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  • 4.0 stars

    "Good and Bad."

    August 29, 2012  |   By Moral_Technology

    Pros

    The interface is minimal, and leaves much room for the webpages.
    It doesn't put too much of a burden on my CPU.
    It offers a good extensions platform.
    Hardware Acceleration when possible.
    Built-in PDF Reader. Built-in Flash Player.
    Free.
    Good browsing security through the use of process isolation.

    Cons

    The Hardware Acceleration doesn't seem to be fully implemented yet.
    I find that on my particular hardware, Chrome is slower than Firefox.
    Sometimes it breaks the sites it renders.
    Doesn't give me the option to disable hardware acceleration (I want to be able to customize the browser.)
    Built-in popup blocker is very obsolete.
    Somewhat primitive privacy protection methods.

    Summary

    Chrome is a good web browser, with plenty of extensions to choose from.. but it's still got some bugs that need to be ironed out before I can consider using it as my default browser.

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