Google Chrome

Is that supposed to be one word or two words?

In case you are wondering, Google Chrome is the new web browser launched by (da dadah daa!) Google. It was launched yesterday (today?, well around 10pm EST if anyone wants to convert that time to sg time). Coincidentally, I found out about it only yesterday (technically today). Although it's still in beta, I find it useful. It has many interesting features which I think will improve the standard of web browsers. Best thing is, its open source, so thanks Google =).

Download here

Read the comic

Wiki page

So, here are some of the features I find interesting.

Security-wise, it updates two blacklists of phishing and malware sites and warn users when they try to enter an unsafe site. Sandboxing tabs is another cool one. Basically, each tab is in its own process and what happens in one cannot affect the others. So, if you get say malware in one tab, closing it will terminate the whole thing and prevent it from affecting the other tabs.

I will say the security functions are the greatest impetus to use this. Aside from that, they try to make a cleaner interface and opening a new tab allows you to see which websites you visit most frequently ( it shows bookmarks, popular pages of yours and recently closed tab). Useful, but there are some problems (hopefully for now).

The Speed! Its supposed to be meant for applications, as the 'new' web is not just text. However, I find it runs noticably slower than FF. And there aren't extensions yet, but since this is just the beta...

I can't wait for it to be officially launched ( as in, not a beta). Maybe its just the name of google and the reputation that comes along with it, but I think it will be a better browser than the rest.

And if I sucked at talking about Google Chrome, read the wiki/comic !