Windows 7 jump lists come to Chrome
Google Chrome fans who live on the edge and use the developer's build now get access to one of the best features in Windows 7. Browser jump-list access had previously been limited only to Internet Explorer, but Chrome version 3.0.197.11 supports it.
Jump lists in Windows 7 for Internet Explorer 8 (left) and Google Chrome 3.0.197.11 (right).
(Credit: Screenshot by Seth Rosenblatt/CNET)The jump list, accessible by right-clicking on the Chrome taskbar icon or by holding down the left mouse button and dragging, mimics the Internet Explorer jump list. What IE calls "Frequent", Chrome labels "Most Visited Sites", but both merely show your most frequently visited Web sites. Both lists of URLs are configurable, so you can remove sites from the list.
Below the frequency list is a short list of tasks. Chrome again copies IE here, offering a quick start link to open a new private browsing window. Where IE offers a link to open a new tab, though, Chrome curiously offers a link to open a new browsing window.
Google continues to lay the groundwork for the stable version of Chrome on other operating systems, too. Mac users of the dev build, which has been updated to version 3.0.197.12 for them, now get extensions enabled by default. Linux users, meanwhile, should no longer find Chrome crashing when reading their Gmail.
The developer's build of Chrome can be downloaded directly or enabled using the Chrome Channel Changer.
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Amen
http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/08/10/macs.faster.on.web/
How ignorant are u?
http://www.pcworld.com/zoom?id=168623&page=1&zoomIdx=1
IE 8 is faster on average than safari 4. Not to mention the OS X is horrible for multi-threading and the flash on macs cannot use the hardware as powerfully as in windows. oh wait, u must be one of those people who have never really used a PC and just got drawn into the apple propaganda.
Or I could be an IT professional with 13 years experience 40 hours per week all on the Windows platform. Ouch. Burn.
Sorry for making you look ignorant. MS is garbage. IE is garbage. But you sure can make a livin' off 'em!
Amen
Oh, and I can't tell from your link, but I think your test results are all on Windows. Sorry. Nice try.
Amen
I'm an IT Professional too. Only with 11 years experience 40 hours per week, but on Windows, Mac, and a few Linux platforms, not just Windows.
Have you ever actually ran an updated Windows machine vs. an updated Mac with the same specs on the same network? If you have and you still think MS or IE is garbage than you are basing it purely on opinion and no factual data. On every network, every computer, and every version I've worked on, IE runs faster than Safari on nearly every website. And Windows runs nearly every program faster and usually more efficiently, including Photoshop which everyone seems to think HAS to be run on a Mac for some reason. Not to mention thousands of programs are not compatible with Mac.
Most Linux systems we've ran can be competitive with Windows. And both Firefox and Chrome seem to run just as fast as IE. But Apple products always fall short and Macs cost too much to put up with all the headaches.
By the way... does putting "Amen" at the end of your posts mean you're also talking to God, or do you think it somehow makes you more credible?
Yeah. You're very credible. Except that I posted a link to a source to back up my claim. You are just paying lip service to hear yourself.
@Seaspray
Sticks and stones
Amen
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So much for the Apple tax. Burn. Thanks for playing!
Amen
http://www.dell.com/us/en/home/notebooks/laptop-studio-1555/pd.aspx?refid=laptop-studio-1555&s=dhs&cs=19
Now you can pick any apple laptop computer you wish to compare it against. Let me know, ok?
And yes, Macs do cost too much. Right now i'm on my Dell Optiplex, 2.99GHz, Windows Vista Ultimate, 2 19in HD Flat Panels, NVIDIA GeForce 7300, 120GB HDD, 2GB RAM for $785. And if I feel like changing/upgrading any of those specs, I have the option to do so and quite cheaply, unlike Macs.
"Burn."
You want a link? http://www.dell.com
Go build yourself a real computer.
Amen
I like Chrome for its speed. I've not tried the new FF 3.5 properly, though I use it for development (FireBug is essential).
