Best Google Chrome alternative?

Google Chrome's updates are driving me a bit batty. It seems they have release after release and I never get to see what the release notes are and usually there's a bug or two. Anymore every time I open Google Chrome it looks like a whole new browser with buttons disappeared and new configuration options. It gets frustrating although I still love the speed.

What is the best Chrome option? Chrome Plus? SRware Iron? Something else? A portable version? ChromePlus web site/contact info looked a little fishy, Iron seemed too slow to update, I still cannot find the open source Chromium browser people talk about that Google Chrome is based on.

I need a Chrome based browser that gives the option to update, has regular updates but not so frequent that they come out everyday. I also need one that I can import all my current Google Chrome bookmarks.

Any suggestions.

 

I would go for SRWare IRON ... And i also suggest you the same..

 

I've only just started using Iron and from what I understand it's come a long way in the last year or so. The updates are more regular than they used to be (maybe still a bit slow in this respect) but overall I think it's a polished browser. It seems to avoid some of the privacy issues inherent in Google Chrome if that sort of thing bothers you.

Not sure where you can find the open source Chromium repository but I can guarantee folks will be along to let you know its location as well as giving more detailed info than I can.

Give Iron a try. It's pretty good. Now there's a catchline

 

You can turn off the google updater and use Chrome as long as you wish without having to update.

Sul.

 

Compliments of Eice
http://build.chromium.org/buildbot/snapshots/chromium-rel-xp/?C=M;O=D

Sul.

 

http://build.chromium.org/buildbot/snapshots/

 

But these snapshots are mixed, gem n stones together in them!!

 

It doesn't sound like you're using the Stable build. It doesn't update that often. Are you sure you're not using a beta, dev, or canary build?

As for Chromium, you probably don't want to use that if you're afraid of bugs. Chromium is essentially a nightly of Chrome.

 

Use Iron!

 

I'm most tempted to give Iron another shot. I see the download says-
> Download < (Installer for XP,Vista)

does this run fine in windows 7? (32 bit)

 

Avinash,

Can you post the user agent string that Iron reports?

 

My gripe with Google Chrome is that there is no way whereby the user can configure the maximum size of Chrome's cache. As long as I continue surfing, Chrome's cache just keeps on growing & growing. For example, after just ~2 hours of surfing, CCleaner cleaned out more than 160MB of cache from Chrome!

QUESTION: Does Iron enable the user to set the maximum size of the cache? Does Chrome+?

 

yes!

 

You know, for some reason (laziness), I've never given Iron a try. How is the start-up (launch) time? Is it pretty snappy overall as well? I may have to spend my day off playing with this.

 

Quick - and opens in less than 2 seconds on my machine!.

 

Iron

Add new tab behavior, WOT, SiteAdvisor for Chrome extentions and start up with --safe-plugins switch and you are ready to roll (on all our PC's les than 2 secs cold, less than 1 sec repeat start ups)

 

So.... does Iron enable the user to set maximum cache size?

 

All switches for Chrome work also for iron

But I thought you did not like Chrome?

 

Which means that Iron also does not enable configuration of cache size.

I do not like the facts that Chrome:

- gives no option for where I want it installed

- does not enable setting cache size

I like Chrome' speed, but Chrome+ attains equal speed with much greater configurability. Here are screenies showing just a couple of MANY possible examples of Chrome+'s greater configurability. . .





Also, Chrome+ can be installed wherever the user desires.

 

Put it wherever you want and no install/admin rights required

Iron Portable - http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron_download.php

 

screw google chrome, run opera sandboxed

 

Anything you say! Whatever.

 

Why not post sandboxed?

 

OT & crude.

 

You can install Google Chrome to %PROGRAMFILES%, either by installing the so-to-speak classic installer with the following command line switch:

<path where the installer is, including the installer> /systemlevel

Or, you can install using Google Chrome enterprise installer, which will ask where to install, if I well remember.