Wednesday, September 03, 2008

Chrome - Google Browser Review

Chrome is the latest e-gadget from Google. We have to wait and see what so called 'revolution' it will make in the browser market. I downloaded Chrome from official Google Chrome website. It comes as a downloader of around 500KB which downloads rest of the browser from Internet.

Google had supported Firefox greatly till now. With the major market share being with Microsoft internet explorer and most techies opting for Mozilla Firefox available with infinite addons, its hard for Chrome to make a mark. But the name Google had always been linked with wonders. Don't make any predictions. The latest hit from Google was Google Docs. Will Chrome be the next Major hit? Lets wait and see...

Review Of Google Chrome


  • Do not seem that fast. Firefox is Faster, then Safari, chrome and IE. Might be because it is still a public Beta.
  • Nothing at bottom Part like a StatusBar. Just Kept Empty.
  • Plain and Simple Design.
  • "Resolving Proxy" would be the first term to get attention of anyone who uses Chrome. It is actually the Domain Lookup I think. It has to be faster.
  • Like Opera and Firefox Fastdial, thumbnail views of sites are available in each new Tab. Instead of manually setting the sites, it is automatically set as the most viewed sites. I love that change.
  • Flash sites are loading faster. I tried Nokia.com and miniclip.com
  • Even the main top bar or menu bar is not visible. Tabs has replaced it. What is Google gonna do without a menubar?
  • Design is too simple. Might make it hard to use.
  • A privacy mode browsing is possible without sending any of the information about the user to Internet. It will make context based advertising hard.
  • There are some improper loading on certain site. try http://www.nokia-caribbean.com/ at firefox and Internet explorer.
Click here to download Google Chrome

I'm not gonna change from Firefox to Google chrome even though I love Google products generally. These changes are not enough. Waiting for the next Major release.

2 comments:

RoryDelap said...

I personally found the Chrome quite fast! Faster than the likes of Safari and Mozilla 3.0.No mention of the task manager in your review.Found that innovative:) Agree with most of the points. But it's just the BETA version! Hope they improve on the zilches!

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