Maybe a newer release of Chrome would work better.
Of course, the sites you are visiting could have something to do with that!
Putting user configurable bookmark into system menu was first done under Mac OS X by Safari (since system menu is much more accessible in the OS).
Nothing new really. But considering development of IE by MS (if the stagnation can be called a "development"), that's surely a huge advancement.
Innovate != Invent
http://arstechnica.com/apple/guides/2009/02/safari-4-focus-top-sites-browser-in-a-nutshell.ars
its like tope sites! but without the visual preview and update that make it useful!
brilliant!!!
"Jump list" is a feature of Windows 7 that's integrated into the Task Bar. It's not a browser-only function, although browsers like IE and Chrome can provide enhanced support for it (such as showing commonly used commands). But any app from your media players to Photoshop can show recent documents in their taskbar jump lists. Even Excel, Word, Outlook, etc, will have custom jump lists. No doubt even iTunes will support it in the future.
In any case, Microsoft previewed this functionality in an alpha build of Win7 almost a year ago, so it far pre-dates Safari 4.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/46974
To use:
1. Switch to the dev channel (http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel)
2. Launch chrome.exe with the --enable-user-scripts flag (add --enable-user-scripts to chrome's shortcut).
3. Create a directory called User Scripts in your user data directory
Windows XP: \Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default
Windows Vista: \Users\username\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default
4. Copy 46974.user.js to the script directory.
5. Restart Chrome, press Alt+B to choose ads to block, Alt+E to edit current blocks
Because ads... especially flash ads.. slow down your browser.
Unlike the Dock, Jump lists are user customizable. For example you can drag-and-drop files, documents, etc., into jump lists. You can "pin" items onto your lists too.
Also on the Mac the dock menu is only there for active applications, whereas Jump lists are available on both the task bar and via the Start menu.
That sound great. I've always liked the menu items from the dock... but always wished they were more flexible... you are limited to what the developer wants to put there. Now there is always "Services" in the Apple menu.. but, again, you are stuck with a limited amount of choices. There are plenty of 3'rd party addons to go crazy with... but this seems like something that should be build-in.
bananaphonerules,
No.. I hadn't..... since it's not really out yet. I'll look into them though.
Another question.. and these are little issues:
I fscking hate fact that you cant put powerpoint or excel documents side by side.. you can only do that with Word... has this changed?
Also.. If you have a dual monitor setup.. can you put a separate background picture on each monitor? It's irritating that XP only allows you to use the same picture on each monitor.
Thanks
Out of those three...
Peek seems useful... but also seems like it's a bit over the top for a simple request. Wouldn't it take up a lot of resources to instantly make all the windows transparent? Why not just move them out of the way.. or just make them disappear (like XP)?
Shake is just ridiculous.. seriously.. I have to shake my mouse? WTH.. what do I do on a laptop?
I don't understand why they can't just come up with a simple solution.
I've made the same point.. but as mbenedict pointed out .. the jump menu is more flexible. While you can create custom "Start Menus" in the dock by putting shortcuts in a folder.. and then placing that folder in the Dock.. and Mac apps have right click menus.. you cannot modify the application right click menus in the Mac dock.
I'm sure the new Window's taskbar and the Mac dock will shine in their own ways. Anything is an improvement from the XP taskbar... and the Mac dock is getting pretty stagnant.... lets hope Snow Leopard adds a little more functionality.
im using RC,
i have chrome 3.0.197.11 but jump lists are not appearing in the taskbar..
any ways to fix it?
Chrome taking advantage of more of what 7 has built into it could make me switch, but Chrome's UI isn't appealing, and Firefox is just plain monsterous.
I prefer Microsoft for a lot of products, but browsing the internet...they still haven't figured it out. (To their defense, I wonder if it's not IE's fault, but bad web site developers...)
the fact that you say it crashes a lot seems out of place to me.....
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