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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP
- Date added: April 23, 2009
- Total Downloads: 610,846
- Downloads last week: 11,936
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 978 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 1.0.154.53 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 1.0.154.59
- Average user rating: 3.7 stars out of 978 votes
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Version: Google Chrome 1.0.154.59
Pros: -uber props go out to Google for this fast loading browser
-clean look
-quick tabs for easy to use browsing(big up coming from Firefox)
-no extra bull****(add ons, widgets, etc)Cons: -does require that you have your video card set up, before running(update your video card driver before attempting to run, it will crash)
-gets a lot of hate from safari usersSummary: Chrome remains my favorite browser, though i have Firefox installed as well, for back up of course. Its fast, its clean, and its sure as **** elegant, it is very basic, no ad ons, widgets, etc. While getting a lot of hate from safari, i prefer the c... read more >>
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Google Chrome 1.0.154.59
Pros: This browser is fast but the pages are just to ugly
Cons: very ugly and not that fast
Summary: This Google Chrome really is just a bad copy of what safari is, people whom are reading this forget Google Chrome, speeds are a mere upgrade to explorer 8, with mediocre graphics goto http://www.apple.com and download the NEW SAFARI BETA and see ... read more >>
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Version: Google Chrome 1.0.154.59
"The best of all available browsers"
Pros: Speed; creation of application shortcuts, lower memory requirements.
Cons: Lack of support for RoboForm, management of bookmarks.
Summary: Chrome is my personal choice and the browser that I use the most.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Google Chrome 1.0.154.59
"Watch out IE, FF, Safari, make room for Chrome"
Pros: Very quick. Simplistic, clean, spartan design. All-in-one search/URL bar.
Cons: Not yet compatible with Netflix's "watch instantly" feature. Still no Mac version available.
Summary: Hands down this is the best internet browser available. Aside from some minor compatibility issues Chrome is flawless.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Google Chrome 1.0.154.59
"love the way it displays my most visited sites"
Pros: I like the simplicity of it the way it looks and the excellent way it shows the history. It is super fast I love that.
Cons: I miss having favorites easily displayed.
Summary: as stated above I like its simplicity the way the history is displayed it's speed but wish the favorites were displayed in that it took me a very long time to figure out how to find them. The tool bar is a wee bit too generic.
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