Google Chrome: If you haven't tried it yet, you really should...
By Ray on September 3, 2008 - 6:05am
It's early yet for beating the drum and singing praises, but so far, I like what I'm seeing. This little program seems to be designed to simplify our lives, rather than make them more complicated. I hope they show Microsoft how it's done! And they don't insist that everything should be 'Google' - and I suspected they might - and I was wrong.
They give you a choice of using any of the major (or minor) search engines currently known to mankind, and all you have to do to get one of them going is open Chrome, select Tools (look for the little wrench in the upper right), then find the button marked 'Manage', click it, and choose your favorite search engine from a l-o-n-g list, which also has a second list below it in case you didn't find your choice in the first 14... - See how easy it is? Browsing can be fun. Try it...
I almost said "faster than a speeding bullet" but that wouldn't be exactly right...however, I do think it's faster than my Firefox 3.01, which lately seems to be getting slowed down by the security stuff I have on here. So, yes - it's faster. But it's also more awkward to find "Home" with it, and it lacks a few of the familiar goodies of Firefox. I hope that Doctor Google includes those in its next face-lift. If he does, it could really kick ass, because it already is combining the best features of several of its competitors. Give it a try, and let us know what you think, please.
If, like me, you've created some Internet Shortcuts to your favorite websites, and then you install and use Chrome, you
will discover that your previously-chosen icon for those has been changed by Chrome's installer. So if you switch back to your previous browser (I.E., Firefox, etc.) and you want your old icon back, you'll have to go back and edit the Registry again, and then go through the process of choosing an icon, and changing to it from the one installed by Chrome. How? Have a look at this. Just take your time, and get it right, because, after all, you're messing with the Registry, and that can be trouble if you goof it up.
I'm quite uncertain now. It seems that you're absolutely satisfied with the Chrome, but I heard that by cliking on "I agree" you allow Google to use all the data you use and enter while browsing. Another article mentioned, that Chrome hasn't solved the RSS feed.
But these two are the only cons which I can find.
As a Vancouver realtor, I try to be in touch with the newest technologies, because they can help me in my bussiness. But I'll install Chrome on my PC at home first and we'll see.
Take care,
Jay.
This blog is really informative! Another site i found shows how google sucks
Chrome is a good thing from Google, but it still needs improvement like more add-ons to facilitate the user and I also heard there are some compatibility issues while using it with windows OS. Many users as Jay Banks said have concerns over the privacy statement to allow access to browser data. However there are some good features too it. It is faster because of its Java Script environment along with enhanced page searching. Despite all these facts IE still captures major portion of the market and developers are still concerned how there web design is going to appear before rest of the world. So, long way to go for Google chrome.