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- Operating system: Windows XP/Vista
- Date added: December 11, 2008
- Total Downloads: 411,304
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 1026 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Seth Rosenblatt on November 25, 2008
Chrome is Google's attempt to make the 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 browsers on the market today.
Currently only for Windows, Chrome is blazingly fast and is easily the quickest browser available. Based on Webkit, the same open-source engine that powers Apple Safari and Google's Android mobile platform, 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 browser does not.
Within each tab are individual controls, such as forward and back buttons. The search box and the address bar have been fused into a hybrid "Omnibox." The Omnibox includes not only suggestions for URLs culled from your browser's history, it also includes search suggestions from your search engine, and remembers site-specific search engine results. There's also Application Shortcuts, a feature that allows you to create desktop icons for Web-only applications, such as Gmail or Calendar. The stealth mode, Incognito, lets you surf without the history recording cookies.
Chrome lacks plug-ins, and there's the potential for high memory usage given that each tab is its own process. 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.
Version 1.0.154.36 includes better stability and performance of plug-ins (particularly video), better bookmarking and privacy features, and improved speed.
Note: The Download Now link will take you to the Google Chrome Web site, where you must accept the end-user license agreement before downloading. Also, the 474K downloadable file is only a stub installer. You must remain connected to the Internet during installation to complete the full download of Google Chrome.
CNET Editor's Note: 11/25/08 - updated v0.4.154.25 - sethr.
What's new in this version:
Version 1.0.154.36 includes better stability and performance of plug-ins (particularly video), better bookmarking and privacy features, and improved speed.
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User reviews of Google Chrome 1.0.154.36
- Average user rating: 3.8 stars out of 1026 votes
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Version: Google Chrome 1.0.154.36
Pros: I liked the speed that Chrome had when running YouTube
Cons: Google Chrome led to me being hacked my a mallware trojan uacd.sys.
Summary: Chrome 2.1 is fast, but all the back doors make it easily hacked. Chrome is even less
secure than ie 6. Chrome is a work in progress. I had to uninstall Chrome, because of
all the mallware hacks--even with Mcafee security center running. -
Version: Google Chrome 1.0.154.36
Pros: cool efficient clean
Cons: problems with flash
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Version: Google Chrome 1.0.154.36
"Sometimes Good Sometimes Bad"
Pros: Faster than any other browser on most of the sites
Cons: Eats Up Kilos of RAM
Opens some sites slower than firefox -
Version: Google Chrome 1.0.154.36
Pros: Faster surf , easy to use and understand design
Cons: No add-ons like Firefox and others and no customizable themes
Summary: Google should improve it in what other browsers have but keeping in mind that many like fast surf and easy to use designs
It sometimes freezes if you are trying to load too many t... read more >>
Updated on Jan 10, 2009 -
Version: Google Chrome 1.0.154.36
Pros: Brilliant speed!!!!!! simple look.......great blocking of pop-ups
Cons: no extensions,no add-ons,not so simple interface
Summary: It's brilliant......it can be a good option instead of FF......the speed is same as that of firefox.......but the thing i like the most is that it blocks pop-ups very very well..........even better than FF.......though FF is the best it can be used ... read more >>
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