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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP
- Date added: July 17, 2009
- Total Downloads: 832,011
- Downloads last week: 16,681
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 1005 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 2.0.172.37 includes security and bug-fixes.
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Version 2.0.172.37 includes security and bug-fixes.
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User reviews of Google Chrome 2.0.172.37
- Average user rating: 3.8 stars out of 1005 votes
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Version: Google Chrome 2.0.172.37
"great performance and stability"
Pros: fast, great interface, almost all sites display perfectly
Cons: could use plugin support
Summary:
overall good performance but could use improvements in bookmarks and rss support. looking forward to the next version
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Version: Google Chrome 2.0.172.37
Pros: easy to attach shortcuts to menu bar, smooth controls, lot's of windows open! Great
Cons: Still not user friendly to a lot of sites.....
Summary: It's great! Keep working on it!
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Version: Google Chrome 2.0.172.37
"Very fast, quicker than any, but lacks of some options."
Pros: Atomatic update keeps it running smoothly without interrupting.
Fast and reliable surfing.Cons: Poor bookmarks and management for pop-ups, history and saved info forms,
Does not delete all temp files
Not possible to opt-config the starting windows on the most visited sites position.
High memory usage
Still some pages are not compatibleSummary: Great improvement from previous versions.
It will become a great browser when some more effort is put on giving more options to the users instead of deciding for them, at least option for auto or manual settings. -
Version: Google Chrome 2.0.172.37
"It is fast but bookmark bar is poor"
Pros: I use it because it is very fast. I can open and load many tabs quickly.
Cons: I like an always visible sidebar for bookmarks. The constantly changing nine most used is really bizarre and can't be moved manually to my idea of the right order. I'm never sure if chrome will support an applet a website might need to use.
Summary: It is very fast and it allows many tabs to open quickly if you have enough memory to support them. I like that feature if I'm reading news articles where there are links to explore and I can open them all and read them after I finish the article.
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Version: Google Chrome 2.0.172.37
Pros: speed downloads, minimalist, occupy small space
Cons: It still needs more functionality to be used without needing to use another. It is far from firefox yet
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