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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP
- Date added: September 30, 2009
- Total Downloads: 967,844
- Downloads last week: 21,621
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 990 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.
What's new in this version:
Version 3.0.195.24 includes:
- A fix to two significant history related crashing.
- A fix where PAC scripts would fail to parse if they ended with a comment and no new line.
- Corrected an issue where tabs would flash,for a split second, if multiple tabs were opened at the same time.
- Fixed an issue which prevented proper logins to CNET
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User reviews of Google Chrome 3.0.195.24
- Average user rating: 3.8 stars out of 990 votes
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Version: Google Chrome 3.0.195.24
"The best browser for novice and experienced users"
Pros: Very easy to use, extremely user-friendly, simple interface, very fast and stable engine(compared to firefox), bookmarks bar really helps in browsing faster, quick start-up time, speed-dial with recent history for the past few days is helpful.
Cons: Slighly slow homepage response.
Summary: A very fast and easy to use browser, probably one of the best I have ever used. If your looking for a stable, fast and user-friendly web browser, then look no further, Google Chrome is the one for you!
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Version: Google Chrome 3.0.195.24
Pros: -Very Simple Interface
-Speedy loading time.
-Easy drag and drop tabs
-Built in tab task managerCons: -Isolated tabs often cause very high memory usage. In addition, so far, when one tab freezes, the whole browser freezes anyway.
-Themes do not work well with Windows Aero and Windows Snap.
-Very little customization right now.
-Browser options buriedSummary: Google Chrome is an interesting and fast browser with a focus on simplicity and speed.
Its isolated tabs feature is supposed to make the browser more stable and it does in the way that one tab isn't affected by the next. However, I've bee... read more >> -
Version: Google Chrome 3.0.195.24
Pros: realy fast... boost browser!...
Cons: nothing!...
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Version: Google Chrome 3.0.195.24
Pros: this browser is very speedy and they really have speed it up a little bit.
Cons: some times it can be very slow at times.
Summary: I would advise anyone to get it. they have taken what safari couldn't do and made it better than it could. can;t wait till version 4 comes out.
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Version: Google Chrome 3.0.195.24
Pros: Minimalist style, very functional setup, and freakin fast!
Cons: No cool plugins like cooliris.
Summary: Blows IE8 out of the water, but has less cool stuff than Firefox.
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