Google Chrome — Fast, but Unstable

I gave Google Chrome a quick spin. At least two problems came out:

  • Digest-based authentication isn’t handle correctly, the sent request does not include the query causing 400 Bad Request
  • Google Analytics will randomly crash the Flash plugin freezing the whole browser (with all the talk of isolated processes…)

On the immediate positive side it fixed my main pet peeve with Mozilla Prism — the inability to change font size, so I replaced the Prism shortcuts with Chrome applications. It is also really, really fast.

All in all it’s fast and cool, but needs lots more polish before massive adoption.

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  • http://www.InnovationGear.com Edwin | Mind Mapping Software for Windows

    I totally agree with you, I really like the fast speed but it’s really unstable!

  • http://readmystuff.wordpress.com MichaelL

    I fully agree, its lightning fast, but its barely stable enough to use, I am not used to a browser crashing at least 2-3 times an hour.

    I also don’t like that you have to type in the webpage address manually (or copy and paste) to get the site into shortcuts.

    Lastly no download progress might be clean and neat, but surely you should be able to see how long a download is going to take.

  • James

    Way too unstable.

    6 months later and still every second page brings up “Aw, snap”, or “Connection failed unexpectedly”.

    FAIL.

    Uninstalled.

  • hammy

    awww snap wayyyyyyyy too often i like the spped but i am abandoning it due to it crashing too much way too much

  • Mike

    Very unstable and at times inconsistent. Will offer to save some user names and passwords and not others!!! Can’t get the font sizes right even on Gmail!!! Would really like a menu bar please. I don’t really feel that I’m in control of this browser as I do with Firefox and Opera.

  • Stu

    very unstable, shockwave app crashing intermittently..

  • Stu

    very unstable, shockwave app crashing intermittently..

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  • http://bestwirelessheadphonesinfo.com/beyerdynamic-dt880/ Beyerdynamic DT880

    Actually it is really fast IMO…I had it already installed when I bought my new computer and tried it out. There are some bugs in it and I am used to firefox and I think I will continue with that for a while.

  • Igelineau

    Very fast, I like all about it, but… it’s unstable, and particularly it happened two times now : it freezes my computer entirely; playing a game is impossible because it lags too much, same thing with a video. Closing Chrome (after 1-2 min because it’s too slow) solves the problem. It’s disappointing, because it’s the most practical browser !

  • Nigel Denning

    Chrome is massively unstable.  Clicking on the “back” button, then on a new link on the prior page crashes it (bringing up the “Aw, Snap” dialogue) about three or four times in ten.  Clearly there is something wrong with the reinitialisation; if you do a reload on the prior page then try the link again you should be okay.

    However, for the time being, this browser is so unstable, I’ve uninstalled it and gone back to Firefox.  Even their v6 versions weren’t this bug-ridden and unstable!

  • http://www.zeroturnaround.com/ Toomas Römer

    Now I’m a Mac user and a lot of time has passed. Chrome is my fav browser and works like a charm. I feel that Firefox is the new IE, Chrome the new Firefox, Opera, well, I still don’t get Opera :)