It looks like Google has been able to work out most of the kinks with Chrome, so much in fact that they just announced that they are taking it out of beta. I must admit that about 3 months ago, things could have started off better, especially since a huge security hole was found after the first day of release. Those times are now long gone and Chrome has shaped up to be secure, stable and offers a considerable speed boost to browsing the web.
If you haven't tried it out yet, here's a link to the download (Windows only, sorry Mac peeps, not really) try it out sometime, you might find it worthwhile.
Here's some of the key things I like:
- Speed, it's been tested against all other browser's available and Chrome is currently the one who's wearing Nikes. Browsing definitely feels 'snappier' compared to Firefox/IE (haven't really used Opera).
- Sandbox engine, ever visited a horribly coded site causing your PC to hang? Chrome is able to shut down the tab only without having to close the entire browser which is pretty neat.
- More view space for web browsing. The UI is very lean and doesn't get in the way.
- Google integrated url/searchbox. I use google to search for everything, so having just one place to click and type into to cover both web addresses and web searches is very handy.
What I dislike:
- Needs to be as versatile as Firefox for power users, missing add-on support definitely hurts.
- Woud like an option to setup a comparable feature of Opera's "Speed Dial", need to add more than 9 web pages to the list.
- Missing Netflix support although I don't really watch movies off of my laptop anymore, but still missing.
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