It is good. It's very quick, as others have said. I resisted moving over to it for work

'cos the Developer Tools weren't very good, and I rely heavily on Firebug in Firefox. But I'm told that in newer version of Chrome the native Dev Tools are just as good as Firebug. So I might try it out when I have the luxury of a simple dev task and a generous deadline.

Posted By: Arizona Bay on May 12th 2011 at 10:10:14

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wrothpens - are these gonna be any good? (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 12, 09:35:19
- In my experience, be a late adopter. Early adopters drive the technology, but (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, May 12, 11:04:22
- I can remember using a device like that 30 years ago - they were called "dumb terminals" (General Chat) - CB41, May 12, 09:54:00
  - The model remains sound. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 12, 09:57:41
    - In the 30 years I've been around computers as a hobby or a job, the model has (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, May 12, 11:01:32
  - You're not actually far off (n/m) (General Chat) - Johnny Comecardiff, May 12, 09:54:38
    - I know ;-). BTW, does any one here use Google Chrome? Is it any good (General Chat) - CB41, May 12, 09:56:06
      - Do you mean the browser or the operating system (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, May 12, 11:04:46
        
        ?? I personally think they've confused even themselves with Chrome and Android (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, May 12, 11:05:02
      - highly recommended - use it everywhere (n/m) (General Chat) - Karnivore, May 12, 10:41:34
      - It is good. It's very quick, as others have said. I resisted moving over to it for work (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 12, 10:10:14
        
        I would use it as first choice, IF I could work out how to reduce that ridiculous top (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, May 12, 11:08:46
      - if they did Echofon for it i would probably make the switch from Firefox (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 12, 10:06:31
      - I use it (General Chat) - scruffy, May 12, 10:06:12
      - I do a bit, at home. Seems quick (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, May 12, 10:04:28
- they could be excellent (General Chat) - scruffy, May 12, 09:51:07
  - They might be the future, but we're a little bit lacking in infrastructure yet (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 12, 09:56:11
    - Hmm (General Chat) - scruffy, May 12, 11:10:47
    - Re: come on: there should be a cost of stupidity (General Chat) - Johnny Comecardiff, May 12, 10:00:25
      - That's only if you get caught though. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 12, 10:12:34
        
        AB (General Chat) - Johnny Comecardiff, May 12, 10:15:59
- Well, important to note that those aren't laptops as you currently think of them. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 12, 09:48:38
- You could have one now. (General Chat) - Johnny Comecardiff, May 12, 09:46:42
- Try running everything you need in the Chrome web browser (General Chat) - Ben, May 12, 09:43:09

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