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| Author: | Lenas [ Tue Dec 07, 2010 2:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Google's Chrome Event |
Highlights: Chrome Web Store Updated V8 Javascript engine, 100x faster than IE 2 years ago Instant Search from Omnibox Chrome OS, of course Chrome OS Netbooks partner with Verizon for 3g coverage, 100MB free data every month for two years. No contracts, plans starting at $9.99 Notable apps: Kindle for Web NYTimes (http://www.nytimes.com/chrome <- impressive) Looking good, Google. |
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| Author: | Darkroland [ Tue Dec 07, 2010 3:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google's Chrome Event |
Wow, that NY times chrome app is nice! Hope the kindle one is that nice. |
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| Author: | Lenas [ Wed Dec 08, 2010 9:26 pm ] |
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Okay, some of these web apps are fantastic. Add the fact that Chrome can pin sites to your Windows task bar? I've completely replaced some programs. |
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| Author: | Lex Luthor [ Wed Dec 08, 2010 9:45 pm ] |
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Very cool. I'm on a laptop or desktop almost all the time... do you think it's worth my while getting a smaller device? I haven't gotten a smart phone for this reason. |
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| Author: | Müs [ Thu Dec 09, 2010 6:25 am ] |
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Is it like their anniversary event or something? When is it? |
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| Author: | Lenas [ Thu Dec 09, 2010 6:57 am ] |
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Huh? It was finishing up when I started the thread. |
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| Author: | Müs [ Thu Dec 09, 2010 9:42 am ] |
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Lenas wrote: Huh? It was finishing up when I started the thread. I'm confused. |
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| Author: | Lenas [ Thu Dec 09, 2010 12:38 pm ] |
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Google had a press conference where they outlined all the new **** coming to Chrome browser/OS, including the start of a Chrome OS pilot program in which they're sending out 60,000 test notebooks to the lucky testers. They also announced the Chrome Web Store, which is pretty nice. |
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| Author: | Müs [ Thu Dec 09, 2010 12:43 pm ] |
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AHH. It becomes clear now. this: Quote: Google had a press conference where they outlined all the new **** coming to Chrome browser/OS, including the start of a Chrome OS pilot program in which they're sending out 60,000 test notebooks to the lucky testers. was the part left out of the OP 
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| Author: | Lex Luthor [ Thu Dec 09, 2010 2:08 pm ] |
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The biggest problem with the Chrome browser is that it flashes white between loading pages, and there is absolutely no way to disable this. It's really bad for viewing dark websites, or if you use an extension for dark colors. That said, I still use Chrome. |
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| Author: | Stathol [ Thu Dec 09, 2010 8:42 pm ] |
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Huh? Mine doesn't do that. |
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| Author: | Raltar [ Fri Dec 10, 2010 12:11 am ] |
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Does chrome have a noscript type plugin yet? Because that's all that is preventing me from switching over. |
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| Author: | Lenas [ Fri Dec 10, 2010 12:51 pm ] |
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Do you need to disable all javascript, or do you not want to see ads? |
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| Author: | Raltar [ Fri Dec 10, 2010 2:22 pm ] |
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I don't trust most web sites these days. But, I suppose I could use chrome for sites I know are safe and load ones I don't know in Firefox instead. At the same time, ads suck. |
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| Author: | Lenas [ Fri Dec 10, 2010 2:30 pm ] |
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Might as well use Chrome for everything. It's more secure than any other browser. Just download the Adthwart extension and call it a day. |
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| Author: | Corolinth [ Fri Dec 10, 2010 2:38 pm ] |
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I just turned off Javascript and set up exceptions. |
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| Author: | Lex Luthor [ Fri Dec 10, 2010 4:32 pm ] |
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I just use this... http://someonewhocares.org/hosts. Works beautifully. |
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| Author: | Lenas [ Fri Dec 10, 2010 4:36 pm ] |
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Thanks Lex, forgot about that. It really bothers me that people completely disable Javascript. It can add so much to the web experience. It's a great language. Anyway, much like Coro said, Chrome has js filtering built-in. http://techie-buzz.com/browsers/disable ... hrome.html |
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| Author: | Taskiss [ Fri Dec 10, 2010 4:43 pm ] |
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Lenas wrote: It really bothers me that people completely disable Javascript. It can add so much to the web experience. It's a great language. It's too easy to use as an exploit.
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| Author: | Corolinth [ Fri Dec 10, 2010 5:04 pm ] |
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Javascript is fantastic, but it also opens up your computer to a world of hurt. The problem comes in when other things running through the site start trying to run Javascript. NoScript really opened my eyes to just how many scripts a website would try to run on my machine. The Glade had half a dozen different servers all trying to run various scripts - I was only interested in data from boardzero.com. When I visit a website, I'm interested in that site, and not all the other crap that's trying load. My default browsing state is for Javascript to be turned off, and then I allow through the Javascript that I want to see. It's a conscious decision every time I grant the exception, and it causes me to think about the risk. |
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| Author: | SuiNeko [ Sun Dec 12, 2010 2:56 pm ] |
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Javascript != Java. That is important. Also, many many very useful javascript libraries are hosted offsite - google and yahoo both publish good ones. |
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| Author: | Corolinth [ Mon Dec 13, 2010 2:29 am ] |
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Fixed |
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| Author: | Stathol [ Mon Dec 13, 2010 12:56 pm ] |
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2nd everything Corolinth said. This is precisely the issue for me. I'm perfectly happy to enable javascript for (almost) all of the sites that I use with any regularity -- but only the scripts that originate on the site itself. In the last 12 months, I have twice encountered remote-execution vulns (at least one was aided and abetted by Acrobat...) that were "boot-strapped" by javascript injected into a trusted site by way of a rogue advertiser in otherwise trust-worthy ad server (AdSense). On one of those occasions, the attack succeeded without any user invention while using Chrome. This was shortly after I started "test-piloting" it in place of Firefox, so the filtering may have improved since then, but nothing beats a manual whitelist system. No matter how hard they try, Google (or anyone else) can't be as vigilant as I can. SuiNeko wrote: Also, many many very useful javascript libraries are hosted offsite - google and yahoo both publish good ones. This is true, but the solution is simply to allow javascript for the domains that host the Google Maps API, YouTube, jQuery, etc. Big, well-trusted javascript libraries like that are easy to carve out exceptions for. Noscript is really just a javascript firewall that makes it easy to create exemptions on the fly. NoScript doesn't support the idea that "all Javascript is bad" any more than a conventional firewall would support the idea that "all TCP/IP is bad". I would suspect that very few NoScript users are blocking all Javascript -- there really wouldn't be much point. In that case, you could just turn of Javascript entirely without the need for a 3rd-party add-on. |
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| Author: | Lex Luthor [ Tue Dec 14, 2010 12:31 am ] |
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If you want to block javascript from specific sites, look at the link I posted earlier in this thread. |
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