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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP
- Date added: October 06, 2009
- Total Downloads: 980,289
- Downloads last week: 21,379
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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 3.0.195.25:
- adds an image link to the new tab page which directs new users to the themes gallery
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User reviews of Google Chrome 3.0.195.25
- Average user rating: 3.8 stars out of 990 votes
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Version: Google Chrome 3.0.195.25
Pros: Fast, clean, reliable, and I love the minimalist look!
Cons: Have found not yet supported on all websites, like for (some) coupon printing.
Summary: Keeps getting better, can't remember the last time I actually had to use IE.
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Google Chrome 3.0.195.25
Pros: Fast, light, fantastic simplicity and clean looking with not many bugs. Does not suck the memory and the CPU.
Cons: No add-ons, no plug-ins, good only to look up pages. Lacks important options, like exporting passwords.
Summary: Very incomplete. Impossible to export passwords. If you ever have to reformat or in any way delete its files you lose them all.
Flash Player crashes frequently. Incompatible with some websites. It is not good to use to many plugins or extension... read more >> -
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Google Chrome 3.0.195.25
Pros: By far, the best of the bunch so far. Chrome is fast, intuitive and clean. I have not encountered any bugs as of yet.
Cons: Although Chrome has all the bells and whistles, they are not always front and center.
Summary: Of course, I started with IE, moved to Firefox and now to Chrome. I can tell you, IE and Firefox are not on my list anymore.
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1 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Google Chrome 3.0.195.25
Pros: Fast but that's about it.
Cons: No add-ons
Performance not even close to Firefox
Very low customizationSummary: Pretty much a cut down version of Firefox.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Google Chrome 3.0.195.25
Pros: A non memory hog of a browser!
Cons: No auto fill button? Won't work with Silverlight and as of yet neither Xmarks!
Summary: Installs very easy, loads up pages much faster than IE and does not hog the memory! Very lite for any Laptop/Notebook and has a clean interface. I personally use FireFox as my main browser and IE is a big no no! But as a secondary browser Google... read more >>
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