@DavinClytias: If you don't trust Google on handling your browsing information, you can always use Chromium: [build.chromium.org]

@YosefLevi: It performs faster because it takes up more RAM, actually.

@5m0k3: Google Gears is no more. It's never going to work outside Windows - because Google will use HTML5 instead.

My main gripe with Chrome is window/tab management. Seriously, Google? FIVE versions later and I can't select more than one tab at a time? There's no window manager like in Opera, no easy way to close only a few tabs, it's the same old mess since the first version. Also, those squeezed tab buttons are a pain.

@xeno314: Nope, only ad-hiding extensions for now.

@Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer: I mean, really! It's actually an annoyance for me to hide that useless home button, because AFAIK it's turned on by default.

@kylecpcs: Not only there's zoom memory, but Chrome can synchronize your page zoom preferences across different computers:

@gearkraft: Oh, just try it, it's no biggie. I mean, it's just a (pretty reliable) piece of software, it won't hurt you to have it installed. If you don't like it, you can just leave it alone; if you really don't like it, uninstall it.

Re: Audio Stutter

I like ProcessTamer, it's simple and effective.

@YHVH: "Messing with [thread] priorities is actually a very dangerous practice, and this is only one illustration of what can go wrong."

@fivelroo: You're welcome! And hey, this thread was featured on the "Ask the Commenters Roundup" [lifehacker.com] , so nice way to start commenting.

@bobkoure: That's not what I got from him. He says: "Could I use the thing as a computer, using the wifi when I needed to, but not actually have any voice service attached to it?" He doesn't want a voice plan, sure, but he doesn't want a data plan either - he's gonna use Wi-Fi only. From what I understood, "all the…

@Wolfess:

@fivelroo: The Milestone works even without a SIM card, you don't have to use a dummy SIM card.

@MPS: Hi! I can't help you.

@Shashank Agarwal: I can't help you but maybe I can make it easier for others to help you: a sidebar? What version of Chrome are you using? I subscribe to the Google Chrome Releases blog and they never mentioned a sidebar.

@MBGooner: An open-source Flash alternative is a very nice concept! But... it didn't work.

@cruud: Turns out I was wrong, bohn002 up here found a more popular one.

@Webran61: Easy: open the Start menu, type msconfig and Enter. (If you're using XP, click on "Run" and then type msconfig.)