Comments on: Google goes Chrome http://enterprise2blog.com/2008/09/google-goes-chrome/ Enterprise 2.0 Blog Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:50:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: David http://enterprise2blog.com/2008/09/google-goes-chrome/comment-page-1/#comment-1281 David Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:11:59 +0000 http://www.enterprise2blog.com/2008/09/google-goes-chrome/#comment-1281 I recently noticed that Chrome makes it very hard to use pop-up browsers on a site. The new popup moves it way to the bottom of the screen in a minimized format and requires a few clicks to maximize. Took me a while to even see that it had been acknowledged. The pop-up has been abused by SPAM, but there are still sites and applications that require a secondary browser in order to support various tasks. There is no means to "allow popups for this site" as other browsers have done - unless the site is integrated within the Google Gears infrastructure. I found this forced behavior interesting. Does this mean that their intention is to re-invent the way that sites build out and especially for any pop-up tasks? I will say that I have made Chrome my default (for now) - more because of the curiosity factor, and because they really do focus your attention on the content and less on the frame in which it is delivered. I recently noticed that Chrome makes it very hard to use pop-up browsers on a site. The new popup moves it way to the bottom of the screen in a minimized format and requires a few clicks to maximize. Took me a while to even see that it had been acknowledged.

The pop-up has been abused by SPAM, but there are still sites and applications that require a secondary browser in order to support various tasks. There is no means to “allow popups for this site” as other browsers have done - unless the site is integrated within the Google Gears infrastructure.

I found this forced behavior interesting. Does this mean that their intention is to re-invent the way that sites build out and especially for any pop-up tasks?

I will say that I have made Chrome my default (for now) - more because of the curiosity factor, and because they really do focus your attention on the content and less on the frame in which it is delivered.

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