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- Operating system: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7
- Date added: November 05, 2009
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 1024 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Seth Rosenblatt on October 16, 2009
Chrome is Google's attempt to make the Web 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 Web browsers on the market today.
Chrome is blazingly fast and is easily the quickest browser available. Based on Webkit, the same open-source engine that powers Apple Safari, Google's Android mobile platform, and several other Web-browsing tools, 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 other tabs do not.
The search box and the address bar have been fused into a hybrid "Omnibox," which includes suggestions for URLs culled from your browser's history and search suggestions from your search engine. It also remembers site-specific search engine results. There's also Application Shortcuts, a feature that lets you create desktop icons for Web-only applications, such as Gmail or Calendar. The stealth mode, Incognito, lets you surf without the history recording cookies. With version 3, themes have been introduced to Chrome and users can reskin the browser with more than 30 choices--not quite the depth of Firefox, but they don't seem to negatively affect performance. A developer's version of Chrome supports extensions, which haven't made it into this stable release yet. 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:
- Resolved a history issue that affected going back from queries in Google Maps.
- Fixed issue with Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.2, where no content would be displayed.
- Fixed an infinite loop in AAC decoding.
- Fixed a top crasher.
- Fix issues where setInterval sometimes eats 100% CPU.
- User not warned for some file types that can execute JavaScript
- Possible memory corruption in the Gears plugin
- Security Fixes:
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User reviews of Google Chrome 3.0.195.32
- Average user rating: 3.8 stars out of 1024 votes
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Version: Google Chrome 3.0.195.32
"fast fast fast fast ever!!!!!!"
Pros: fast fast fast fast ever!!!!!!
Cons: sometime not work good and destroy is charm but one of the best
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Version: Google Chrome 3.0.195.32
Pros: Speed, clean interface, very light on resources (using it on netbook hp mini 1000), browser for browsing (read bellow for explanation), development focuses on the most important aspects of the browser rather than on new unnecessary features.
Cons: Using stable version atm it's 3.x therefore no addons and no ad-block (want to kill dude that come up with the idea of smiley faces screaming oh my goooood !!! in ads)
That's it, no more cons :)
ps. 4.x will support addons so no more ads.Summary: I have switched from Opera, because development somewhat started to focus on extending browser functionality by more and more unnecessary features. First it was M2, then torrent client and now opera unite.
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Version: Google Chrome 3.0.195.32
Pros: It is very fast
Cons: wish to have private browsing
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Version: Google Chrome 3.0.195.32
Pros: perfect , simple , fast , numer 1 browser of the world.
Cons: better then this impossible
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Version: Google Chrome 3.0.195.32
"Best browser in the whole wide world!"
Pros: It's faster than any other browser I have ever used. Extension system is going into its rightful place. What else do you ever want? Chrome has speed, customization, and security. However, extension support is in the dev channel for now.
Cons: Nothing to say.
Summary: I am using the dev channel version with all the extensions turned on. There are some minor imperfections, but it's getting there. Adblock, mouse gestures, WOT.... I couldn't believe the dev channel would be so stable. I have not yet encountered a cr... read more >>
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