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Google Chrome is a web-browser from Google released on September 2nd, 2008. There are three main areas on which Google intends to improve the browsing experience compared to its more entrenched counterparts: security, anonymity, performance. Under the hood there are new browser models implemented that separate the rendering from the program itself, what this means is that individual pages won't slow down or completely crash the entire browser program. On the performance side Google has implemented their own Javascript rendering engine, called V8 that is reported to be 100 times faster than IE7's. On December 11, 2008 Google removed the "beta" designation with it's version 1.0 launch.
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Release date September, 2008
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Pros & Cons
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9 mixed
10 negative
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Features
- totally Open Source
- rewritten javascript engine (V8)
- Webkit rendering
- Address bar functionality comparable to Firefox' awesome bar
- Incognito mode for privacy
- Sandbox architecture prevents tabs from slowing each other, and crashing browser
Version history
- September 2, 2008 - 0.2.149.27
- September 5, 2008 - 0.2.149.29
- September 17, 2008 - 0.2.149.30
- October 29, 2008 - 0.3.154.9
- November 24, 2008 - 0.4.154.25
- December 1, 2008 - 0.4.154.33
- December 11, 2008 - 1.0.154.36
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MSRP $0.00
Released September, 2008
Pros
- Extremely fast web-browsing
- Very clean interface
- Very fast startup time
- Open-source
Cons
- No addons yet
- not avaliable on Linux
Google Chrome
0%
vs.
SRWare Iron
100%
MSRP $0.00
Released November, 2004
Pros
- Extensive functional add-ons (extensions) and plug-ins
- Tabbed browsing
- After a crash can "Restore session" which reopens all tabs
Cons
- Websites designed with proprietary IE/Active X code may not render correctly
- Windows returns an error if you close Firefox and try to start it up right away "Firefox is still running"
- Firefox V2 crashes semi-regularly and uses a lot of computing resources
Google Chrome
44%
vs.
Mozilla Firefox
56%
MSRP $0.00
Released January, 1996
Pros
- Fast rendering
- Download manager
- "Speed dial" favourite page thumbnails
Cons
- Not supported by all sites
- lacks Firefox's extension pool
- No support for tree-style tabs list
Google Chrome
62%
vs.
Opera
38%
MSRP $0.00
Released January, 2003
Pros
- Text boxes can be resized
- Very cool find interface
- Open source rendering engine shared with Google Chrome
Cons
- Firefox has better/more extensions
- Can't press "/" to bring up find
- No native Linux support
Google Chrome
75%
vs.
Safari
25%
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Google Chrome
75%
vs.
Flock
25%
MSRP $0.00
Released January, 1995
Pros
- Tabbed browsing
- Nice tab gallery browsing
- Has Phising protection out-of-the-box
Cons
- third-party extension support
- Violates web standards.
- Poor security allows malware and viruses to easily install from infected websites.
Google Chrome
87%
vs.
Windows Internet Explorer
13%
Reviews
August 6, 2009
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Pros
- Extremely fast web-browsing
- Very clean interface
- Very fast startup time
- Multi-threaded application architecture
- Open-source
- Includes "Task Manager" utility to see what web pages/plugins/tabs are using what resources
- Integrated search box into the location bar
- Drag and drop of tabs into new or existing windows is well done
- Autocomplete in the omnibar without using arrow keys
- has incognito mode which does not save any cookies
- Seemless transition from Firefox with importing
- Adapted best to Google Applications
- No clutter on the screen, very open and clean
- getting faster
- Includes some Safari-esque UI niceities like resizable input boxes
- Does better than IE, Safari on the Acid3 compliance test (passes both Acid2 and Acid1)
- Has an "awesome bar" like Firefox
- different themes available
- You can assign keyboard shortcuts to your custom search engines to quickly search using the omnibar
- Useful tick-marks show up in scrollbar when searching a large web page
Cons
- No addons yet
- Installation is a little weird
- not avaliable on Linux
- No "copy link name" feature
- unfinished
- Dragging a window into a new window is slow with a low power GPU
- No "/" for searching in a page
- Window placement is wonky with Win-split revolution
- updates are few and far between
- Doesn't render XML/RSS pages very well - FF, Safari, IE are all better
- lots of themes are hideous
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August 5, 2009
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Pros
- Extremely fast web-browsing
- Very clean interface
- Multi-threaded application architecture
- Open-source
- Includes "Task Manager" utility to see what web pages/plugins/tabs are using what resources
- Integrated search box into the location bar
- Drag and drop of tabs into new or existing windows is well done
- Autocomplete in the omnibar without using arrow keys
- Seemless transition from Firefox with importing
- Does better than IE, Safari on the Acid3 compliance test (passes both Acid2 and Acid1)
- Useful tick-marks show up in scrollbar when searching a large web page
Cons
- No addons yet
- Location bar isn't as intelligent as Firefox awesome bar
- Can't switch between custom search engines as quickly as Firefox or IE
