Your New Google Chrome Browser Is Ready

September 2nd, 2008 Posted in Google, Tech/Net

Your new Google Chrome Browser Is Ready

I found out about an hour ago that Google just launched a new web browser called Google Chrome. I downloaded Google Chrome without hesitation to test – so I can let my readers know. What noticeable features are most important? Let me put them in order:

  • The first thing I noticed that it is very simple. I always like simple stuff. They are easy to use and does not give you headaches.
  • There is no search box built into Google Chrome. You just need to type your search words into the address bar and Chrome will show you all the matches. If you have done a site specific search before(such as if you have searched something on ADJ), Chrome will show that too.
  • Tabs are at the top of the browser, not at the bottom of the address bar.
  • You know how annoying when your whole browser crashes. Google Chrome won’t let that happen. Only specific troubled tab will crash, everything else will remain intact.
  • Starting page shows recent sites, pages, search engines, and bookmarks you visited.

I have abandoned Internet Explorer long time ago. Firefox has been my browser of choice since then. As it stands, I am not ready yet to make Google Chrome my default browser. I am going to test Chrome a bit daily, and once I find it more useful than Firefox – I will do the switch. But for now, I am sticking to Firefox.

Google Chrome is available here – Google Chrome

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  1. 6 Responses to “Your New Google Chrome Browser Is Ready”

  2. By lyle robinson on Sep 4, 2008

    Thanks for the heads up. I checked out Chrome yesterday and found that it would allow me to log into my Hotmail account. It asked me to use IE or FF3…I think I’ll wait and see how they do in the coming weeks and months…it would be a drag if they took away any market share from FF. Time will tell. Really enjoying the Blog by the way. Thanks again and all the best.

  3. By lyle robinson on Sep 4, 2008

    Whoops…I meant to write that Chrome would NOT allow me to use Hotmail.

  4. By admin on Sep 4, 2008

    Thanks for letting me know. I don’t use Hotmail; however, I think Chrome should let users use Hotmail. It just makes sense. Regarding market share … stats show Firefox and Safari are already losing market share to Chrome. Here is the link – http://blog.statcounter.com/2008/09/chrome-whos-losing/

  5. By lyle robinson on Sep 6, 2008

    Thanks for the link…this is definitely an event to watch closely. I’m half expecting a Yahoo browser to come out of the woodwork…:) Thanks again.

  6. By Gonyer on Jan 4, 2010

    PC World released a list of the top 10 Google Chrome Add-ons. http://www.pcworld.com/article/185744/top_10_chrome_browser_add_ons.html

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