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		<title>A nerdish dilemma</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maarten</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve mentioned it on some previous posts already, I&#8217;m a long-time Firefox addict. Everywhere I go, and on all computers I work, I&#8217;ve installed a version of Fx3, and on most including my favourite plugins. Maybe I&#8217;m a tad late &#8230; <a href="http://www.maartentijhof.nl/2008/09/08/a-nerdish-dilemma/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve mentioned it on some previous posts already, I&#8217;m a long-time Firefox addict. Everywhere I go, and on all computers I work, I&#8217;ve installed a version of Fx3, and on most including my favourite plugins.<br />
Maybe I&#8217;m a tad late with this, but since the release of the thing, I&#8217;ve been using Google Chrome on my work-laptop.</p>
<p>What can I say about it?<br />
It works differently, it looks differently and it lacks some of the functionality Firefox has or gained which I find necessities for a browser.<br />
To start off with Chrome: the interface is, well, let&#8217;s put it this way, radically different. I&#8217;m not exactly chuffed with the tabs being on top, although it has an interesting side-effect: I&#8217;m constantly clicking on my top-hidden RocketDock. <img src='http://www.maartentijhof.nl/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' />  (Google it!)<br />
The browser itself feels really smooth and, as promised, the Javascript-engine and renderer work really fast. Even though comparisons have been made and show it&#8217;s not true, it feels that way. Concerning the memory-consumation of both browsers (Fx3 and Chrome) I can be quite short: when browsing with several tabs open, it does not differ much.<br />
My Fx peaks at about 200 megs, while Chrome does about the same. In fact, it&#8217;s a 10% difference, but those 20 megs are only a small part of the 1GB I&#8217;m currently working with. An unnoticeable difference. (Well, for me that is.)</p>
<p>As Chrome is open source, the project shares (unstable) builds of the browser under a different name. You know there&#8217;s <a href="http://google.com/chrome/" target="_blank">Google Chrome</a>, but the OS-version is <a href="http://code.google.com/chromium/" target="_blank">Chromium</a>. The dev-builds of Chromium can be found <a href="http://build.chromium.org/buildbot/snapshots/" target="_blank">here</a>, and the changelog is <a href="http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/?view=log" target="_blank">here</a>. The difference between Chromium and Chrome is the fact it&#8217;s unbranded, and there&#8217;s a whole lot of bugs solved in the unstable builds. Furthermore, there&#8217;s no need to use the installer, so you can just download the zip-file and unpack&amp;run. Yay for ease of use on that point!</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not churning out advice here, but would like to say every internet enthusiast should try Chrome (or Chromium) for a testdrive once. It&#8217;s no complete browser (yet), but it&#8217;s a nice experience. i&#8217;m hoping for some lendig and loaning amongst the Chromium and Mozilla communities which hopefully lead to a merger of the best of both browsers&#8230;</p>
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