Comment #61 on issue 266 by kerrytwite: Chrome uses Windows' proxy settings http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=266
Both Firefox and Opera support multiple proxy configuration settings, easily accessible via the GUI, not by using command line switches. The point is that to gain widespread usage a program needs to be flexible. The ability to change basic proxy settings is a must-have feature. For those people that just want to share the administrators settings for IE, then they should be able to do that. For those that don't, then the option to set custom proxy settings should be available. Switching between these configurations should be as easy as possible. My scenario - I am a data / web server test engineer. I need to test multiple browsers, multiple websites, through multiple proxies in my private network. I also sit on a corporate LAN so I also need to be able to access my corporate intranet and other web services. I use IE for the corporate and internet LAN access I use Firefox for testing. The basic web proxy settings built into Firefox are pretty good, but I'm a power user and also use an extension called FoxyProxy that allows much more detailed control over multiple proxy configurations right from the Firefox dropdown menu. And if I want I can default back to the corporate proxy settings at any moment to browse with Firefox in two menu click. I wouldn't fancy having to relaunch the program using a different command line switch each time, and anyhow I doubt that would give me the control over my proxy settings that Firefox gives me as standard (let alone all the bells and whistles available in an add-on extension like FoxyProxy!) In general, then, application developers need to try to really understand the user profiles of all the people that may be interested in using their product. I would suggest that one of the reasons why Firefox is so popular is because it has standard features that appeal to a broad range of end users who have a wide range of varied and differing needs. Of course, how Google Chrome / Chromium respond to the demands and feature requirements of different user groups is up to them, but it may decide whether they end up with a mass-market product or a interesting side note in the history of the internet. -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
