I suppose I could grasp it then

What? Words are beyond the grasp of most google users?
/

How come they don't offer this in manga?

Reminds me of Army Boot Camp. We had a comic book on the "care and maintenance" of the M16. 1975 and some of the guys in my platoon couldn't even read it.

So geeky it might actually work - and why didn't anyone think of this before?

I liked Fritz the Cat better.

re: #5 johnnyreb

Reminds me of Army Boot Camp. We had a comic book on the "care and maintenance" of the M16. 1975 and some of the guys in my platoon couldn't even read it.

Not as fun as the old VD comic books.

not frank miller.

bit too much traffic or something now. not loading

Anybody have the Cliff's Notes version of this? I don't have the attention span to read a comic book.

how many pages is this explanation?

No google browser for me. I really don't want them to have all that data. . . .

re: #12 galloping granny

No google browser for me. I really don't want them to have all that data. . . .

They already do, might as well just use their stuff if it's better than the competition.

re: #11 twincitiesgirl

38

re: #12 galloping granny

No google browser for me. I really don't want them to have all that data. . . .

They don't keep it....
Just sell it to the ChiComs.

re: #10 Noam Sayin'

Anybody have the Cliff's Notes version of this? I don't have the attention span to read a comic book.

Comics for Dummies would work for me.

Great. Once I install that, Picasa, Google Desktop, start using gmail, use google calendar, docs, spreadsheets, maps, reader, finance, etc. Google will have:

My emails
My activities
What I read
What videos I watch
What pictures I watch
What pictures I take
My stocks
My websites
My schoolwork
....

Funny how libs are concerned about FISA when Google probably has a hundred times more information than FISA could ever reveal.

Why, oh why do they need 38 pages to explain a search engine?

Did I miss something?

JAFLW

re: #13 JSK1121

They already do, might as well just use their stuff if it's better than the competition.

Oh they have some I'm sure - but not quite so directly. And besides, I really don't like any one company gathering up what amounts to a monopoly on some segment of technology. Microsoft has a long track record of buying up promising software and then burying it, sometimes leaving us with little choice. And they are of course not the only ones.

Google already has a lock on internet search, old books, videos, news aggregation and a whole ton of stuff more. They have enough market share. I'll use some other browser, no matter how good their version happens to be.

re: #17 geata

Great. Once I install that, Picasa, Google Desktop, start using gmail, use google calendar, docs, spreadsheets, maps, reader, finance, etc. Google will have:

My emails
My activities
What I read
What videos I watch
What pictures I watch
What pictures I take
My stocks
My websites
My schoolwork
....

Funny how libs are concerned about FISA when Google probably has a hundred times more information than FISA could ever reveal.

That is exactly my thoughts on the matter. And add to that why you buy where, what you click on, where you live . . . .

Thanks but no thanks. Talk about Big Brother.

re: #17 geata

Great. Once I install that, Picasa, Google Desktop, start using gmail, use google calendar, docs, spreadsheets, maps, reader, finance, etc. Google will have:

My emails
My activities
What I read
What videos I watch
What pictures I watch
What pictures I take
My stocks
My websites
My schoolwork
....

Funny how libs are concerned about FISA when Google probably has a hundred times more information than FISA could ever reveal.

I try to avoid the Great Googley-Moogly when possible, just like I try to avoid Micky$oft. Heck, I'd use curl (in Linux) if I could get away with it...

JAFLW

Hewit Hugh just said, "look at LGF" re. the Bristol Palin.

re: #22 JCM

Hewit Hugh just said, "look at LGF" re. the Bristol Palin.

Linky?

JAFLW

The nice part for users is that with Google's entry, we'll have four browsers all of which are intended to be fast, easy, and secure, and which use three separate rendering platforms (Chrome and Safari sharing WebKit). This ensures the kind of diversity of evolution that promotes better software and a lower chance of a single flaw being exploited in all extant browsers. It also means job security for Web developers used to tweaking designs to look good in multiple browsers.

That part sounds good. (Not from the comic, it's from the second link.)

re: #22 JCM

Hewit Hugh just said, "look at LGF" re. the Bristol Palin.

In relation to?

Well after getting two "page cannot be found"s in the first ten links I quit.

You'd think for all their billions Google could have come up with something a little more robust (and that didn't look like a high school newsletter.)

re: #23 just another four-letter word

Linky?

