finally be out of beta. I really think they keep the “beta” in the logo as an excuse for the performance problems gmail has been having.
Interesting enough that Chrome doesn’t seem to be able to access brrr.at shorted URLs and is incapable of accessing the administrative backend of the alternative blogging software Serendipity.
Whoops, and it will give you the same error page when you try to add a comment to this entry.
Um, is there any information on whether any plugin or add-on development be supported in Google Chrome?
Without community, this browser will be dead or only left out as second browser, like Safari & IE. Unlike Firefox, which is like a way of life already.
Yeah, because IE is clearly running in second.
IE is not running, is just slowing down. Of course you cannot change the world in one day. But see who is getting customers and who is loosing them, also the reasons.
Today the CEO of my company (We’re windows based and IE dependent) told me that he didn’t like Chrome because it doesn’t have plug-ins.
So basically you choose the browser because it’s imposed (Safari or IE) or because you wan’t something else.
Hey gagahput3ra, Sergey Brin answered the question about add-ons in the press conference (video is linked to here in TechCrunch). He said: Chrome is open source, so everyone can include their own add-ons and re-compile.
They don’t have a Chrome version of the Google Toolbar. I regularly use the Search Site option of the toolbar and I miss it with Chrome.
You don’t need the tool bar anymore, since Google is already recording anything you do directly from Chrome.
Well, just installed Chrome and it locked up in the first 5 minutes…and this was with 2 tabs open on normal sites…ie: no heavy flash or java. Not impressed…
Yah, same here, it locked-up on me but after a minute (I think) it recovered. I forgot to mention about that in my Google Chrome blog post
http://bit.ly/g...lechromebrowser
(I’m still using Chrome till now :p )
I know they’ve been working on it for a while but It’s only been out for a day Mike – these things will be rolled out in time.
I agree that it will have caught up with Firefox within a couple of years. Remains to be seen where it gets market share from – more likely to eat into Firefox rather than IE.
My installation of Chrome thows a wobbler when I type “Google” – it suggests “goggle” in the spellchecker!
I expect that the reason it reports as Firefox in the user agent string is so that it doesn’t get shut out by websites using browser sniffing to send different content.
If it reported as Chrome, it probably wouldn’t be recognised by badly written code and you might not be able to access the site: “Please upgrade your browser” type messages.
If it reported as IE, you might get a version which is built to IE’s dodgy standards support, which wouldn’t display as intended when rendered by the webkit engine.
Still, you would think that reporting as Safari would make more sense than reporting as Firefox. Maybe it is because Safari still has such a small market share on Windows. Another reason could be that the guys at Google took a look at the most commonly supported user agent strings out in the wild.
Another Google product that doesn’t work with it — the Google Earth plug-in. Oops.
BETA – BETA – BETA. It ain’t done yet. Don’t evaluate it as though it is a finished product. From what I can see using this BETA version, the browser war will be over soon. Google has won.
Can I please have what your smoking.
This will be in Beta just like the gmail has been in Beta for the past 5+ freaking years.
The beta is the standard disclaimer for Google and other Companies. They leave it on for fanboi’s to defend the product and scream IT”S STILL IN BETA to whom ever decides to bitch about the crap product they put out.
May I ask, what is your position at Microsoft?? – or is it Apple?? Seems you just don’t like Google.
Google Bookmarks don’t work with it. You’d think they would build in their own bookmark system into it!
If you programming a application that has speed as a goal and should be stable as possible, then you start first with the basic functions.
Just about to try it out but I suspect it will eventually turn into something damned fine. Interesting point is Google becoming the operating system by joining Chrome with Google Docs – and then it can take that experience to mobile… please make me an actual G-Phone.
Your article says “products that don’t play nicely with Chrome”.
Lets get this straight – these are products that Chrome does not play nicely with – not the other way around.
When TechCrunch says “products thats don’t play nicely with chrome”, the implication is that there is something wrong with an application that is broken when using Chrome.
I put it to you that it it Chrome that is broken.
We just completed building a web application compatible with FF, Safari and IE. Of course it breaks immediately with Chrome. To me this is Chrome’s problem, not mine.
Sheesh. Enough browsers already,
I think it will be some time before Google Chrome can catch up with Firefox. Going to write a review on it on my blog http://www.newgadgetsguru.com
Lively is not the only “Google product” Chrome is not supporting also for their big new aqcuiremant Doubleclick, Chrome is not supporting their sites
Lots of work todo Google…
Try add Eurostar bookings web page to that list…
lol“`I think it’s lovely,man!
They were shooting for 99% compatablilty at launch, according to the comic. If Lively is the only property of theirs that is incompatable with Chrome, my guess is that is somewhere near 99%.
