Chrome: Google's New Web Browser
Google released the beta version of its new web browser today. It's called Chrome and you can download it here. Learn more about it here and here.Certain features look interesting, like dynamic tabs, incognito mode and crash control. The safety features also appear to be quite impressive.
I'm really interested in the safety features, so I conducted a quick test with Chrome. I visited a site that I know contains malware to see if Chrome would stop me from visiting the URL (malware programs are particularly dangerous because they can infect your computer by simply visiting a URL.) Chrome performed well. It prevented me from visiting the URL, and offered a detailed explanation of the threat.
I can also report that Chrome is lightning fast: the application opens in a flash and browsing is effortless. This is based on my quick and dirty test. Who knows: it may slow down over time.
Chrome is only available for Windows XP and Vista. I'm going to take it for a more thorough test drive on my Windows XP machine later. I can't use it on my other machines since they run older versions of Windows.
If you decide to give it a try, feel free to post your comments here. Thanks!
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posted by Steve Brown | Tuesday, September 02, 2008
18 Comments:
I downloaded it, Google Chrome is unique in one sense but not in the other. Overall, I have to say that it is generally good and I think it is much faster than IE or Mozilla.
seems to work quite well
thks
Paz
I especially like chrome's pron mode
Alright, I have in the past few days discussed how I was insatiably excited for Google’s new Chrome web browser. Today all I have to say is that it is no better than Firefox. We all know Google made Chrome using open source code including Mozilla’s, and we all know that Google Chrome supposedly is a step closer towards a Web OS. However after using it for a day I have encountered quite a few problems and have missed any major improvements in speed or usability. Chrome also has instances of freezing or displaying a web page wrongly (such as the upper right hand corner of my blog); Firefox has no such scruples. I still am a fan of Mozilla, a basically non for profit organization who makes all of their money for allowing Google to be the default search (approximately 80 percent of their income). Mozilla will still draw more devout GNU support based on it’s opus understanding of the value of free software and countering inefficiencies found in other web browsers.
have u thought of why it's called chrome? nothing about it looks chrome to me!
> have u thought of why
> it's called chrome?
G probably chose the name because many of us associate chrome with something that is new and shiny.
Downloaded it this morning and trying it out...so far I like it, but found a few things I have to go to other browsers for....hopefully as it's around longer that will be solved and there will be Alexa, Stumble, etc plugins for it.
I downloaded it just to give it a try. I personally did not notice a difference in speed. For me personally the browser is too dull. The only thing i really admired was it's safety feature.
I think they should tweak it a bit and make it more customizable. Like on Firefox where you can add plug ins and even give your browser a theme.
I always thought mozilla firefox was the official browser. Anyway if this is "lightning fast" then I am downloading it right now.
> For me personally the
> browser is too dull...
No surprise that the look and feel is austere. That was a key factor that helped make the Google web browser so successful.
hi I downloaded it from your blog and I must say its certainly a no frills browser.
Here is a link with instructions to join the Developer branch of Google Chrome, allowing you to get updates for the application more often. Fixed a few problems I was having at work behind a proxy while using GMail apps.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10042670-92.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Cheers!
chrome launches incredibly quickly compare to other browsers
well I downloaded it, using it right now, it's great, pretty fast, a bit glitches though, but oh well it's only a beta.
I downloaded the second day and found it to be fast and I liked the fact I could move the windows around, but I am using Flock to do a ll my blogg posting ... it works great!
Denise
http://dubli-network.blogspot.com
I tried it out, it seems okay, but my heart belongs to Firefox.
Compared to Mozilla firefox google chrome loads fast and we can the tab immediately. But deleting temporary internet file is slightly complicated.
I like the Chrome's behavior in treating crashed tabs. But i was just wondering on why cant i install google toolbar on it?
Hoping google people will read this appeal.
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