Google Chrome

So I am not a huge writer of Technical Reviews but I have to write about this new little gem.   Now understand that I am wrinting from soley a “consumer” viewpoint, not a “techie” or a “developer”.

I saw a link on the main Google search page that said “New! Download Chrome (BETA) - the new browser from Google” so being a huge Google fan I downloaded it and have started playing with it.

I really think that I like the browser.  It has some very neat features that I think are very intuitive.

1: The first thing that I really like is the “Homepage” (see image below).  On the page that opens with you first start the program you get a snapshot of your most visited sites for quick reference, you get a search bar and a list of your most recent bookmarks.  I know that some will not like the most recent sites images but for me I think it is very useful.

Google Chrome Homepage

2: The second thing that I thought was interesting, was that they have added “Incognito Browsing” that basiclly doesnt log any of your history on the local machine.  I guess that there are several instances that this type of thing might be useful but I found it interesting none the less.

Google Chrome Incognito

If you havent already… take a few minuets to download Google Chrome and play with it.  It has incorporated parts of Mozilla browser technology and many others.

The only down side that I can see to it right now is that there is no room for “addons”.  I dont use but one addon in Firefox so this is not a major issue for me.  If you use a lot of them then you might find it a bit limiting but I like my software lean and clean with out a lot of clutter.