Posts Tagged ‘browser’

Google has just released today its’ beta broswer Google Chrome. Some have already dubbed it the “Browser Killer”.  I’ve been an avid Firefox user since the beginning, making the early switch from Internet Explorer to Firefox and am very curious as to how Google’s attempt at the browser market will be.

So far very impressed. Very clean, simple and this thing is FAST.  Some cool features include:

• Very clean and minimalistic approach
• Quick search as part of address bar
• Unique home page that displays your most visited sites in mini screenshot layouts
• Incognito browsing, aka Porn View - Pages you view in this window won’t appear in your browser history and they won’t leave other traces, like cookies, on your computer
• Did I already mention it is FAST?

Missing:

• Minimal customization and advanced settings (at least that I can see right now)
• No add ons or extensions
• Something is a bit off with the scrolling

Overall, very impressed with Chrome in the little amount that I have used it. I still love my Firefox with it’s addons and customization but Chrome is giving me a run for the money as my go to browser. Even in it’s beta stage, it’s already a worthy competitor.  In typical Google fashion, how long will it stay in beta? 1 year or 5??

Note: I posted this via Google Chrome.

I had heard that Canadian ISPs had begun to customer error pages with there own custom error page laced with their corporate advertising. This apparently pushes the net neutrality limits, in fact some claim it violates it.

I first noticed Rogers hijacking my browser when it first implemented it’s 60GB download cap per month. Once I reached 75% usage, a message would appear at the top of browser page indicating this with a check box to confirm I had read the message. Now I just noticed today that typing in www.asfdasd.com (or any other domain that does not exist) will yield you a custom Rogers/Yahoo Search page.

One thing that I noticed on the bottom was a link to “Learn More About this Page” which provides an opt out option:

These search results were provided because the domain name you entered into the address bar is either improperly formatted, currently unavailable, nonexistent, or part of a key word search. Rogers Supported Search Results is a service designed to enhance your web surfing experience by eliminating many of the error pages you encounter as you surf.

No software was installed on your computer for this service to work.
Click here if you would no longer like to receive the Rogers Supported Search Results service.

I’ve never been happy with Rogers. In fact, my disdain has become worse and worse lately with many of their actions. I’ll at least give them credit for providing an opt out option which I have just done.

You have successfully changed the selected landing page returned from the Rogers Supported Search Results service. If you would like to revert back to the default results page, simply delete your “search.rogers.com” cookie or return to options.search.rogers.com

NOTE: If you delete your cookies, or use a program that deletes cookies, you will have to repeat this process every time your cookies are deleted.

Unfortunately, all it does it put a cookie on your system. Every time you delete your cookies you’ll have to repeat the process of manually opting out. Sad Rogers, just sad.