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Thumbs up Chrome (beta) For ICS Released

https://market.android.com/details?i...e&rdot=1&pli=1

I'll try it out tonight when I get home.
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Could someone check if extensions work? That would be awesome. (I'm still on 3.2 because I have TF101.)

edit: and how Google Docs work.
 
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Not available in Ireland (Europe?) yet unfortunately!
 
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Finally. Really hope that this will be a good browser that can take advantage of the hardware.
Was a little disappointed in how Primes browser speed and stability was with the stock browser.

Here the apk for us that don't live in the "right" country for the beta.

http://www.mediafire.com/?3xaxwd2xrn0rkgr

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It is a Beta, so it's pretty unstable, from what I've seen so far. Also, there is no way that I can see to change to use agent to Desktop, which is pretty annoying.
 
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Yeah, I wish there was a way to access the desktop version of pages. Either way I have been waiting for this since I switched to android. Yes its beta but I can't wait to see where Google takes this. Sucks I can't get it on my Skyrocket where mobile view would be better suited.

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Ok, I installed it and here are my first impressions:

Good
- Bookmarks and stuff are synced at first-run
- URL bar is QUICK at giving search results and URL results.
- Switching tabs is instantaneous
- When there's lots of links close together and you try and touch one, it'll pop-up a zoomed window so you can accurately tap the right link. Cool! (tried it on news.bbc.co.uk)

Bad
- Pages don't load super quick and panning while loading is jittery
-- Once they're loaded is pleasurably smooth.
---Sometimes when panning heavier pages (like engadget.com) it will take a couple seconds to load tiles, so you'll have white parts of page.
- No way to set User Agent (at least not from my few minutes of poking around)
- Can't play flash videos (tried on news.bbc.co.uk)

That's what I got so far. Gotta get back to work!
 
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Someone try about:debug in the address bar and see if any additional options show up, just like in the stock browser.
 
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Someone try about:debug in the address bar and see if any additional options show up, just like in the stock browser.
I tried it, it keeps rerouting me to chrome://debug/, and then saying "this webpage is not available.
 
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Won't use as default until someone discovers how to change the User agent, which I'm sure won't take long. Maybe Chrome Browser + will be released by the guy who made the ICS + browser? However, I love the tab interface, and it has been running very smooth for me thus far. It is indeed faster than the stock browser. At first scrolling can bug and make everything on the screen disappear, but eventually it scrolls very smoothly and fast. is silky smooth and hasn't been jittery or freezing for me yet, and omnibar is fast to populate.

Definitely a huge improvement! Love it!