m4ttm4son Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 Interesting. I wonder if any of the website information goes to improving the search engine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser647 Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 There's also the issue of Google storing your information, something else which doesn't please me a whole lot aswell..."The auto-suggest feature of Google's new Chrome browser does more than just help users get where they are going. It will also give Google a wealth of information on what people are doing on the Internet besides searching. Provided that users leave Chrome's auto-suggest feature on and have Google as their default search provider, Google will have access to any keystrokes that are typed into the browser's Omnibox, even before a user hits enter. What's more, Google has every intention of retaining some of that data even after it provides the promised suggestions. A Google representative told CNET News that the company plans to store about 2 percent of that data--and plans to store it along with the Internet Protocol address of the computer that typed it. In theory, that means that if one were to type the address of a site--even if they decide not to hit enter--they could leave incriminating evidence on Google's servers." Full details here. That is one reason why I haven't bothered looking into the new browser. Why do they need un-entered information? We all run Spy-Bot stuff to remove programs like that! They are data miners. Besides all thos pron address I type in, and obviously DON'T go too....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BURTON Posted September 6, 2008 Report Share Posted September 6, 2008 I have been using it for a few days now. Seems pretty good, I do have 2 gripes 1 - On the laptop I use I can scroll down but not back up. 2 - No home page icon - I know I can just search in the toolbar but nice to have it none the less. I like the incognito option for a browser window. So far not too bad.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m4ttm4son Posted September 8, 2008 Report Share Posted September 8, 2008 You can put the homepage button in to the toolbar. I don't know how I did it, but I have it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobK Posted September 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 There's an option under Chrome options > Basics tab for "show home button on the toolbar". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser647 Posted September 11, 2008 Report Share Posted September 11, 2008 Pressure from the EU on Google to delete stored user data......... BBC NEWS | Technology | Google to dump user data earlier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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