I think your spot on on the Analytics…they will wait to gain a little market share. Shame on you, Google. :p
Favortite feature so far: Drag out tabs into new windows, then, drag them back in to the old window (or a new window) to make it a tab again. That makes it easy to group multiple pages in like categories, if you need to have a few browser windows open at once.
Chrome is the shiz. Anxious to see it on my Mac.
Mike, I think you have a typo here?
“the cynic in me thinks they to wait until they have a few points of market share”
instead of
“the cynic in me thinks they want to wait until…”
MA, do not post articles using Chrome as the license gives away your content ownership rights to Google..read the fine print as its the real reason why Mozilla is not scared..
I actually liked chrome a lot…It seems much faster….the interface is different and i prefer it to the typical tabs below the URL Navigation bar… this browser layout also allows more of the site to be visible and that is a good saving on real estate … i’ve also come across a few flaws …for e.g when viewing some pictures on facebook, the gallery seemed to behave in an irregular manner…but well…chrome was neat for a beta release …
Quite a few areas on ‘new’ Facebook don’t work with it – e.g. clear status
You can’t leave a comment on a friend’s status. It appears the FaceBook code there is JavaScript, which should be universal.
You guys underrate Google. A browser made by people who have the most information on web pages, IS A BIG DEAL!! This is the fastest browser I have ever used. I believe the next version of Firefox will be same as Chrome 2, Vice versa. Chrome: Browsers = Google: Search!
The lack of a Google Notebook add-on severely hampers the value of that app too. I hope they find a way around that eventually.
I’m with you. I’m shocked to find that Chrome doesn’t interface with Google Notebook, which I use extensively.
In a google spreadsheet, left clicking on the left to insert a row does not work
I personally think that we should give it some time to grow. Right now there are some annoying things about it. But don’t forget it is a beta.
I am sure that when it turns final it will become an important player.
I have put down some thoughts after my 2 first hours with Chrome:
http://gbckewro...d.blogspot.com/
I may just be being foolish but I can’t seem to see YouTube videos in Chrome…? They are all marked as “sorry, no longer available”. Anyone else finding this?
If it *is* an error, it’s a slightly embarrassing one for the Goog.
Mike
Yep, same here all videos come back as no longer available
This was due to Kaspersky. Look here for fix:
http://code.goo...s/detail?id=139
i installed remotely chrome in 3 countries using windows xp
in all three i got an error message when i started chrome
aw snap, page wont load – for any website including their own.
not great first impression. cmon google wtf. why wont it load?
Chrome currently uses the Firefox user agent string because it uses the Firefox engine (Gecko) for some of the backend processes. Chrome also uses the Safari engine (WebKit) for some of the rendering.
There are some good points and some bad points in Chrome, but we must remember that this is their first release and we should give it time to grow… especially as it will be released open source (the JavaScript engine has already been released open source, it’s called V8 and is available here: http://code.google.com/p/v8/ ). Mac and Linux versions would be good, and hopefully will be released very soon (as indicated on the about page).
For your interest I’ve done several tests on Google Chrome (including the infamous acid tests) and compared it with Firefox, Safari, Opera and Internet Explorer. I’ve blogged the output here: http://vanirsys...ome-my-verdict/
Interestingly Chrome actually wins when it comes to renderising pages correctly, closely followed by Safari and then Firefox…. go see the results!
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As a shot-across-the bow to Microsoft, Mozilla, and Apple, this browser proves that you can make a much faster and more secure browser experience than the one we’ve been “suffering” through up until now. Google knocked my socks off yesterday; I was not expecting to be very impressed by a new *yawn* browser.
But this one is a game-changer. There was so much about their release and the product that are done really well:
- The Comic Book PR was brilliant (and actually really informative).
- JavaScript apps running 2 to 15 times faster on Chrome than Firefox.
- Beautiful clean design.
- A great foundation for a new world of rich web applications.
Yes, there is a ways to go – especially in fleshing out the PlugIn eco-system. But I’m definitely going to be using Chrome for much/most of my browsing, with Firefox filling in for web development (w/ FireBug). IE is relegated to backward compatibility testing…
More thoughts in the 11 annotated bookmarks I created yesterday:
http://faves.co...mike/tag/chrome
I like the design, but there are some things missing. We have to keep in mind that this is a Beta.. but I also agree that “betas” tend to last very long nowadays.
We will see when/if plugins become available if Chrome can hold up to Firefox.
Hmm, the Google Chrome EULA is scary – they own all content posted or viewed through Chrome? So Google now owns the web – finally?
I wondered if anyone else had noticed that. The full context of that quote is from the following sections (specifically 11.1):
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. By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling Google to display, distribute and promote the Services and may be revoked for certain Services as defined in the Additional Terms of those Services.
