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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP
- Date added: June 09, 2009
- Total Downloads: 708,952
- Downloads last week: 11,992
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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 2.0.172.31 fixes two security issues in WebKit.
What's new in this version:
Version 2.0.172.31 fixes two security issues in WebKit.
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User reviews of Google Chrome 2.0.172.31
- Average user rating: 3.7 stars out of 978 votes
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Version: Google Chrome 2.0.172.31
"just good that not enough to great like Firefox"
Pros: nothing special
Cons: get all addons like any other browser and then say its fast
Summary: Google bull ****
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Version: Google Chrome 2.0.172.31
Pros: Fast Fast Fast
Cons: No Addons or Extensions
Summary: Don't plan to use it because it doesn't have any addons that I want
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Version: Google Chrome 2.0.172.31
"great- been using it for the last 1 month"
Pros: speed and simplicity of using makes idiots cry in happiness
Cons: cannot see the properties of page by right clicking - creates problem if you have limited bandwidth and want to know the size of the files
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Version: Google Chrome 2.0.172.31
"The Lamborghini of internet browsers!"
Pros: This is one of the fastest browsers out there today.
Cons: The problem that I've been having is that when I try to print stuff Google Chrome crashes a lot.
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Version: Google Chrome 2.0.172.31
Pros: it deserves 5 stars for excellent speedy safe browsing
Cons: i'm sure google can come up with something about addons/plugins
but they slow down the browser, though :( - See all 23 user reviews Write review
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