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Google Chrome Beta Now Available for Download

By Gina Trapani on September 3, 2008 at 5:06 AM

Google’s made their new beta web browser Chrome available for download (Windows only). We’ll publish our full review post-haste; in the meantime, go check it out yourself.


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  • Martin
    September 3, 2008 at 7:08 AM

    My trackpad only scrolls down, not up. No integration with Google Bookmarks! No Ad Block Plus. And it doesn’t seem faster to me. Still, it’s only a first version. I just hope google doesn’t get too dogmatic about it and refuse to listen to the user gripes because it doesn’t fit their vision of the future.

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  • Eder
    September 3, 2008 at 7:16 AM

    Google Chrome Bug

    Try finalize a chrome.exe process and see the result.
    I open a youtube URL and enable the console javascript and click in many links (with javascript) and CRASH everything.

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  • Dan
    September 3, 2008 at 9:21 AM

    2 Bugs W/ GChrome and New Facebook
    When on New Facebook with Google Chrome if you try to Comment on a story within your News Feed it does not work (you click on the word ‘Comment’ and nothing happens). As well, when you hover on a story and hit the ‘Edit’ button that appears and click (for example) “Delete Story”, nothing happens. Also in your “Info” tab if you try to click the “Edit” for one of your sets of info it just takes you directly back to your Wall Tab.
    Don’t know if this is a bug from the Facebook side or the GChrome side.

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  • Nick Partridge
    September 3, 2008 at 10:50 AM

    Does not seem to handle anything requiring a sign in – including iGoogle very well. Blank window and request for password. Probably corporate firewall stuff but no feedfack on failure or reason for failure.

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  • Mark
    September 3, 2008 at 11:10 AM

    How much hard drive space does Google Chrome consume?

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  • Erez
    September 5, 2008 at 7:35 AM

    Keep getting messages that ActiveX and Java are not enabled.
    Have no idea how to enable…

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  • Angus Kidman
    September 5, 2008 at 7:38 AM

    Neither ActiveX or Java currently work in Chrome. I suspect Java support will come along eventually, but I wouldn’t hold your breath on ActiveX.

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  • Ravi Shankar R
    September 8, 2008 at 9:08 PM

    Am getting 0xc0000005 error while installing google chrome browser

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  • patrick
    November 22, 2008 at 1:32 PM

    I hesitate to use even upgraded versions of Chrome, since my last experience using it (first version) left my computer compromised; have they fixed the security issues beyond all doubt?

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