JAFLW

Listen to the him on the radio, he was talking about the left smear job with the pregnancy rumors, both that Trig was not Sarah's and about Bristol, he said for the best run down on it all "go look at Little Green Footballs."

Oh, great. They get me hooked with the plot, do some character development, and then page nine won't load.

re: #28 wrenchwench

Oh, great. They get me hooked with the plot, do some character development, and then page nine won't load.

ROFLMAO!

In a footnote, the Red Chinese version will come with its own separate "search" engine. Knock knock.

re: #30 nines09

In a footnote, the Red Chinese version will come with its own separate "search" engine. Knock knock.

The page denied function is a real bitch....
The family get a bill for the expended round.

re: #7 Killgore Trout

I liked Fritz the Cat better.

If R. Crumb did it, at least it would be interesting.

re: #31 JCM

Reply...Don't reply.......knock knock knock.

re: #33 nines09

Reply...Don't reply.......knock knock knock.

Whole new meaning to secure page......

Flying Pigs alert: a Huffpo entry raises fair question, as well as ire of the faithful...
[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]

Looks like Google is having an LGFalanche.

OT- Day 11 of What Media Bias: yahoo news headlines

Day 1 of the GOP convention.

Hurricane Gustav fades moving into Louisiana (AP)
GOP convention opening with appeal for Gustav aid (AP)
Lawyers: Gonzales mishandled classified data (AP)
Iraqis take control of once bloody Anbar province (AP)
EU leaders warn Russia over partnership talks (AP)
Study links bipolar disorder with older fathers (AP)

Compare to last Monday, the opening day of the DNC convention, when it was Obama, Obama, Obama for all six headlines (or at least the DNC

Democrats open 2008 national convention.
Clinton, Obama working out deal for roll call vote.
Michelle Obama out to show husband's personal side.
Obama says Clintons are fully on board.
Dems' attack theme: McCain's houses
THE EDGE: All about Hillary, her power, supporters.

Granted, this week there is Gustav, but one would think the GOP convention would rate at least one headline, other than the one in relation to Gustav.

But no.

It isn't like Gustav is taking up all the headlines. No, indeed. Yahoo found room for a discussion on bipolar disorder (that couldn't wait until after the GOP convention), international affairs (which were all pushed aside from the top headlines during Obama week, and lookie! Yahoo found space for a GOP 'scandal.'

A comic book.

We are a nation of idiots.

A friend of mine told me about some girl he thought I should check out.

Within a few hours I knew everywhere she had lived, had read several of her college projects, knew which blogs she frequented, and a bunch of other stuff.

He accused me of stalking.

I said, "No, I just know how to use Google."

If "Chrome" does all Google says it will, it will be the browser for some time, until others can catch up.

re: #38 Cognito

A comic book.

We are a nation of idiots.

Ahhhhh! can you draw me a picture?

Actually, can we get this guy 5 minutes a day on every American's radio or TV? The more he talks, the better he exposes himself.

THIS is the man that Obama freely chose to listen to as a spiritual, moral, and ethical leader for almost all of his adult life.

Hey, you can make an "incognito" window (page 22.)

re: #37 Silhouette

OT- Day 11 of What Media Bias: yahoo news headlines

Day 1 of the GOP convention.

Granted, this week there is Gustav, but one would think the GOP convention would rate at least one headline, other than the one in relation to Gustav.

But no.

It isn't like Gustav is taking up all the headlines. No, indeed. Yahoo found room for a discussion on bipolar disorder (that couldn't wait until after the GOP convention), international affairs (which were all pushed aside from the top headlines during Obama week, and lookie! Yahoo found space for a GOP 'scandal.'

You missed the one about all the dogs getting married in India.

re: #38 Cognito

A comic book.

We are a nation of idiots.

Speak for yourself. ;-)

In other news, the defeat in Iraq continues.
/Obama

Iraqi troops take control of key province

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Coalition troops on Monday formally handed over security control of Iraq's Anbar province -- once the hub of the country's Sunni insurgency, to Iraqis on Monday.

Hallelujah! A browser that isn't held hostage by javascript ...

The browser looks pretty cool to me - I'll definitely give it a try.

I'm not too concerned about Google becoming Skynet. The code is open source so it's going to be hard to pull off anything too nefarious without thousands of geeks finding out within minutes.

So where's the panel about how the browser will automatically censor content and notify the authorities in totalitarian countries like China?

/just sayin'

re: #46 rusty_armor

Hallelujah! A browser that isn't held hostage by javascript ...

