Google Chrome, Shiney New Toy Syndrome

September 2, 2008 at 9:45 pm | Posted in Not An Idea Of Mine, Other, Technology | Leave a comment

Note To Any Readers: This is not a regular “idea post” to this blog, it is more of a free flow of my ideas and a reflection of my previous post

After a brief reflection on my previous post, and after doing a little more surfing around the web I realized what was happening with Google Chrome. All the tech blogs (and me!) were writing about Chrome. I realized that all this hype about Chrome, is JUST HYPE. It happens often when a new product launches and when people get new things. I call this the Shiny New Toy Syndrome. It happens when you get something new and all you want to do is use it, talk about it, etc. (and it usually happens when a kid gets a new toy).

So I think what may happen is that this hype will go on for a while as people are distracted by the Chrome’s “shininess” and eventually it will die down. Maybe chrome will become a competitive browser, maybe not, maybe it’s over-hyped, maybe I should just stop writing/thinking about it.

Then I realized… Should I be writing this post, should I have written my last post, was it that important to add to the hype? I don’t know, but what is done is done.

Bye.

P.S. Lending itself to the Shiny New Toy Syndrome, I am actually still using Chrome

Google Chrome

September 2, 2008 at 8:49 pm | Posted in Not An Idea Of Mine, Technology | Leave a comment

Everyone has been talking about Google’s new browser so I figured I would throw in my two cents.

I like Chrome, it runs fast and looks a lot cleaner/nicer than the other browsers. It starts and browses fast, which was one of the many reasons I had switched from Internet Explorer to Firefox. That said, I am using it on my fast computer (I haven’t yet installed and tested it on my slower laptop) so it starts in about the same time as Firefox. Google Chrome has just about all the browsing tools I need, except for two things:

1. Add-ons (Firefox)

2. Foxmarks (syncing bookmarks, Internet Explorer and Firefox)

I like having the add-ons because, though they tend slow the browser down a little, they do provide many features the browser doesn’t have out of the box. Foxmarks is a must have for me because it allows me to access my bookmarks when on someone elses computer (and in Google Chrome) and have all the same bookmarks across all my computers (my home computer + laptop for me).

So to sum it up: I am impressed with Chrome, might actually take it over Firefox becuase of what it has to offer, except for the fact that it doesn’t offer add-ons. (If it tells you anything, I wrote this post in Chrome!)

Bye!

Google Chrome

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