Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Google Chrome!?!

For those of you who don't know, Google has come out with a brand new browser. It's called Google Chrome (link at the end of article). If you know anything about browsing, I highly suggest you try it. Otherwise, you can stick with your IE6 and non-updated Flash player.

Here are some notable points:

First, it is extremely simple. I've always liked simplicity. Being the FireFox fan I am, I had to try this thing out. Downloading was really quick, and so was installation. I didn't really have any problems at all with the initial setup.

Alas, it's installed. Shall we try it? Of course.

As promoted, it is indeed simple. A little too simple. You know things have gotten too clean when you're having trouble finding the "Print" or "Bookmarks" buttons. A little patience went a long way, and so I limped along - trolling for features. There's a neat little cloak feature for all of you porn addicts who share a home computer. Google calls it an "incognito window". Apparently (and I've yet to experiment with it) it doesn't make note of your browsing history. I believe IE8 has a similar feature.

I could go on all day here about this piece of work, but just to wrap things up - I find every time a new tab is opened, it creates a new process in task manager. Some of you might be a little afraid of being productive with Chrome in fear your system will have a heart attack.

Enough for now.