- not avaliable on Linux
- unfinished
- No "/" for searching in a page
- updates are pushed automatically, unannounced
- updates are few and far between
- lots of themes are hideous
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September 19, 2008
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3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Pros
- Extremely fast web-browsing
- Very clean interface
- Very fast startup time
- Multi-threaded application architecture
- Open-source
- Includes "Task Manager" utility to see what web pages/plugins/tabs are using what resources
- Integrated search box into the location bar
- Drag and drop of tabs into new or existing windows is well done
- Seemless transition from Firefox with importing
- Includes some Safari-esque UI niceities like resizable input boxes
- You can assign keyboard shortcuts to your custom search engines to quickly search using the omnibar
Cons
- No addons yet
- Location bar isn't as intelligent as Firefox awesome bar
- Can't switch between custom search engines as quickly as Firefox or IE
- No "/" for searching in a page
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July 1, 2009
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2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Pros
- Extremely fast web-browsing
- Very clean interface
- Very fast startup time
- Multi-threaded application architecture
- Open-source
- Includes "Task Manager" utility to see what web pages/plugins/tabs are using what resources
- Integrated search box into the location bar
- Drag and drop of tabs into new or existing windows is well done
- Autocomplete in the omnibar without using arrow keys
- has incognito mode which does not save any cookies
- Seemless transition from Firefox with importing
- Includes some Safari-esque UI niceities like resizable input boxes
- Has an "awesome bar" like Firefox
- You can assign keyboard shortcuts to your custom search engines to quickly search using the omnibar
- Useful tick-marks show up in scrollbar when searching a large web page
Cons
- No addons yet
- Location bar isn't as intelligent as Firefox awesome bar
- Installation is a little weird
- Can't switch between custom search engines as quickly as Firefox or IE
- not avaliable on Linux
- Not available on Mac
- unfinished
- Dragging a window into a new window is slow with a low power GPU
- Fonts aren't as nice as Safari
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January 4, 2009
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2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Pros
- Extremely fast web-browsing
- Integrated search box into the location bar
- Autocomplete in the omnibar without using arrow keys
- Includes some Safari-esque UI niceities like resizable input boxes
- Does better than IE, Safari on the Acid3 compliance test (passes both Acid2 and Acid1)
- Has an "awesome bar" like Firefox
Cons
- No addons yet
- Location bar isn't as intelligent as Firefox awesome bar
- Installation is a little weird
- Can't switch between custom search engines as quickly as Firefox or IE
- not avaliable on Linux
- No "copy link name" feature
- Not available on Mac
- Dragging a window into a new window is slow with a low power GPU
- No "/" for searching in a page
- Window placement is wonky with Win-split revolution
- High CPU load
- Security Flaws prevalent
- Fonts aren't as nice as Safari
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March 19, 2009
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Pros
- Extremely fast web-browsing
- Very fast startup time
- Multi-threaded application architecture
- Seemless transition from Firefox with importing
- Includes some Safari-esque UI niceities like resizable input boxes
- Has an "awesome bar" like Firefox
Cons
- Installation is a little weird
- No "copy link name" feature
- No "/" for searching in a page
- High CPU load
- Fonts aren't as nice as Safari
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March 18, 2009
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
Pros
- Extremely fast web-browsing
- Very clean interface
- Very fast startup time
- Open-source
- Autocomplete in the omnibar without using arrow keys
- Adapted best to Google Applications
Cons
- No addons yet
- not avaliable on Linux
- Not available on Mac
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December 13, 2008
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
Pros
- Very clean interface
- Multi-threaded application architecture
- Open-source
- Includes "Task Manager" utility to see what web pages/plugins/tabs are using what resources
- Includes some Safari-esque UI niceities like resizable input boxes
Cons
- No addons yet
- not avaliable on Linux
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October 5, 2008
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
Pros
- Extremely fast web-browsing
- Very clean interface
- Very fast startup time
- Multi-threaded application architecture
- Includes "Task Manager" utility to see what web pages/plugins/tabs are using what resources
- Seemless transition from Firefox with importing
Cons
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September 5, 2008
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Pros
- Extremely fast web-browsing
- Very clean interface
- Very fast startup time
- Includes "Task Manager" utility to see what web pages/plugins/tabs are using what resources
Cons
Did not agree with any cons
Competitors
Daniel Cormier prefers
Opera over
Google Chrome
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