Linux and Chrome, a shakey start
Mar 31
So last week I installed the βeta of Google Chrome for Linux, and yes I know it’s a “βeta” and can’t really start moaning but seriously, I’ve used hundreds of programs in βeta and have never found them to be so problematic. I currently use Chrome on Windows so I know it’s not an cross-platform problem. Chrome for Linux has serious problems. Even more so, the more I use it the worse it seems to get, it’s like it’s a rusty car slowly falling apart the more it’s used. A lot of the problems are actually encountered when entering Google sites like Gmail, Google Calendar, Chrome Extensions. Google uses certain bits of CSS which cut down image loading like the one shown to the right. It’s a good technique which I use myself quite often.
When i visit parts of Google where techniques like this are used instead of Chrome dealing with the CSS and seeing that only part of that image should be used, the whole image is used about 400 times on the page as different parts are used all over. Making the page a little hard to read.
The other main concern is that Both Google Mail and Calendar don’t load with Chrome. Calendar doesn’t even know what browser its being viewed in, and throws a message at the user explaining this, and Google mail gets all the way to 99% and decides that it doesn’t want to do anymore and freezes. Even the HTML version breaks. Why?!
Countless errors with pages only using the most basic of designs even seem to struggle, I wonder if this is just me or if others get the same problems. It’s a dying shame as Chrome for other OS’s is working well and has taken over the use of Firefox, a long running top browser for many years.
I currently run Linux on two desktops and one laptop, all seem to have these problems with Chrome. Let’s hope the wizz kids at Google get them fixed soon, else it’s back to Firefox.
Ok so my little rant is over, for now Firefox is back, but not for long.