started this in another chrome forum and was actually surprised by the results and discussion . might be able to get more of a discussion here . personally i've about had it with chrome and theming to the point i'm probably going to opt for one of the two:
1. make one last philadelphia eagles theme for myself and then shut down updates for chrome (if possible)
2. uninstall chrome and go back to the bloated firefox (chrome's original selling points seem to be fading) .

damn shame to because at one point, chrome was so theme modifying user friendly that really, anyone could make a theme . pretty much still can but what's the point when you have to wait around for specific files (btw, thanks for always doing that U_I) which google doesn't even release . furthermore, google doesn't seem to want to push any themes that aren't created by their themers (who should be all shot, imho...i'm looking at you, pencil scratch mark looking theme) .


son of a b**** ; just went over to the google theme page and saw all the new official google themes . you tell me they can't create an upload page for user made custom themes (ie. ff sandbox) ?

Some emotional content there, p.fil. It's all good, so...

1. Being a UK native I know that Philadelphia cream cheese is lovely on crackers, toast (yum), bagels, and smoked salmon (double yum). But trying to spread it on large birds of prey? Sheesh. Deep claw marks.

2. Firefox? Blah. Or Meh, as they say these days (yeah, I clicked an 'oldie' button in the age poll thread).

Chrome isn't meant to be a toy for those with some kind of hyperactive disorder. It's meant to be a fast, minimalist, functional browser which in the words of Google, "Gets out of your way so you can do what you want". So (and I may be going out on a limb here) the idea isn't to make it look like Firefox, your granny's underwear, or a Sinclair Spectrum. (Look it up; your granny may have worn underwear, and the Spectrum is not just a myth). I changed my Chrome to various new themes yesterday to see how they looked. All very pretty, but I reset to default after perhaps ten minutes of play.

Now, colour me weird, but what's the obsession with themes, buttons and other interface stuff? Is it, "I don't know what the hell I want to do online, so... I KNOW; I'll change the look of the browser!" Soon followed by, "Hmmm, those buttons are way normal. I KNOW; let's make them look like vaginas!" Cool. Job well done. But hang on, "There's nowhere to upload my vaginas theme and buttons to - I feel cheated!" Ah, life.

Without wishing to seem overly enthusiastic about sarcasm, I do wonder what many web fiends think a browser is. I mean, it's a tool, a software trifle which allows you to do things. Real things, if you can work out what the real things you want to do actually are. I mean, if you get bored with opening and closing files, do you decide to theme the Open/Save dialog..? Please.

Oh, almost forgot. What were the 'selling points' of Chrome as you saw them..?

wow .
spreading cream cheese on a large bird of prey = epic thought lol .
selling point of google = speed and ''we're not the big name product, we're for the people'' .
it took a while but one of the big ways pc games kept a product alive/spread the word was by encouraging and working with modders . it was/is free advertising . firefox picked up on that with their sandbox . chrome should do the same . it's been how many years and there's not even an official chrome forums ?

i like the browser, really do but anything that app that i've downloaded to my cpu, i want the option to modify it .

<quoty-part>Selling point of google = speed and ''we're not the big name product, we're for the people"</quoty-part>

By the people, for the people, of the people. (Or summat). No sheet? I have another leg that riiiiings when you pull it. But I guess I can only say what 'sold' Chrome to me, when it comes down to it.

Speed for sure; instant boot, plus quick to load and render pages. On top of that, redundancies made redundant; no stupid title bar wasting space (when you know what you're looking at anyway). No stupid menus when all you want are simple options in one place. A gorgeous element inspector so you can (ahem) inspect her. Plus let's-have-crashy-fun tab processes so it doesn't all die. Lots of window space, self-hiding status bar and such. And of course, being very fast. Oh, I said that.

Now the Che Guevara part. For the people? (Gag). Please tell me that was tongue in cheek before my tongue gets covered in my last meal... Any product these days, especially one created by a large corporation, is, "By the corporation, for the corporation, of the corporation". But the 'of the people' sentiment I can grasp, and I do actually think that Google are looking to make the whole web experience better. It may be a marketing ploy even so, but then we're not all sheep when it comes down to it. (Or at least, we don't have to be).

Again, sarcasm not included. You want the option to modify anything you use? Well, I like to mod and hack things too - always have, especially when something about an app is irritating and it's easy to change. But we can't change everything, and the ability to change everything isn't always a good thing. Chrome is so cool as it is, but to change any more than the visual impact (ie., graphic theme) would be to destroy Chrome. As I said in another thread, some fool has already made a theme to make Chrome look like Firefox. Whut?! Might as well hack a Mercedes SL to look like a delivery wagon.

I guess what I'm saying is yeah, modding is fun, and I've played great modded games. But a basic software tool like a browser is different. I may be wrong, but I think what the Google nerds are thinking is, "Let's make using the web so damned easy that what you're doing becomes the most important thing, and the tool you're doing it with becomes almost transparent".

I think there's a clue in the fact that their themes don't include buttons, window borders, tab styles, menus, etc., etc., ad nauseam. Thank god.

lol, lol and lol

I so agree with Michael3185, my only regret is that I did not wrote the replies he made...
But I guess it is due to my old age also (being 50)
The oddest thing: "I changed my Chrome to various new themes yesterday to see how they looked. All very pretty, but I reset to default after perhaps ten minutes of play."

Same here, I just do not get how all these people spend so much energy in modifying the aspect of the tool, almost ignoring its purpose...

And then the last remark, most real changes do not get achieved by .crx theming, nope, you have to change the .dll to do that. Only the caveat here is that Chrome is still in development, the themes become incompatible after each version change

Imagine all these people getting frustrated over and over because the browser changes in appearance every time there is a Dev version change... (I heard that some are Chromium addicted, that is a change every hour or so...)

re-lol

Same here, I just do not get how all these people spend so much energy in modifying the aspect of the tool...

because we can .

almost ignoring its purpose...

not sure of what you mean by this part .

Google created Chrome as a minimalistic window to look at the Internet.

The purpose is to look "through" the window and not "at" the window.

k, thanks for the explanation . i and many others still want to play ''dress-up'' with it .

Originally Posted by Luc VN

Google created Chrome as a minimalistic window to look at the Internet. The purpose is to look "through" the window and not "at" the window.

k, thanks for the explanation .i and many others still want to play ''dress-up'' with it.

You say it all Luc. The purpose of a browser is to look through the window, not at it. When the window becomes the most important thing then you've lost it.

personally I feel the same way with extensions....

does Chrome need extensions ?

I run Firefox with more than 30 of them and somehow I wonder whether Chrome will be bloated with them; after all I use Chrome for speed and not for the features