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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7
- Date added: December 14, 2009
- Total Downloads: 1,247,801
- Downloads last week: 26,187
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 1045 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Seth Rosenblatt on October 16, 2009
Chrome is Google's attempt to make the Web browser disappear and to focus on the applications and pages users are viewing, rather than on the border with its tools. Some of Chrome's basic underpinnings are quite novel, but people will recognize other features as they exist in other, open-source Web browsers on the market today.
Chrome is blazingly fast and is easily the quickest browser available. Based on Webkit, the same open-source engine that powers Apple Safari, Google's Android mobile platform, and several other Web-browsing tools, Chrome's interface is a drastic departure from other browsers. Instead of the traditional toolbar, Chrome puts its tabs on top. Moreover, the tabs are detachable: "tabs" and "windows" are interchangeable here. Detached tabs can be dragged and dropped into the browser, and tabs can be rearranged at any time. By isolating each tab's processes, when one site crashes, the other tabs do not.
The search box and the address bar have been fused into a hybrid "Omnibox," which includes suggestions for URLs culled from your browser's history and search suggestions from your search engine. It also remembers site-specific search engine results. There's also Application Shortcuts, a feature that lets you create desktop icons for Web-only applications, such as Gmail or Calendar. The stealth mode, Incognito, lets you surf without the history recording cookies. With version 3, themes have been introduced to Chrome and users can reskin the browser with more than 30 choices--not quite the depth of Firefox, but they don't seem to negatively affect performance. A developer's version of Chrome supports extensions, which haven't made it into this stable release yet. If you're addicted to Web apps and a need for speed, though, Chrome just might be the shine your browsing experience has been looking for.
Publisher's description
From Google :Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the Web faster, safer, and easier. Use one box for everything--type in the address bar and get suggestions for both search and Web pages. Thumbnails of your top sites let you access your favorite pages instantly with lightning speed from any new tab. Desktop shortcuts allow you to launch your favorite Web apps straight from your desktop.
What's new in this version:
- This release fixes a couple of browser crashes:
- fixes a crash while typing in the omnibox
- fixes a crash while playing mp4 videos with odd sizes, such as 1366x768
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- Average user rating: 3.8 stars out of 1045 votes
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Version: Google Chrome 3.0.195.38
Pros: Layout, quick theme change.
Cons: Lack of add-on support, no File-Edit-View... bar.
Summary: A good web browser that is quite easy to use. It has many good themes to choose from, but there are many cons that come too. I'd choose it over Internet Explorer (I'd choose almost anything over IE), but I'd choose some over it such as Firefox or Sa... read more >>
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Version: Google Chrome 3.0.195.38
Pros: Light and basic.
Cons: Took awhile to organize bookmarks the way I wanted them.
Summary: If you want a quick, light, and easy to use web browser use Chrome 3!
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Version: Google Chrome 3.0.195.38
"pretty good, but with some issues"
Pros: excellent interface, easy to use, cool customization
Cons: sometimes it freezes for some seconds
i have some major issues with flas videos, they don't run properly, even if i have the latest flash playerSummary: very good program, but they really need to fix some bugs to make it better than the competition
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Version: Google Chrome 3.0.195.38
Pros: used chrome for a long time now - love the speed and features. took some getting used to but i love it!
Cons: it crashes 8-10 times a day. always different sites and different things going on. hasnt always been this way 0 i think it is just this version it went south
Summary: If I could go back a version I would. I love its features and speed. it is very unstable right now and I am thinking Firefox. Just not worth crashing every day. It does recover from exceptions and brings me back to where I was but it is very inc... read more >>
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Version: Google Chrome 3.0.195.38
Pros: I don't have the 10 characters minimum worth of pros to satisfy your requirements
Cons: It doesn't look or feel as good as Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer
Summary: See Pros
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