bluemechaoxide

OK, so after using it for a couple of weeks I have to say I really really like Google’s take on the web browser.

• It’s fast - Meaning it’s… fast. It loads quickly and loads pages quickly. It does consume more memory at the start though, but luckily Google covered their asses with a technical answer which I think is sound anyway. See below.
• It’s stable - Tabs run as separate processes, unlike Firefox where the whole browser runs as one process. This means that when one tab crashes or misuses system resources, that tab and only that tab will crash. No more rewriting emails or reloading YouTube vids. Also, while plugins are a bit scarce for the browser right now I don’t think people should look forward much to them, as they are most often the cause of Firefox’s numerous crash times. They’ll do the same thing to Chrome, which is already very user-friendly.
• It’s spiffy - Chrome just looks sexy, don’t you think? Not much extra lines and icons cluttering the screen, leaving a lot of space for the user. You can skin it too.

• Easter eggs - Oh yes. No app would be complete without easter eggs.

There’s been a scare regarding the product’s EULA which then stated the following:

11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling Google to display, distribute and promote the Services and may be revoked for certain Services as defined in the Additional Terms of those Services.

but Google has fixed that already, saying that only the first part (the non-italicized part) applies. Ahh, carelessness.

There you go. A completely one-sided, two-week testimonial from a Chrome user.

Interested in learning more? Check out Google Chrome’s webcomic, created by none other than Scott McCloud (the dude who did Understanding Comics). It does a pretty bang up job of relating the browser’s story and technical details in a non-scary way.