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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP
- Date added: March 25, 2009
- Total Downloads: 584,373
- Downloads last week: 11,230
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 983 votes
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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 1.0.154.53 includes a fix for problem with logging statistics and adds a histogram to track how Google Chrome was launched.
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Version 1.0.154.53 includes a fix for problem with logging statistics and adds a histogram to track how Google Chrome was launched.
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User reviews of Google Chrome 1.0.154.53
- Average user rating: 3.8 stars out of 983 votes
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Version: Google Chrome 1.0.154.53
"Google Chrome is here to stay!!"
Pros: it's great, simple design that is user friendly. but what i like about it most is that it gets all of the pop ups that firefox misses.
Cons: lacks customization features that are a hit with firefox. colors man! I like colors that my browsers can be!
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Version: Google Chrome 1.0.154.53
Pros: it's super fast and pretty easy to use!
Cons: slow in some sites,
slow installing but worth itSummary: it's pretty fast especially when I'm reading some mangas though it loads slow it some sites with flash , it's still the best browser! and i really don't like to much ad-ons and toolbars
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Version: Google Chrome 1.0.154.53
Pros: It is much faster and it's not loaded down with too many toolbars like IE 8.
Cons: No cons to my knowledge.
Summary: It works faster compared to other browsers and very handy to open several tabs at once. I like the thumbnail feature of most visited or bookmarked sites.
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Version: Google Chrome 1.0.154.53
Pros: 1.Fast
2.Has got incognito browsing.Cons: 1.Steals too much memory.
2.Difficult to install this product.Summary: First safety, then speed.
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Version: Google Chrome 1.0.154.53
"Acceptable, Still far from Firefox"
Pros: Speed!!!!
Simplicity!
Performance
Individual Tab features!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Some features that Firefox doesn't have ---- YET!Cons: Some bugs - like radio buttons not loading
NO ADDONSSummary: Doubt this will be a major player!?
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Because "Whatever" chrome has Firefox will mach! BUT
IT will be awesome if Chrome comes preinstalled alongside IE!!
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