Google Chrome Review

by porkchop on Apr.28, 2009, under Software

The New Web Browser on the market, made by our favorite search Engine

Google the search engine that we just use to know has released a web browser, I think they are a bit late on this release, if they have released this browser before Mozilla FireFox, they would probably be the most popular browser used besides Internet Explorer. I decided to test this Google Chrome browser, because of seeing the download google chrome now link at the bottom of google search, lets how good it is I thought, even though I love Firefox, and probably would not switch to a new browser, unless it is 100 times better than FireFox.

The install went fine, even did the routine check for importing files from other browsers, and asked to make it default browser of course I said no. When I opened up the browser at first I thought, it was very basic, I was expecting a little more, for being a new browser trying to compete with FireFox, It just seemed very bland the design, it defiantly did open up very quick and the browsing was quick too, of course it was because it’s such a light weight browser. At first to me it looked like a simplified version of Internet Explorer. Just like Internet Explorer it as no menu like File, Edit,View, History, it has just the buttons on the right hand side, which I don’t like, I prefer the Old fashioned menu, this reminds me of the new Microsoft Office that has no menu, which I hate, just has a button. Another thing that i noticed was that I was seeing a lot more of the web page, they eliminated the status bar on the bottom, that is a minor thing though, it doesn’t increase the page view size by a lot it just makes it look like it. The browser also records what web page’s you visits the most, it shows it in small pictures of the web page’s you visit most at opening it, a little helpful, but not required. Google has of course integrated the search inside the URL entry bar, that is not bad, but I usually like to separate my search from the address entry bar, I like FireFox’s setup of the search engine to the side. The browser also has this mode called incognito, which supposedly opens up a link without leaving any traces on the computer’s history and cookies, etc, the way to use it is to right click on a link and click open link in incognito window, I don’t see much use of this unless you are at work and visiting sites that you don’t want your boss to see. The tabs in the browser different from all is that you can drag them around and make it an open window, advantages of this is that you don’t need to open up another FireFox to get another site off a tab.

Pros
-Quick Browser, Pages open up quickly, browser opens up quick, fast web surfing light weight browser.
-Uses little amount of RAM
-The Tab setup is good, moving tabs around freely
-The most visited website feature at starting, showing pictures and direct links to the pages
-More Viewing size for web pages
-surprisingly it doesn’t have google branded everywhere on the browser or its famous AdSense

Cons
-The Browser looks like a Internet Explorer knockoff
-Missing the File, edit, view, history, bookmarks, tools, help menu at the top the traditional way
-Made to easy, seems to basic, good for a new person new to the Internet
-Ads blocking is weak
-Lack of plug-ins
-Basic, expecting more.
-Too late to be coming into the browser market

So in all the strongest selling point of the Google Chrome web browser is its speed, and less use of resources, so it’s a great browser if you have a slower computer, or a slower Internet connection. The new things it has doesn’t make it worthwhile from going from FireFox to this, unless you are still in Internet Explorer and do not like FireFox, I’d give this a try, since it does have that Internet Explorer feel to it. I know its new so this browser has some potential in the future to be great, but as well as more things are added to it the slower this browser will get, which is its strongest thing at the moment. Would I dump FireFox to go to Google Chrome? no I would not, I enjoy my FireFox plug-ins, and the most importantly the file, edit, view, history menu at the top, that is why I do not use Internet Explorer, I hate not having that. would I recommend Google Chrome to someone? No I would only recommend it to someone who does not like FireFox, and who has a very slow computer and slow Internet Connection. Google was a bit late on the market for web browsers, FireFox has established a strong market in the field.

Post your comments, what do you think of Google Chrome?