# Why does the world need another browser? (Chrome) **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [September 2, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-world-need-another-browser-chrome/461731 "2008-09-02T18:52:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![slaphead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@slaphead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slaphead)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-world-need-another-browser-chrome/461731/61 "2008-09-05T16:03:28Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > The publicity materials were sent out what, a day or two early? The EULA’s not quite that last minute, and if they really weren’t ready, they wouldn’t have shipped it. I don’t spend enough time googlewatching to know what the timescales were - it may have been a day, a week, a month or a year. But given how sloppy Google can sometimes be, and how quickly they changed it, I buy the “Incompetent” rather than “malicious” explanation. ---
**Author:** ![Molotok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Molotok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molotok)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-world-need-another-browser-chrome/461731/62 "2011-09-04T07:58:42Z")
I just started using Google Chrome, and it works better than FF or IE for me, except it spellchecks everything. Does anyone know how to turn spellcheck on/off in Google Chrome? ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Morgan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc8723/32.png) [@Captain\_Morgan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Morgan)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-world-need-another-browser-chrome/461731/63 "2011-09-04T11:30:51Z")
Damn this thread is 3 years old. Anyways to disable right-click in an area where you can type and go to language settings and there’s a option to disable. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-world-need-another-browser-chrome/461731/64 "2011-09-04T11:37:05Z")
> [@Captain\_Morgan](#): > > Anyways to disable right-click in an area where you can type and go to language settings and there’s a option to disable. No such option in the right-click menu in my version of Chrome. But there is “spell-checker options,” which leads to “language settings,” which leads to the option you mention. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Morgan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc8723/32.png) [@Captain\_Morgan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Morgan)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-world-need-another-browser-chrome/461731/65 "2011-09-04T11:57:38Z")
Since he asked about spell-check, “spell-check options” is pretty obvious place to go. ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-world-need-another-browser-chrome/461731/66 "2011-09-05T00:18:34Z")
Man, reading this skepticism is fascinating in retrospect. I remember being skeptical of Chrome myself when it launched; now it’s all I’ll (voluntarily) use. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-world-need-another-browser-chrome/461731/67 "2011-09-05T06:42:46Z")
I’ve been favoring Chrome since roughly when this thread started, though I use Firefox as well. There are things about Firefox I like better, but Chrome has a pleasing interface with, ironically, minimal “chrome.” I’ve gotten used to its minimal presentation. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-world-need-another-browser-chrome/461731/68 "2011-09-07T04:00:45Z")
> [@Cosmic Relief](#): > > [Google to release Chrome browser](http://techland.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/09/02/google-bets-on-a-browser/) > > :rolleyes: > > Seriously, why? How many different use cases can there be for browsing? Well, so far - it’s faster and easy to use. I switched to it about two weeks ago and I’m likin’ it a lot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-world-need-another-browser-chrome/461731.md?page=3)