11.2 You agree that this license includes a right for Google to make such Content available to other companies, organizations or individuals with whom Google has relationships for the provision of syndicated services, and to use such Content in connection with the provision of those services.
11.3 You understand that Google, in performing the required technical steps to provide the Services to our users, may (a) transmit or distribute your Content over various public networks and in various media; and (b) make such changes to your Content as are necessary to conform and adapt that Content to the technical requirements of connecting networks, devices, services or media. You agree that this license shall permit Google to take these actions.
Some Facebook apps are also not working.
I have run into problems with Chrome:
1) Freezes when opening up certain web pages for 15-20 seconds.
2) Two crashes back to back when I first loaded the app (entire app, not just a window).
3) Some pages don’t work, just ran into a problem loading JiWire.com.
4) Absence of Plugins! I use FoxMarks, ScribeFire, TwitterFox, and Evernote all day, I do not want to live without them as they make my life easier.
5) Lack of Google Apps, Gmail, Domain, AdSense, etc. integration, this to me was a blown opportunity.
6) I have read the ELUA, and the ownership issues do concern me significantly, regardless whether they are similar to the Google Apps language.
What I do like:
1) HTML rendering is reminiscent of Apple’s Safari.
2) Tab are in the right place finally.
3) I like the minimalist fell of the User Interface.
4) Imported everything beautifully from FireFox, Bookmarks and Passwords.
5) In Firefox, I open 17 tabs simultaneously every morning, though Chrome chewed on it a little longer, it opened these with aplomb.
As I said above the ownership concerns are distressing, but overall I like Chrome for a first attempt, unfortunately, I think we have come to expect more from Google.
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Absolutely brilliant interface Google… seriously, kick ass big time.
Bugs, yep, some buggy bugs baby… try clicking about on YouTube or Facebook… kind of silly to release without full functionality on those sites.
However, I would LOVE to see how the first versions of other browsers perform on current sites. It’s a bloody brilliant first go Google… the interface is just miles and miles ahead of the competition. Downloading files, ha ha, Firefox always pissed me off with that interface… you guys got it right… oh so right.
Oh look… the web developer made this text box too small… oh, what’s that, I can resize myself… fucking niiiiice one brutha!!!! Ha ha, no… that’s a small win… don’t get all worked up about it… it’s a nice touch in the right place though I must say.
Google, thank you, thank you for showing them how it’s done with interface design… now… you either fix the glitches and use that auto update to patch the browser… or watch as the competition jump on the interface you’ve let loose.
Stupid answers….
Q: Hey guys, it don’t have addons or themes.
Ans : It’s opensource, go and add the functionality
Q: Hey, its full of bugs.
Ans : It’s opensource.Go for it and fix it
Q: Damn,it’s bad.
Ans : Yep.But its from Google.I love google..Google is great and i love chrome!!
Does google juz want to put a me-too product on board and release it as opensource and expect others to fix it? It has become a trend now to release buggy products as opensource and in long beta as an excuse.
Firefox has already went thru this opensource cycle and many developers have thought of many features which can be added into and they have implemented some of those. But now chrome comes, and google fan-boys say “It’s opensource and it’s going to have ton of features tomorrow.Hurray!!!”. Does chrome have a completely redesigned architecture to add some different features which FF developers could not implement in Firefox now??? Nope.
Wake up to reality. It can have the features of Firefox and match up with it(which itself will take a couple of years) but it cannot beat it anytime unless all FF lovers want to abandon FF.
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Wait a while … it is beta 1
Also if the developers try to use Online MSDN with chrome, Get ready for the troubles. Page is not correctly displayed.
But … I have one thing to say …. we are looking for new products because existing products are not able to fulfill our needs.
IE Slow
Firefox again just like chrome is not able to get on with so many sites.
Safari – cannot predict its behavior on pc.
Opera is good but I have problem with ftp!!
I honestly feel IE 6 was very stable (no tabs though) and good for enterprise solutions.
Chrom does not work with Windows Live or with MSN Live Hot Mail, I get a message that I must upgrade my browser to either IE or FF.
I agree with Ed, what will happen actually if you didn’t upgrade your browser Google chrome will still let you open your mail in MSN Live but you won’t be able to view your messages!, I guess it has something to do with AJAX or JavaScript in MSN Live, any way its extremely annoying.
I’m still waiting Google team to give a solution for this bug, away from that, Google chrome is very powerful browser, and I think its more stable than IE.
Maybe google will declare that it partnered with FireFox on Chrome Browser.
What I found was that the employee who had announced on Google Blog about Google Chrome Browser had made a post on his blog exactly 2 years back that he had to work with FireFox. That was his last post.
Google claims that it started working on the chrome browser 2 years back.
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