Comments on: Chrome Plus Review | Why to Avoid Google ChromePlus Browser

By: Be Original

Be Original — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 03:39:20 +0000

People behind chorme plus should think original and get their own browser instead of copying Google’s most shining product.

By: Mirko

Mirko — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:36:15 +0000

I am a system administrator for more than 30 years, before PC era. I will retire
soon. I have experience with all kinds of users and I can say only this:
Browser security is not enough. You should have a well configured firewall,
antivirus (at least two of them), a good port blocker, and also the hardware
firewall properly configured in your ADSL router or cable adaptor (modem).
Even all that will not protect you if you cannot resist the dancing pigs (nice
Web contents that will make you disable all protection to get it, and then
you will accept a malware).
Please excuse my bad English, I know it should be better.

By: stfuplease

stfuplease — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:55:49 +0000

First and foremost, most of you seem not only willing, but determined to attack the OP for not doing _his_ research but don’t care enough to actually do your own. As of writing, the current version of ChromePlus is 1.6.3.0 which is based off of Chromium 12.0.742.122 [1] – which was released on July 12th, 2011. [2]

However, the current version of Chromium is 13.0.782.220 which was released Sept 3rd, 2011. [3]. A couple days behind is one thing, but ChromePlus is almost 60 days behind at this point. To further that point, take a look at the security updates during that period (_any_ security mailing list or full-disclosure site), and you’ll see how big of a problem even a week behind actually is.

In closing, the majority of the people in this post are absolutely clueless and are basing their opinions off of things that others have said, how many of you did any research of your own on this? The OP is correct: privacy aside (as it should be, because application security was the point: NOT privacy) – Google’s product is significantly more likely to be secure than two nobody’s whose focus is NOT primarily on their browser (which can be noted by the lag in updates, the changes to their domain over the last year, and so on). Regarding actual privacy comments: unless you’ve analyzed every line of code powering ChromePlus, you zero credibility to claim that your private information is more secure or more respected.

In response to the guy who claims that Chrome has viruses/malware/spyware embedded into it – how stupid are you? You remember when the PSN got hacked, right? You remember that they had to testify before congress because the number of users who were effected, right? Now consider the number of people who use chrome and the private information that passes through it on a daily basis.

Above all, perhaps _one_ person in this post knew what he was talking about (OP aside) but the rest of you oughta read a book or subscribe to bugtraq. You’ll quickly learn just what he’s talking about.

And as a side note – are the developers of ChromePlus offering thousands of dollars to anyone who can find holes in their software? No? Funny, because Google is [4].

[1]: chromeplus.org/version.php?hl=en&os=win&version=1.6.3.0
[2]: googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/07/beta-and-stable-channel-update.html
[3]: googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/09/stable-channel-update.html
[4]: http://www.google.com/about/corporate/company/security.html#section-reporting-issues

By: Kila

Kila — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 06:10:48 +0000

i think you have been paid by google to back up google chrome..sucks..

By: Michael A. Foresto

Michael A. Foresto — Sat, 14 May 2011 15:43:37 +0000

I have been using ChromePlus for several years and the question raised about browser security is pointless. ChromePlus is built upon nearly identical source codes with the major difference being that Chromium for non-Google builds does not automatically update when a new version of Chromium is released. This is of nominal concern as the developers of ChromePlus and SRWare Iron begin developing the next version of their browser as soon as the Chromium update is released. Since it is an open source project, it behooves Google to release it ASAP and by comparing the release dates of the browsers, I can only see a one or two week lag. As far as I’m concerned, the browser security is top notch and all I’m awaiting at this point is a 64-bit browser, but they can stall that until Adobe releases a 64-bit version of Flash.

By: Tom Parkes

Tom Parkes — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 10:38:33 +0000

Chrome is r eally teeing me off at the moment with Shockwave Flah crashing ..
#
Tried everying I can find to fix it .. would switch to another browser but I use several computers, and Chrome allows me to access my bookmarks by signing on ..

does any other browser have that facility?

By: Mo

Mo — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:08:54 +0000

Try IE? did you just say try IE?…….. HAHAHAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA
IE is not a browser, it’s a browser downloader.

By: fanboy01

fanboy01 — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 09:54:17 +0000

pheldespat makes some good points too.

Oh, and this is a very interesting read.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/219384/10_ways_google_is_the_new_microsoft.html

By: fanboy01

fanboy01 — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 09:49:42 +0000

Tim, you couldn’t have said it better than myself. The privacy issues behind Chrome is the reason why I decided to use Chromeplus (and Srware Iron as a backup) instead of Chrome itself.

Chromeplus was okay at first but I found it to be too slow so I use Iron now.

Oh, and @De Vio,

Chromeplus does not have any malware in it. It’s probably a false positive.

By: Q

Sun, 23 Jan 2011 08:14:10 +0000

I have used Google Chrome as well as Chromium and I have tried ChromePlus. I don’t like the fact that Google pretty much sells your data but their business is advertising so that’s what they do. I also don’t like the fact that Google Chrome seems to use way more system resources than it’s open source counterparts. Some if not most of the add ons that are included within ChromePlus, you can add on to Chromium so really, what’s the point?? I use Firefox and Chromium and I’m happy with that (especially because it’s open source) I wish that there was an Android browser (that’s open source too). In my personal opinion, it seems like when a big company gets a hold of something like a browser, they mess it up. So with that, ChromePlus LOOKS GOOD but I’ll stick with the original and that’s Chromium. Thanks for reading and thanks for your opinions about ChromePlus.