Comment #40 on issue 266 by zugurudumba: Chrome uses Windows' proxy settings http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=266
Wow, the reasons given in comment 37 are short-sighted, immature and explain exactly nothing. I consider myself a power user, I need to fast switch proxies in a browser several times a day, yet I have never used PAC files. I didn't even know what PAC files are up until now. Suggesting them along with the usage of command line switches is ridiculous and boggles the mind. Even if I had the knowledge to code a proxy dialog box into Chromium (I guess this is an easy task for a good programmer), I wouldn't do it, because it obviously wouldn't make into the final product and the developers have a "we know better" attitude towards the feature. I've been a long time around open source products to know the real meaning of "Patches Welcome", so please cut the crap. We understand it's your project and you can do as you please with it, but that won't stop anybody from criticizing your decisions. And despite popular belief, users are entitled to criticize Chromium, even it it's open source and free to download, as long as there are other browsers with the same two characteristics. Furthermore, users can write to Google en masse and request this feature in Chrome. I doubt Google wouldn't listen to their users. So I urge anyone reading this bug report and agreeing with me to: - write to Google - tell them you want a Chrome specific proxy settings dialog box - send them a link to this bug report, so that they can see how Chromium developers are oblivious to what users want. I'm guessing there are lots of people who agree with me, but are not aware of the issue. Even I hadn't been aware until 10 minutes ago, when I saw this bug report. I have always thought this feature is missing because developers are busy working on other stuff, I always assumed it's a "coming soon" feature, but now I clearly see the lack of interest. This is where you can write Google about this issue: http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/request.py?contact_type=feedback -- You received this message because you are listed in the owner or CC fields of this issue, or because you starred this issue. You may adjust your issue notification preferences at: http://code.google.com/hosting/settings --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Automated mail from issue updates at http://crbug.com/ Subscription options: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-bugs -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
