Google Chrome

[Leo Mauler]

--- On Fri, 9/5/08, Christofer C. Bell <christofer.c.bell at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 9:27 AM, Monty J. Harder
> <mjharder at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > You're talking about a complete re-factoring of
> > how browsers work.  That's
> > not to say that it's a bad idea, just that
> > it's a non-trivial effort, which
> > might make things much slower
> 
> I realize you're being polite, but I will say that
> it's a bad idea.  I don't mind if the browser has 
> some window that tells me which PID is looking at 
> which page, but I don't want what I'm looking at 
> to show up in a ps(1) listing.  While I'm sure that 
> the "average case" is a single user machine sitting 
> on someone's desk as their workstation, that's not 
> the case for everyone.  People in computer labs, 
> offices, and even at home can and do have multiple 
> accounts on their machines that can be accessed by 
> others at any time.  I don't think they'd be 
> appreciative of their browser coughing up what 
> they're viewing with a simple ps(1).

So in other words it sucks for employees, but its great for employers who want to know exactly what their employees are doing with their Internet?

Sounds like what you don't like about Chrome could be a selling point for managers and instructors.