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re: #47 Charles

The browser looks pretty cool to me - I'll definitely give it a try.

I'm not too concerned about Google becoming Skynet. The code is open source so it's going to be hard to pull off anything too nefarious without thousands of geeks finding out within minutes.

My first experience with Gears plug in for wordpress was a bit dismaying, it could be due to bugs or other nefarious "let's make IE break on purpose" things, I'm not sure. I ended up unloading it for now as I was connecting in the background to sites I didn't think I should. Now that I realize it's mostly web app and some other connects might be needed I might give it a try again.

Page 33 has a "Lost in Space" reference!

re: #51 wrenchwench

Page 33 has a "Lost in Space" reference!

I'm impressed, you made it page 33!

I just finished the whole thing. As it is open source, their is little or no opportunity for nefarious activity by Google (or others). Linux and Mac OS have been both stable and secure (well, mostly) because of this. Al Gore is such a genius.

Page 14.
What BORING comic book.
I hope ther browser is more fun.
Why am I doubting it. ?

re: #52 JCM

I'm impressed, you made it page 33!

When I saw the bicycle on page 21, I knew I could make it to the end. All the pages after 17 loaded quickly. Maybe I outlasted the average attention span (by reading the next thread at the same time.)

I like the open sourceness of it. My geeky brother is or was on the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) so I believe that web evolution comes down to good-hearted people working together.

I'm actually really excited about this! =) Geeky, I know...but still! =)

Meh. I'll download it to check it out, but it just seems like a FX3 clone.

After I had some javascript hang this morning...of course I couldn't tell it was Java, but what else would it be?...I was wishing someone would make a way to kill the hung script. I force-quit the browser.

re: #47 Charles

The browser looks pretty cool to me - I'll definitely give it a try.

I'm not too concerned about Google becoming Skynet. The code is open source so it's going to be hard to pull off anything too nefarious without thousands of geeks finding out within minutes.

Charles -

Perhaps FF3 is the last version. With their own browser, Google will dump them like Stale Beer. Meet the New Boss - Owned by the Old Boss.

-S-

re: #17 geata

Funny how libs are concerned about FISA when Google probably has a hundred times more information than FISA could ever reveal.

Yeah, but Google has a cool hip "Don't be evil" motto. What could possibly go wrong?

re: #60 RoughRider

Yeah, but Google has a cool hip "Don't be evil" motto. What could possibly go wrong?

"R-R" -

What could go wrong? DON'T ASK!

-S-

Google is too much a panderer to depots and is blindly engineering a global invasion of privacy with their stalker-friendly street mapping folly.

I prefer Seach.com .

Why would they name it chrome? Sounds very ghetto. Yo my ride is sittin' on chromes.

Frankly, I think Firefox works wonderfully and it is free. I don't see how Google is going to make money off this browser, or how much better it will really be. In the end, only us geeks care about the technical details. Companies that get off on the technical details, expecting end users to use if for that reason, are in for a rude awakening.

went thru the first few pages; it's draw by scott mccloud who's famous to the online crowd for works on 're-inventing comics'.

not exactly the best artist in the world but he's sort of the sun tsu or john boyd of comics: he took concepts that all writers and illustrators intrinsically knew and explained how and why comics worked and did it is such a way that people who thought about getting into the business would understand right off the bat.

i don't know if google knew that about mccloud when they approached him about the subject of making an introduction for their new browser concept or if it's just irony.

re: #46 rusty_armor

Their approach to garbage collection could be a massive improvement to Java-dependent programs (like my company's major product). Also, the threading will make a big difference.

I'm looking forward to driving this around the block - FF3 is definitely not perfect. I've had no luck installing the Windows Media Player 11 plug-in and it's not compatible with JDIC.

re: #47 Charles

It's a sad day when I actually trust Microsoft more than I trust Google. The company's radical Leftist slant has really done damage.

What's everybody think about this? I'm willing to give it a go, but does it pay to wait a few months in case there's some bug right out of the gate? Or are people in the know of the opinion it'll be good from the get-go?

Google steps on Firefox with its new Zune...err, Chrome browser

It's out.

It *is* a beta, so yes it *is* buggy.

It is Windows only.

It is not possible to log in to LGF with it.

Peeling off a tab into its own window, and then dragging it back into the parent window to be a tab again causes the entire browser, and not just the offending tab, to crash in spectacular fashion.

:-)