WindowBlinds and Google Chrome

from JoeUser Forums

The bad news is that Google's recently released web browser, Google Chrome doesn't play well with WindowBlinds. It works but it's visually messed up looking.

The good news is that we have it it working internally but are working through some remaining issues. 

I love the new browser though I'm not sure I'm in love with their coding implementation. ;)

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The upcoming WindowBlinds 6.3 will support Google Chrome. Right now, changing skins while it's loaded still has to be dealt with and some skins naturally look funky since effectively the Google Chrome non-client area is huge.

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Brads issue with changing skins turned out to be a per app setting - right now google chrome does not support per app skins.  We will see about addressing that in the future.

To make a skin look best it should have the Glass versions of the Per Pixel frames defined as Diamond does.

The build Brad is running is up as a beta on Impulse / SDC for ObjectDesktop / WindowBlinds customers.  Set show pre releases to see it.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Indeed.

I must admit, I really like this browser even with some of its glitches and incompatibilities

Multiplicity - Control multiple PCs using one keyboard and mouse
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I must admit, I really like this browser even with some of its glitches and incompatibilities
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I'm 'sort of' liking it, too...;)

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Jafo is using a Google product!!

It's the end times!!!  8C

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Neil, reply 4
I like dragging the tabs around.
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I do that with Firefox.

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Bebi, reply 6
Quoting Neil Banfield, reply 4I like dragging the tabs around.
I do that with Firefox.
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They don't go 'whee' in Firefox though, you just get an arrow :(

 

Looking great! :CONGRAT:

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

when trying to comment on work with Google Chrome the textbox does not appear instead it posts an empty message. im not sure whether this problem is due to Google Chrome itself or whether its something Wincustomize should fix but i think it will be a good idea to look into it.

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I do that with Firefox.
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Dragging tabs in Chrome works differently.  In Firefox you can move them in order on the window.  In Chrome, you can tear away the tab and make it a stand-alone window.  Very handy.

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Dragging tabs in Chrome works differently. In Firefox you can move them in order on the window. In Chrome, you can tear away the tab and make it a stand-alone window. Very handy.
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Yeah. More like the way you've been able to do it in Opera for awhile.  ;)

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Downloaded the latest beta, but I still can't see the tab bar in Google Chrome. When I add Chrome.exe to the exclusions list, I get a black titlebar instead of the tabbar as well.

What settings are needed to get this working?

EDIT: Grr, apparently Impulse failed to completely update WB when I told it to - even though it asked me to reboot. Loaded Impulse and there was a "paused" download for WB..... grr. Trying again, maybe it will work now.

Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top

And Safari.

Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Finally gave it a try, and well...I do like some of the features but (and I know it is only beta) it is not enough to take me away from FF. Maybe time will tell.

Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top

You should not set an exclusion for google chrome.

Reply #16 from JoeUser Forums Top

i am now using it in conjunction with FF... chrome can't open a vertical tab with all my bookmarks for easy browsing (say, I want to go through my webcomic directory, 1376 entries... click on it in the toolbar and then scrolling down to the one i one is not gonna cut it, I need a SOLID mini page with it.

On the other hand, I have a Q6600 quad core overclocked to 3ghz (and undervolted! slightly) and chrome's multiple threads actually make good use of it. Oh I noticed a good speedup in firefox when I moved from my 3.6ghz E8400 to this... but chrome is unbeleiveably faster to start (I have both FF and chrome set to reopen with all previous open tabs and windows. Which means I can literally have them loading hundreds of pages when they start)

It needs work, but they already solved the flash media not working bug.