This week, Google announced the Beta release of their new web browser, Google Chrome. With Chrome, Google takes yet another stab at software giant Microsoft whose Internet Explorer has been the leading browser for several years now. Other popular browsers today include Mozilla Firefox, Safari and Opera.
So, is Chrome worth checking out?
I’ll start by saying just about anything is worth tryin at least once. Since I’ve downloaded Chrome, I must say that I’m pretty impressed. First, the interface is pretty clean:
Overall, web pages also seem to load a little quicker with Chrome. Some cool features include:
* Independent tabs – Each tab within the browser functions on its own. This means that if one tab crashes, the rest won’t be affect.
* Home page history – The opening browser page displays your recent browsing history:
* A search feature within the browser allows you to search through recent pages you’ve visited
* Create application shortcuts from your desktop. Basically, an icon on your desktop will launch the borwser to a specified web page
* Open source – That right, the browser is open source so we can expect to see a plethora of pugins and apps that will enhance the browser
Uncle Sam is Watching
Google was nice enough to allow users to automatically send their browsing history and behavior back to Google. Yet again, Google is mining a little more data about our interent habits. Hopefully, this data will be put to some good to help improve search results and web searchability.
Overall, I’m not switching to this browser any time soon but I am excited to see what happens with it. If you’re curious, check it out.
Comment By: Rosstamicah
September 8th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
One good thing about Chrome is that it uses the same rendering engine as Safari, and Safari displays certain javascript code differently than IE or FF….so its like being able to view from Safari on a PC. Least that’s the benefit for now mac-less me.