So this is Google Chrome...

I was on Windows and noticed that Google had already released the beta for Google Chrome. So I thought, why not try it out?

What I like

The subtle effects

There is a lot of animations and fading. And they don't get in the way or become annoying. My favourite is the tab effect. When it opens it kind of stretches and shrinks when you close it. It just adds that "professional" touch

It takes up very little room

This will be great for things like netbooks. Who would have thought that moving a few things around would save so much space?

Webkit

It uses Webkit. That means it loads things fast Smile

The new tab page

It puts the best of everything into one. It has quick access to bookmarks, recently visited pages, recently bookmarked pages and recently closed tabs. It couldn't get much better Smile

It's well designed

The Google devs really know what intuitive is Smile Big The tabs are nice and rounded and actually look like real life tabs. The icons are simple and not glossy like most other web browsers seem to favour (aka Firefox and Opera). Personally I think it looks very nice with icons like that. Another thing I like is that there is no longer a "File, Edit etc." menu but rather two icons which you can do just about everything with, and don't confuse you with endless options. Finally, I really like the status bar. It appears (almost) instantly when it should and fades out after it's no longer needed.

Text field resizing

It has that cool text field resizing feature that Safari has.

Better download manager

Much less intrusive than the default Firefox one. You can get this with Firefox but I personally think that Google Chrome's download manager is a lot nicer than this extension. I also like the downloads page. If you click on the "Show all downloads" link it will come up with a new tab a bit like Opera's but a lot better looking. You can search the downloads and shows the date and time the file was downloaded in a clear and simple Google like way.

Task manager

Google Chrome separates each tab into a process of their own. This means that if you go onto YouTube, and suddenly your CPU goes high, you can either simply close the tab, or if you don't know which tab is the culprit, you can use the task manager (Shift+Esc), look for the high CPU process and kill it.

Google Gears or application shortcuts

If you have a useful webpage that you like to check, for example a news website, you can add a shortcut on the Desktop, Start Menu or Quick Launch (not sure how they'll do this for Linux though...). So you can just double click on the icon and then you'll get the website in it's own window, without tabs/address bars etc. to check things quickly.

Inspecting elements

Non web developers won't need this, but for me, Firebug for Firefox was a great tool. You can right click on an element on the page to inspect it.

What I don't like

Scrolling

There is no smooth scrolling feature and using my touchpad to scroll makes it skip way too far than I expect it to.

Status bar

The status bar doesn't immediately appear. When I hover over a link I usually look there except on websites like forums for example.

Address bar text

The address bar text is strangely very big. I'm not used to it but I'm sure I'll get used to it.

What it needs

  • Screenshots for tabs like Opera has
  • More options to customize
  • To be ported to Linux Wink

Personally I find it pretty amazing that Google can create a web browser that almost blows away Firefox and Opera, and it's only in beta! When it gets ported to Linux (hopefully soon) I'll definitely be switching from Firefox/Opera Smile Big

Screenshots

Google Chrome: Compare this with Mozilla FirefoxGoogle Chrome: Compare this with Mozilla Firefox Mozilla Firefox: See how much space is wasted!Mozilla Firefox: See how much space is wasted! Downloading files: Much less intrusiveDownloading files: Much less intrusive
Downloads: The downloads pageDownloads: The downloads page New tab page: Filled with useful informationNew tab page: Filled with useful information Task manager: See the CPU/memory hogs and kill them!Task manager: See the CPU/memory hogs and kill them!

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The feature I love most in

The feature I love most in Chrome is their Task Manager to manage and kill those tabs which are taking too much load, would love this thing to get introduced in Firefox as well. I think Downthemall is a very good plugin for Firefox which is a very nice Download Manager, I love it. There are some other plugins for which I use Firefox as my default browser.

Chrome has not been officially released for Linux but I think there is unofficial version of it I think named as Chromium. Not sure, you would know better. Anyways, I think Chrome has all the feature a browser needs, just some addons like Firefox would be great.

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The lack of sub pixel hinting

The lack of sub pixel hinting is a bit out there (but it can be fixed anyways), but the themes can be changed to something nicer. Bidz.
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Although there are some

Although there are some positive reviews on Chrome, I’m still rather skeptical on its funtionality. First of all, there are quite a number of reported bugs related to the browser and another thing is that there’s not many plugins developed for it. I think the way google ended the beta version much earlier also put my trust in it in doubt. Watch The Time Traveler’s Wife Online | Watch G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Online

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I guess it needs more add-ons

I guess it needs more add-ons particularly when user can get those already available on other browsers. There are some compatibility issues as well while using chrome with windows OS and the main concerned is the term and condition in which Google will be able to share your search data.
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I am not a real fan of Chrome

I am not a real fan of Chrome - mainly because I have become so used to firefox over the years. Everyone says that Chrome is faster but this is not true. It is only faster because when you first install a browser it has no plugins installed. The more you install, the faster it takes to load.

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This may sound weird, but I like not using Chrome for the simple reason that while I use Google as my default search engine, I like the fact that I use it on another platform, then leave it when I go to a site. It is a portal, but I don't want everything Google!

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