Comments on: Google Chrome Default Browser Coming to Dell Computers? http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-chrome-dell-sony/13055/ Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:28:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Lisa Morosky http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-chrome-dell-sony/13055/comment-page-1/#comment-1110060 Lisa Morosky Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:50:07 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=13055#comment-1110060 I totally welcome this. As a PC user, and a netbook user, I use Chrome the majority of the time. It's faster. It gets the job done. And I'd love to eventually have Dells come with two OS options. It's a bold move, for sure. Microsoft is going to leverage every bit of power they have to make sure it doesn't happen, I'm sure. I don't think it negatively impact the user experience for people. Maybe I'm just too relaxed in how I see it, but if you don't like the browser that comes with your computer (IE, yuck), then you just go and download a new one and set it as the default. But I suppose I'm of a certain generation, and others would see needing to do that as a big drawback. I totally welcome this. As a PC user, and a netbook user, I use Chrome the majority of the time. It’s faster. It gets the job done. And I’d love to eventually have Dells come with two OS options.

It’s a bold move, for sure. Microsoft is going to leverage every bit of power they have to make sure it doesn’t happen, I’m sure.

I don’t think it negatively impact the user experience for people. Maybe I’m just too relaxed in how I see it, but if you don’t like the browser that comes with your computer (IE, yuck), then you just go and download a new one and set it as the default. But I suppose I’m of a certain generation, and others would see needing to do that as a big drawback.

]]> By: Jesse Friedman http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-chrome-dell-sony/13055/comment-page-1/#comment-1110055 Jesse Friedman Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:30:50 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=13055#comment-1110055 I wonder if this will lead to a possible Google OS distribution deal? It'd be great to purchase a dell with more than one option for an OS. Microsoft will fight it to the death but it would be a huge step in the right direction to providing PC users with more options. Not to mention actually force Microsoft to put some real effort into testing their products before releasing them. I wonder if this will lead to a possible Google OS distribution deal? It’d be great to purchase a dell with more than one option for an OS.

Microsoft will fight it to the death but it would be a huge step in the right direction to providing PC users with more options. Not to mention actually force Microsoft to put some real effort into testing their products before releasing them.

]]> By: HereAndNow http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-chrome-dell-sony/13055/comment-page-1/#comment-1110053 HereAndNow Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:10:13 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=13055#comment-1110053 All PC vendors should do their part to promote open web standards, by installing at least one fully compliant browser on their PCs. Sony's plan to pre-install Chrome is a good first step. Such a move would greatly simplify the lives of web developers and help web technology move forward. Try the following Acid3 test, on IE 8 (or earlier) and compare the results to Firefox 3.5, Chrome 2, Safari 4 and/or Opera 10. IE fails miserably, while the other browsers pass with flying colors (see Wikipedia, for a description of Acid3). http://acid3.acidtests.org/ Now...try viewing the following HTML5 video, with IE 8 (or earlier). You CANNOT! http://demo.sproutcore.com/video/ Try viewing this same video with Chrome or Safari. You CAN! And, it looks AWESOME! Perhaps, the W3C should offer stickers, that can be placed on a vendor's box, that say "X.X-compliant browser installed", when devices are configured with standards-compliant browsers. This would help consumers & businesses choose products that support the latest web standards. It would also have the added benefit of giving vendors, who support & promote open web standards, a marketing advantage over their competitors. All PC vendors should do their part to promote open web standards, by installing at least one fully compliant browser on their PCs. Sony’s plan to pre-install Chrome is a good first step.

Such a move would greatly simplify the lives of web developers and help web technology move forward.

Try the following Acid3 test, on IE 8 (or earlier) and compare the results to Firefox 3.5, Chrome 2, Safari 4 and/or Opera 10. IE fails miserably, while the other browsers pass with flying colors (see Wikipedia, for a description of Acid3).

http://acid3.acidtests.org/

Now…try viewing the following HTML5 video, with IE 8 (or earlier). You CANNOT!

http://demo.sproutcore.com/video/

Try viewing this same video with Chrome or Safari. You CAN! And, it looks AWESOME!

Perhaps, the W3C should offer stickers, that can be placed on a vendor’s box, that say “X.X-compliant browser installed”, when devices are configured with standards-compliant browsers. This would help consumers & businesses choose products that support the latest web standards. It would also have the added benefit of giving vendors, who support & promote open web standards, a marketing advantage over their competitors.

]]> By: Loren Baker, Editor http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-chrome-dell-sony/13055/comment-page-1/#comment-1110052 Loren Baker, Editor Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:50:15 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=13055#comment-1110052 It has nothing to do with one company being nice and the other not, it has everything to do with competition, adoption and consumer penetration :) It has nothing to do with one company being nice and the other not, it has everything to do with competition, adoption and consumer penetration :)

]]> By: Hubber http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-chrome-dell-sony/13055/comment-page-1/#comment-1110051 Hubber Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:39:28 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=13055#comment-1110051 I don't get it! How people cheerlead stuff for google if the same thing was donne by microsoft people would go hysterical! why? how did the information gigoloogle manage to create this image of being a 'nice' corporation? who is falling for this? even the open-source mouvement don't get it! Is the information gigoloogle algorithm open? why not? is there the same drive in the open-source comunity to create a open-source search-engine? with clear, open criteria for information display? why wikis do not start to create a information-search without the biasses of gigoloogle ad$, or paying for visibility? why!? I don’t get it! How people cheerlead stuff for google if the same thing was donne by microsoft people would go hysterical!

why?

how did the information gigoloogle manage to create this image of being a ‘nice’ corporation? who is falling for this?

even the open-source mouvement don’t get it! Is the information gigoloogle algorithm open? why not? is there the same drive in the open-source comunity to create a open-source search-engine? with clear, open criteria for information display?

why wikis do not start to create a information-search without the biasses of gigoloogle ad$, or paying for visibility?

why!?

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