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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP
- Date added: July 31, 2009
- Total Downloads: 834,277
- Downloads last week: 16,681
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 986 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.
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User reviews of Google Chrome 2.0.172.40
- Average user rating: 3.8 stars out of 986 votes
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Version: Google Chrome 2.0.172.40
Pros: takes up small amount of space leaving screen free and not clutted
Cons: blue is not the best colour as it can look a bit cold
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Version: Google Chrome 2.0.172.40
"Seems to outproform IE Search by twice the speed!"
Pros: super fast searchs
Cons: so far none apparent, but time may tell.
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Version: Google Chrome 2.0.172.40
Pros: very good product
Cons: very good product
Summary: very good product
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Version: Google Chrome 2.0.172.40
"it's fast and does everything I need"
Pros: speed and reliability
Cons: For my purposes no cons at this time
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Version: Google Chrome 2.0.172.40
"VERY fast, but not enough functions"
Pros: Very fast, loads pages more quickly than firefox, loads quickly when you first open Chrome.
Cons: It does not work well with Facebook and crashes when tryin to load a facebook app such as Farmtown. Also, WHY didnt google allow google toolbar to be used with Chrome.
Summary: I will not use it until it works fully with Facebook and has Google Toolbar!
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