It seems Chrome is not located in Program Files. There are some major implications with this!
I posted last night about some things regarding Chrome: Google Chrome the good and the petty. I point out that unfortunately searches in the address bar are severely weighted. A fact which perhaps does not mean all that but it is a sad fact that the giants can't keep the competitive game above the edge of the sand box.
One thing immediately got commented by my friend and colleague Håkan Reis. I thought he'd comment more on the UX bits I posted since he's very focused on that area. But he put another issue at the top of the list. I concur that this actually warrants a post of it's own!
Google Chrome installs under your local user settings. In my case its the folder C:\Users\Magnus\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application. This means we now have an app running outside of Vistas regular security zones.
You need elevated rights in Vista to modify files that lie under C:\Program Files but not to modify files under C:\Users\<your user>\. This means that any app that might run on your machine can do what ever changes to the Chrome application that it wishes!
This ensues a major security issue for Chrome! Or did I miss something in Security 101?
Cheers,
/Magnus
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posted @ Friday, September 05, 2008 9:03 AM