Goolge Chrome – A New Open-Source Browser
Posted September 2nd, 2008 by TechGeek
What a surprise! With all that hype around Firefox 3 and Internet Explorer 8 Beta, Google has made an intelligent move with its new browser called Chrome.
It has been secretly developed for the past two years. Accordingly to Google engineers, Chrome was based on Apple’s WebKit and Mozilla Firefox engine. Thus, the browser’s code is open to any developer or third party.
Google Chrome has just been released, so you can give it a try. I’ve tested myself this excellent browser, and I must say it has some great features. Google used the same clean design and integrated its services in browser’s URL bar. For example if you type a text, the bar will make automatically suggestions from your web history, Google search or popular sites. Another interesting feature is the New Tab page which will show the most visited pages, the recent searches, bookmarks or closed tabs. That adds many points for functionality and usability.
Moreover the browser brings some ingenious stuff like applications shortcuts on your desktop, the incognito mode which won’t save your visited pages in browser’s history or instant bookmarks. Also the Chrome has an amazing architecture which offers protection against malware. Each tab works independently without interacting with the others. Supposingly you will visit a malware website, and a malicious program enters your browser, it won’t affect the whole structure and will be eliminated when the tab is closed.
I strongly believe that Google Chrome will make its march straight to the top in the browser’s competition. As I see it, in a short time enthusiasts will create plugins and extensions like in Mozilla’s case. Because it is faster many IE, Firefox and Opera users will switch. In addition the enhanced security makes it the safest browser, but it also can be a target from now on.
To sum up, I can say I’ve enjoyed it.
Download Google Chrome or read the comic book of Chrome.
