Google Chrome!!! Awesome!!

I read about google chrome yesterday on techtree (www.techtree.com) & today in the morning's newspaper. Both had highly critical reviews, but that was only because Google the great is supposed to do mindblowing things & chrome they said wasn't so mindblowing.

But ask what an average user needs, & the answer is speed. While we have started enjoying broadband for an odd coupla years in India, browser technology is over the world is hardly broadband friendly. Internet explorer, the demon of all browsers, is prone to hanging the system before you can even hit Crtl+Alt+Del. I have been a Mozilla fan for over a year. The speed it gives me is really fancy. Opera, I have no comments on , coz i use it only on my phone & that version is really great (apart from tearing off my prepaid bills), but the desktop browser is cumbersome.

& here comes google with its brand new chrome plated CHROME.
So...getting back to the point, "Is mein aisa kya he jo dusro me nahi?"
Well just download it & find out!! "Are magar woh karna hota to yeh blog kyo padhte?"
Exactly my point people, if you just type the name of this blog, it will have appeared before you blink (provided your broadband provider is equally good).
Heavy sites like Gmail, Orkut, Facebook & even Youtube open at blazing speeds.

& the best part!!! It doesn't hang the entire system. Chrome has tabbed browsing which is currently the fad. But the older browsers were better coz if one hung, the other program was largely unaffected. Google has read its history well (im a history freak, so i got it reasoned ;) )& brought what seems like a tabbed browser, but actually every tab opens like an individual program!

For all you laypeople, today's sites (including gmail, yahoo new mail, etc) use heavy javascript in order to bring those flashy effects & speeds to your desktop. But while java loads in a normal tabbed browser, the whole program is hung, even if for a few seconds (im not talking of your celerons, they will take ages). What Chrome has is separate programs, so only the tab that is loading javascript hangs for a moment.

Cheers for us multi-tasking freaks!! This is the best development after Mozilla which I still salute for bringing the competition to their senses!! But after all, Google is the GREAT!

So what about other features?
I always love their overtly simple interface, no cluttering, just the plain look. Also, being open source, you can keep adding many plugins as developers & amateurs churn them out.

I love the way loading happens in left bottom corner. It just comes out of the blue, and does not waste even those 5mm of screen space when not necessary. Thats simplicity & efficient space usage!!

They have done a lot of technical stuff which i dont want to bore you people with. You would definitely love to read their comic book about development. Its nice & informative.

So go ahead, download & experience the difference!!
Do comment here if you think otherwise...
I'll be happy to hear.