Thanks Google
<u>Now</u> will you stop distributing Chrome like it was Malware? You know: the pre-ticked install of unwanted, itrrelevant and unwanted software that you get with things like Adobe reader, Flash player, Java and other updates.
Google has equipped its experimental "Canary" distribution of the Chrome web browser with a malware-spotting capability to protect users from malicious downloads. The security upgrade was announced by Google on Thursday and means the browser will scan downloaded executable files for the presence of viruses and Trojans, and …
If Google are scanning for malware, are they also scanning the download to determine more information about you? Do they do so when you are logged in to a website? Do they promise not to refer to information gained in such a way if, for example, you go for a job interview at Google?
Until there very clear answers to each of these questions, I won't be touching Chrome with the proverbial barge-pole. So that means I won't be touching Chrome, probably ever.
So now we can add 'not being able to download things' to:
Not being able to select text very quickly.
Not being able to scroll pages with flash / JS very quickly
Have pages playing flash video, eg Youtube, stutter when other flash or HTML5 pages are loaded
Have volume controls behave weirdly in Youtube (eg, always start muted or unable to change volume)
It worked really well ~v11/12 now it's as bloaty and shit as IE, but slower in many cases. I suppose the built in roaming bookmarks are a good idea.... unless Google use them for analytics of course (do they, do you think?) Fresh installs work for a few days...