Its kinda funny to act like that when for most of you, Google brings in most of your traffic...

Would you like it if Google banned your site from its search results? If it didn't allow gmail users to register on your site using their email?
That would be quite fair...

I guess if your a lazy styler like myself and hates styling then this type of hack is a godsend. Could you possibly intergrate a block IE feature? lol

You could then put a warning at the top or a warning intro page but still let them browse the site. This is what I'm going to do (the intro page) with IE6- and my new design for my site, as its a CSS-driven layout and I don't want to spend one week fixing crappy IE6's bugs :p I'll even put up propaganda-articles about why should they switch/upgrade and what browser should they choose, written with the n00b in mind :p :p (everyone who wants a translation pm me, lets heal the internet from the plague called IE6 :D) edit: Or should I release this as a hack? :idea:

But IE6 is OLD, so I can justify such movements. But come on...Chrome? It has a great rendering engine, an awsome Javascript engine that's faster than anything else I've seen... Why would someone block it? Then the user that gets the block will probably re-visit using IE...IE6 sometimes... Do we want that?

here is for you hahaha :D

I'm a big fan of google, My remark is purely made as a joke. I think the browser has great potential though from a stylers perspective I can see the benefits from this script. That said, All my uptodate styles look flawless in chrome I actually like the browser but i like being lazy more. :)

Personally, I wouldn't use the script but I'm tempted in using hasaans little gem. :up::D

I think everybody should decide on his own if he wants/needs this or not.

Remember there are even sites around in the internet that are not to be found via Google and still want to be "hidden" like they where before.
They will love this AddOn ;)


This was jsut a quick release, nothing more - use it or not ...

Bad modification. Not very useful.

Oh noes they will see ur pr0nz!

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2008/09/12.gif

Anyways, dont think this is necessary. Google has always been doing this, so has all those social bookmarking places (I dont see anyone jumping to block THEM tho) and MSN type programs and Facebook/My space. If you arent researching how to make a bomb or looking at illegal Malaysian jackfruit porn, I dont see why it matters much.

Chrome is a security nightmare, indexes your bank accounts
http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/39176/108/

Thank-you; I will only delete this mod if the browser is out of beta (security reasons) and nominated =)

What a useless mod.

I dont think this is a useless Mod, as Mr ZeroPage says you dont have to use it!


These attempts to stop Chrome do remind me of the story of King Canute though ;)

Thank you..Installed

Thank you Installed on all my forums

This is more than enough reason to install your mod. However, I would not put it past Google to punish sites that block their browser.And without Google search, there's little influx of new members.

The EULA isn't that bad anymore. Google admitted that their legal department just copy-pasted it from other Google products. This par:
has been changed and is valid for all the Chrome users even if you downloaded before the EULA was changed.

perhaps we can block the IE 8 beta 2.. not the google chrome

WTH? Is this mod coming out of China? wow

Check these and see if you still think Chrome is so wonderful..........

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives...gle_chrome.php

http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/39176/108/

...No?

Okay, so I've installed this script on the offchance that the path taken by google makes my life difficult when it comes to styling for their browser. I style alot, I don't like styling, I like chrome but I'd love to work less (as stated) if chrome in the future prooves to be a pain to style for which is the reason I'm using this modification. :D

Thanks for the contribution Marcel.

Installed.

Oh why was that then?

I like Google Chrome its a damned site faster than Firefox

I am not concerned about the privacy issues - should I be? If so why?

At first they used the browser to better build their search engine, however since then things have changed.

I think some of you should just unplug your computer.

Seriously. Every browser can and does have the capability to collect things and 'phone home' without your knowledge. It's called being paranoid. It's not like they are collecting your personal information and reporting it to credit agencies, the FBI, and god knows who else. Personally, I have no problems with any browser that visits my forum.

It still is a security nightmare.... :(

It is not your forum you have to worry about, it is what they take from your PC , if you are happy with a browser that will index your bank account and transmit its contents then carry on.

It will be faster while it has less features and zero plugins and yes you should be worried about privacy.

Wow, people need to take the time to do their OWN research and not just believe what they hear. It's been mentioned in the news as well as in this thread that the EULA was a copy / paste screw up that they've since fixed.

As for the indexing, has anyone PROVEN that Google has access to this information? Or is it just localized to your computer?

I hate Chrome :D

Thank you very much for this mod :) Need one for IE5 and IE6 as well. Saw the link for someone with IE6 what about IE5? Some companies lock business computers with IE5 and really would like to deny them access.

Thanks for the MOD
Installed

Just installed and got this:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ']', expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in /home/davidkey/public_html/includes/init.php(293) : eval()'d code on line 8

When i try and access my admin CP - PLEASE HELP ME

Also whenever i try and access a thread

This is just hilarious. Even if you abhor the browser and want nothing to do with it, why would you block traffic to your site by using this? It's amazing that any of you have any measure of success with your sites at all.

What the OP is doing here is nothing short of delivering disinformation about what is otherwise a great addition to the "browser wars". Fear-mongering, short-sighted and laughable. Before you have a tin-foil-hatgasm, look into it for yourself rather than letting some random article or uneducated mental midget tell you what to think.

Is everyone really that terrified of a browser that reports 2 percent of it's usage statistics, if you have the option for it to do so turned on? Seriously. Doesn't Firefox have this exact same option?

As far as blocking it for rendering/style reasons... It's WebKit. Same thing they use in Safari... So unless you're blocking all the Safari users too, I don't see the point. I have an idea... Check and see for yourself. Everything looks fine. This isn't Internet Explorer 5.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/...-terms-of.html

ok i fixed it by removing the

? eval : false

from the line <--- now uninstalled for take 2 :)

ok got this error on re-install

Fatal error: Call to undefined function ral_canclose() in /home/davidkey/public_html/forumdisplay.php(955) : eval()'d code on line 85

After 2 "different" errors i think its not worth it <--- even just to see if it worked (like i always do)

Thanks anyway

great this has screwed my forums completly

I now get this EVEN AFTER IT IS UNINSTALLED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fatal error: Call to undefined function ral_canclose() in /home/davidkey/public_html/showthread.php(375) : eval()'d code on line 130

You think Google is a problem ???

Wow, just WOW!

Installs: 29 <--- people that dont know any better. Why would you want to block any traffic to your site? Google spiders get all the information about your site, so I dont see how this mods adds any value.

If you are paranoid about privacy and you think the browser is the issue, you really should be creating a mod to block Internet Explorer created by the spy king Microsoft. Even so, privacy issues are based on what you choose to use as your browser, not what is visiting your site.

Good luck with this.

What is it with you people thinking that people who choose (well within their right) to block chrome are worried about privacy issues. There's other reasons why people will choose to install this script (which I've stated in this post).

I for one don't care to style for yet another browser so that is my reason for the installation of this script. Like the author stated "use it, don't use it" it's your choice. So rather than repeating what everyone been typing and being presumptuous, there are other reasons why people choose to install this hack.

I'm lazy, hate styling so my choice is justified in my books. :rolleyes:

How exactly does Chrome render differently from Safari? They use the same rendering engine - WebKit. Do you block Safari/Mac users as well?

You're well within your right to not make any sense whatsoever; I just wish someone could explain exactly WHY blocking access to a site based on truly bogus "style issue" reasons makes sense to them.

Even if there are style issues (and there really aren't any based on the hundereds of forums I've already visited), how does giving someone a big "YOU CAN'T COME HERE" message make any more sense than letting your site look funny, have the user assume it's their browser and switch on their own accord if THEY choose to do so?

The lack of logic presented here is flabbergasting.