Sony uses Chrome as default browser - Page 3

ahammer · 09-03-2009, 05:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by griffonwing

I can edit the site preferences to :

Identify as Opera
Identify as Firefox
Identify as IE
Mask as Firefox
Mask as IE

chrome has this too(have to for some pages on come too..
I can also tell it im running on a diffrent os)

Quote:

But my main gripe is that with a browser that has been here for so long, and who have brought such innovation, why many companies who make a living on the internet turn a blind eye to them, but will heartily adopt a new browser that isn't even out of beta. (meaning Chrome, which is version .2)

Honestly, I really shouldnt have to mask or tweak my browser just to go to a site. I am glad for the option, but still. I will simply not be using their services.

so is gmail is in beta to.
it just shows how good google is at selling adds.

griffonwing · 09-03-2009, 05:48 PM

I have gmail, and I just checked. It used to say GMail Beta, but now it says GMail, powered by Google, so apparently it is no longer in beta stage.

With Google, it's both Good and Bad.

It's like Microsoft. That have good products, but now they are getting their hands into everywhere, like a hyper 2-yr old. "gimme gimme gimme, mine mine mine". I'd like to see them concentrate on few things, and do them well. They will end up doing so many things, and each item on its own fill fall to pot, except for the very very few they concentrate on.

Abecedary · 09-03-2009, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by griffonwing

It's like Microsoft. That have good products, but now they are getting their hands into everywhere, like a hyper 2-yr old. "gimme gimme gimme, mine mine mine".

Now?!? They've been like this for several decades already.

pilotbob · 09-03-2009, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by griffonwing

But my main gripe is that with a browser that has been here for so long, and who have brought such innovation, why many companies who make a living on the internet turn a blind eye to them, but will heartily adopt a new browser that isn't even out of beta. (meaning Chrome, which is version .2)

Opera might be great and all, but no one uses it. As long as they have been around they have got 0 traction. So, yea I can very much understand it being ignored.

BOb

ahammer · 09-03-2009, 05:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by griffonwing

I have gmail, and I just checked. It used to say GMail Beta, but now it says GMail, powered by Google, so apparently it is no longer in beta stage.

It just got out of beta a few months ago. my point is that google like keeping things in beta long after most people would have made it a RC.

got to says v .1 was realy bad. v .2 never had any issue with.

it is just as good as any other broswer at this point. given google track record v1 will be out in 2019

griffonwing · 09-03-2009, 06:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Abecedary

Now?!? They've been like this for several decades already.

heheh.. let me switch pronouns with proper nouns...

Google is like Microsoft... Google has good products, but....etc...

Sorry for the confusion

Abecedary · 09-03-2009, 06:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by griffonwing

heheh.. let me switch pronouns with proper nouns...

Google is like Microsoft... Google has good products, but....etc...

Sorry for the confusion

Ahhh. Gotcha. In that case, yeah, I generally agree.

griffonwing · 09-03-2009, 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pilotbob

Opera might be great and all, but no one uses it. As long as they have been around they have got 0 traction. So, yea I can very much understand it being ignored.

BOb

Yeah, and I don't understand it. The only downside that I have ever had with opera is that it doesnt use ActiveX, or at least it didnt for the longest time (it might now, not quite sure).

That caused some problems with sites who required ActiveX.

But Opera is small, versatile, very customizable, moreso than any browser I have used before. Chrome is way too minimalistic for me. Firefox is OK, but I'm not too fond of how certain functions work in that browser. I always switch back to Opera.

Hellmark · 09-03-2009, 06:46 PM

They were pay for way after the competition went free, they are closed source when some of the competition got their starts by people pushing it because it was open, and never been bundled with anything. Not to mention they've largely relied on word of mouth. I can keep going

griffonwing · 09-03-2009, 06:51 PM

Odd. I've never bought any of the browsers. I hadn't realized they had an paid-upgrade options. Oh wait. Yeah, I think I remember having a browser ad in the title bar somewhere. I think I found a crack for it, though, that's why i don't remember it well

oopsie.

Hellmark · 09-04-2009, 01:23 AM

Griffon, both netscape and opera used to be pay for. No pay upgrade, but pay to get it in the first place. Netscape went free in the mid ninties, but it was 2000 before Opera had a free option, but with those ads you remember. It didn't go completely ad free until 2005.

Jellby · 09-04-2009, 05:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Elfwreck

Lynx forever!

(Erm. Perhaps my geekiness is a bit too retro at times.)

Not at all! Lynx is perfect when I need to access some online journal from home... I can ssh to the university and use Lynx there

astra · 09-04-2009, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Elfwreck

Lynx forever!

(Erm. Perhaps my geekiness is a bit too retro at times. And someday, I'll convince my husband that pine is just not the best email program anymore.)

I remember, remember the Pine client! Unbelievable! 1995!

However, lynx...it is an atrocity. I had to install it a few month ago and I had actually edit manually! some file so lynx could access the Internet via local proxy.

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09-03-2009, 05:48 PM	#32
griffonwing Suave Swabby, Savvy? Posts: 1,602 Karma: 520350 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Harrison, ARrrr, USA - southern Ozark mountains Device: Slate Blue PEZ (Astak Pocket Pro), CVSCX-9300 Quad-band watch phone	I have gmail, and I just checked. It used to say GMail Beta, but now it says GMail, powered by Google, so apparently it is no longer in beta stage. With Google, it's both Good and Bad. It's like Microsoft. That have good products, but now they are getting their hands into everywhere, like a hyper 2-yr old. "gimme gimme gimme, mine mine mine". I'd like to see them concentrate on few things, and do them well. They will end up doing so many things, and each item on its own fill fall to pot, except for the very very few they concentrate on.

09-03-2009, 06:46 PM	#39
Hellmark Wizard Posts: 2,549 Karma: 3799999 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: O'Fallon, Missouri, USA Device: Nokia N800, PRS-505, Nook STR Glowlight, Kindle 3	They were pay for way after the competition went free, they are closed source when some of the competition got their starts by people pushing it because it was open, and never been bundled with anything. Not to mention they've largely relied on word of mouth. I can keep going

09-03-2009, 06:51 PM	#40
griffonwing Suave Swabby, Savvy? Posts: 1,602 Karma: 520350 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Harrison, ARrrr, USA - southern Ozark mountains Device: Slate Blue PEZ (Astak Pocket Pro), CVSCX-9300 Quad-band watch phone	Odd. I've never bought any of the browsers. I hadn't realized they had an paid-upgrade options. Oh wait. Yeah, I think I remember having a browser ad in the title bar somewhere. I think I found a crack for it, though, that's why i don't remember it well oopsie.

09-04-2009, 01:23 AM	#41
Hellmark Wizard Posts: 2,549 Karma: 3799999 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: O'Fallon, Missouri, USA Device: Nokia N800, PRS-505, Nook STR Glowlight, Kindle 3	Griffon, both netscape and opera used to be pay for. No pay upgrade, but pay to get it in the first place. Netscape went free in the mid ninties, but it was 2000 before Opera had a free option, but with those ads you remember. It didn't go completely ad free until 2005.

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