Google Chrome? I like it.

Wed, 09/03/2008 - 13:46 — jose.anton
 
Much has been written and said about this new browser in a matter of hours – from blaming it on the “browser’s war” (that has been out there since Netscape and IE), speeding up the fall of the Microsoft empire (already losing terrain because of the open source, but still with a lot of power) to being the substitute of operating systems (easier to say than to implement) – and if you haven’t tested it,  go for it ; here is what I saw:

  • Easy installation – without wanting to take over your computer
  • Clean and simple interface
  • It’s fast
  • Nice features
    • Task Manager – now you can see part of what’s going on back there
    • Independent threads for the tabs – don’t you hate your browser crashing? This is a nice solution
    • Drag/drop tabs – cool
    • Incognito – for the obvious reasons; but I don’t know how much corporate America will like this one
    • Shortcuts of the Google applications to your desktop or launch bar
    •  Bookmark bar
    •  Easy bookmarking
    •  Developer menu
    •  Most visited screen
  •  V8 (not the vegetables juice, but the virtual machine) – great job from Europe that takes java script to a new level
  • Logo –  futuristic, kind of like a robotic spacecraft or those spy robots in the sci-fi movies
Now, what others say and I agree:

  • Google wants to take over the world – all monopolies want to do that, check Microsoft for example
  • It has bugs – I like the idea that it was programmed by humans. It has a “Report bug or broken site …” menu  item
  • Lack of some features (like a command for e-mailing links or pages from the browser, a progress bar to show how much of a Web page has loaded, or some other extras) – Let’s suggest the development team what we would like this new browser to have 

On the other hand, I like welcoming a new browser to the party that creates more choices for the users and provides a better experience to those users; some programmers will have to test their apps in one more browser to ensure compatibility, but that’s not the concern here.

Chrome might stay or disappear, but – so far – I like it.

By Jose L. Anton, CEO

GreenCode Technologies, Inc.

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