Comments on: The Browser Choice Screen for Europe http://joshjgordon.com/blog/2010/the-browser-choice-screen-for-europe Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:50:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Josh http://joshjgordon.com/blog/2010/the-browser-choice-screen-for-europe/comment-page-1#comment-45 Josh Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:19:53 +0000 http://joshjgordon.com/blog/?p=103#comment-45 Never noticed that before. <br><br>MS did get the name right tough. Hit 'Start' and type "internet" what is the first result you get?<br><br>To someone just starting out on W7 never really using a computer before (for example my mum) that would be a completely sensible thing to do. "I want the internet, so I go to Internet Explorer. Chrome? Firefox? what are they for?" Never noticed that before.

MS did get the name right tough. Hit 'Start' and type “internet” what is the first result you get?

To someone just starting out on W7 never really using a computer before (for example my mum) that would be a completely sensible thing to do. “I want the internet, so I go to Internet Explorer. Chrome? Firefox? what are they for?”

]]> By: aiusepsi http://joshjgordon.com/blog/2010/the-browser-choice-screen-for-europe/comment-page-1#comment-44 aiusepsi Sat, 20 Feb 2010 07:28:36 +0000 http://joshjgordon.com/blog/?p=103#comment-44 Indeed, Chrome is the only browser I've seen that actually gives a shit about not wasting vertical space by default. <br><br>IE and Firefox are just abortions in that regard. I like how Chrome even thinks about the little status bar at the bottom: it only appears in Chrome when it has something to say, and if you have to mouse over where it was supposed to be, it appears somewhere else.<br><br>Somebody actually sat and put some thought into that, and if I ever meet them I'll buy them a pint. Indeed, Chrome is the only browser I've seen that actually gives a shit about not wasting vertical space by default.

IE and Firefox are just abortions in that regard. I like how Chrome even thinks about the little status bar at the bottom: it only appears in Chrome when it has something to say, and if you have to mouse over where it was supposed to be, it appears somewhere else.

Somebody actually sat and put some thought into that, and if I ever meet them I'll buy them a pint.

]]> By: Josh http://joshjgordon.com/blog/2010/the-browser-choice-screen-for-europe/comment-page-1#comment-43 Josh Sat, 20 Feb 2010 07:21:24 +0000 http://joshjgordon.com/blog/?p=103#comment-43 I used to use Firefox because it was faster and better than IE, and of course tabs. Now I use Chrome because Firefox has become bloated and slow and IE like in some ways.<br><br>A bowser is a window to the internet, it should not be cluttered and surrounded by crap. No toolbars, as few menus as possible, it should be just a thin walled box with the internet inside.<br><br><br>And I like having tabs at the top, not as another tool-bar type thing. And the ability to drag them into different windows, with the only bug being that you can't directly combine two tabbed filled chrome winds in one step, you have to do it one tab at a time. I used to use Firefox because it was faster and better than IE, and of course tabs. Now I use Chrome because Firefox has become bloated and slow and IE like in some ways.

A bowser is a window to the internet, it should not be cluttered and surrounded by crap. No toolbars, as few menus as possible, it should be just a thin walled box with the internet inside.

And I like having tabs at the top, not as another tool-bar type thing. And the ability to drag them into different windows, with the only bug being that you can't directly combine two tabbed filled chrome winds in one step, you have to do it one tab at a time.

]]> By: aiusepsi http://joshjgordon.com/blog/2010/the-browser-choice-screen-for-europe/comment-page-1#comment-42 aiusepsi Sat, 20 Feb 2010 07:13:21 +0000 http://joshjgordon.com/blog/?p=103#comment-42 The did look like they were written by ad men, not people with an actual understanding of what the product is, and what its virtues are.<br><br>I especially liked the one that talked about creating a playlist on Spotify, as if that was even relevant. The did look like they were written by ad men, not people with an actual understanding of what the product is, and what its virtues are.

I especially liked the one that talked about creating a playlist on Spotify, as if that was even relevant.

]]> By: Josh http://joshjgordon.com/blog/2010/the-browser-choice-screen-for-europe/comment-page-1#comment-41 Josh Sat, 20 Feb 2010 07:11:38 +0000 http://joshjgordon.com/blog/?p=103#comment-41 I thought those were quite poor in the end. I liked the giant ones that just said 'Chrome' with the logo. But the ones with "9 tabs for....... 7 tabs for....." etc that were on the walls of the tube stations were actually quite shit.<br><br>They really cocked up, and they could possibly have been saved if they had been funny. It was Christmas ish time, so why on earth did they not go "10 tabs for.... 9 blog posts for..., 8......2 bookmarked albums 1 Google browser" possibly with music. I thought those were quite poor in the end. I liked the giant ones that just said 'Chrome' with the logo. But the ones with “9 tabs for……. 7 tabs for…..” etc that were on the walls of the tube stations were actually quite shit.

They really cocked up, and they could possibly have been saved if they had been funny. It was Christmas ish time, so why on earth did they not go “10 tabs for…. 9 blog posts for…, 8……2 bookmarked albums 1 Google browser” possibly with music.

]]> By: aiusepsi http://joshjgordon.com/blog/2010/the-browser-choice-screen-for-europe/comment-page-1#comment-40 aiusepsi Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:59:27 +0000 http://joshjgordon.com/blog/?p=103#comment-40 Especially considering the huge ad push Google have going for Chrome at the moment. Especially considering the huge ad push Google have going for Chrome at the moment.

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