Google Chrome
Google has finally launched it's very own browser! This decision was completely unexpected, and carried a lot of doubts with it, and, not to mention - risk... The first ever version of Google Chrome is in it's beta stage, as expected (following the Google tradition), but it works remarkably well. It's fast, simple, and stable. The tabs are placed on the very top of the screen, and that, in my opinion, was a very good feature, since I don't have to "aim" for any of my tabs like in other major browsers, I simply shoot up with my mouse and click what I need to click. Since every tab is a separate process, Windows Task manager is filled up with "chrome.exe" tasks, which is kind of a sloppy solution, but it "works". The whole interface is simple, and gives me plenty of needed space, so any advanced options are well hidden (such as the internal task manager).
What I didn't like at first site is the default 404 page that is included with Chrome, because you have to look at the whole page longer than usual just to realize that it's actually a 404 page (pictured), and not a customized Google home page... Also, some websites don't behave as expected, but that will change eventually (I hope)...
I have just installed this thing, so I have yet to experience a crash, but it's running just fine for the time being. We'll see if this Google product will be comparable to something so successfull such as GMail, or will it die off like GoogleAnswers...
Check out the screenshots in the meanwhile:
1 comment September 2nd, 2008
