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Google Chrome Beta Available for Download
Posted: Tuesday 2nd September 2008
Google Chrome is now available for download from here.
Google Chrome is an open source web browser developed by Google. It builds on components from other open source software, including WebKit and Mozilla, and is intended to provide greater stability, speed and security than existing browsers, while presenting a simple and efficient user interface. The name is derived from the graphical user interface frame, or "chrome", of web browsers. The open source project behind Google Chrome is known as Chromium.
The browser looks light in design and site loading speeds are not bad. If you are going to test the browser out and you have Firefox running, Google Chrome won't be able to import your bookmarks. So make sure you save any work you are doing before letting Google Chrome import your bookmarks from Firefox.
Oops! Looks like my first crash while trying to access the browser options. Actually I was able to repeat this quite a few times! Ermmm Google, please take note of this! (Running Windows Xp 64-Bit Professional)
Anyway, aside from this small crashing issue and the pretty simplistic looks of Google's new browser, I think this should come in handy when developing websites. It even has a built-in Task Manager that informs you of how much memory the browser is using. Only downside to me using this browser as my main one to surf the internet is the lack of add-ons. Firefox has become an important part of my works and the plugins available for the browser are helping me organise my work a lot easier.
With it still being in beta stage, there might still be a few improvements along the way.
Anyway, you download and see what you think for yourself. I am going stick with Firefox for now...
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