Google Chrome
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
I’m writing this post from the Beta version of Google’s stab at a web browser - Google Chrome. So far it seems pretty nice. Key points for/against:
- Chrome uses a unique model for its tabs. Each tab runs in an entirely new process (where in other browsers they may run in a new thread). This has many interesting ramifications, such as:
- Less memory leaks - when you close a tab, any dead memory is wiped with it.
- Greater stability - if one tab “crashes”, just close it - the rest of the browser soldiers on without problems, similar to closing a process within Windows.
- Greater security - the individual tab processes can be run at a tighter security level than the overall browser process, to help keep malware at bay.
- Chrome has introduced a new JavaScript engine called V8 - developed from scratch to be more conducive to large-scale JS applications. This thing is fast. Seriously. I ran Chrome and Firefox 2 through the Sunspider benchmark, and Chrome came out on top, almost 10 times faster. Full details here: chrome-js
- On the downside, a new browser is always going to be distinctly lacking in extensions. I’m already missing the AdBlock Plus I’ve grown accustomed to on Firefox. However the browser is open-source so we’re likely to see these sorts of things appear in no time.
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
UPDATE (7th July 08): This issue has now been resolved 
There is currently some issue with WordPress permalinks preventing the uploads directory from showing up. It throws a lovely 403 error. I am working on getting this sorted, in the meantime there will be a number of externally linked files causing problems… Hopefully I won’t have to disable URL rewrites as they do look fantastic!
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Welcome to the NEW tom.net.nz!
Thursday, June 12th, 2008
This blog will be used for keeping track of all my projects in one place. Stay tuned for big changes in the coming weeks!
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