TechnocratTechnocrat’s Random Thoughts

I downloaded Google Chrome a couple of days a go and have been playing with it ever since.  I have to say for being a “beta” it’s VERY nice.

First the good, it’s very fast at rending web pages.  Faster than FireFox and no doubt faster than IE (what isn’t).

It also has a new version of Javascript which is by itself a reason to use it.  Every JS page or widget you use with it is ungodly faster than with any other browser.  I hope to see it in FireFox soon because that is something that should be shared with the masses.

It also gives you more usable space than almost all the other browsers.  So it makes viewing things easier.  The tabs are also more intuitive and can be grouped.  Which is nice.  Supposedly each tab and window is its own instance so it helps improve security.  There is a lot more in there security wise but you can find more on that some where else.  I am just giving you my quick impressions.

Now the bad, some of the ways it displays some things are kind of odd.  Like there is no status bar (this is supposed to change in the future).

There is also the license agreement which has the web world up in arms.  Basically giving Google to much license over you.  This is something that was supposedly a mistake on their part and will be fixed soon.

There have been some complaints about it displaying webpages incorrectly.  So far I haven’t seen that at all.

There are also no addons (yet).  Which is a huge feature in FireFox.

But given time I am sure that this browser has the possibility of being the one to beat and maybe even killing the IE giant.  Only time will tell.