Eek’s World

Google Chrome

Is one of the youngest browsers there is. Google launched the first “UNBETA” version in December, since then they have continued to release fixes and upgrades to that version. But there is a time when you have to move on… Move to the next level. So a week ago they launched a new BETA of Google Chrome. If you didn’t tried Google Chrome until this day, you should. It’s a very elegant browser and very fast indeed. The main disadvanteg it has (that also makes me to stay at Mozilla Firefox 3) is that the Google Chrome doesn’t support the capability of extensions… And i am a little obssesed with this extensions, they really make the internet a better place for me. I have 7 addons that i use a lot… The addons are: Download Statusbar, Fast Video Download, FIREBUG!! (ESSENTIAL), FireFTP (a very usefull one indeed), Greasemonkey, Sothink SWF Catcher and View Cookies and besides that i have some more which i use but not so often

If Google Chrome had the capability for addon support, it would have passed Mozilla Firefox instantly. I have both browsers now… I wanted to test the new Google Chrome… Which has a far better speed improvement than the last one (Especially at JavaScript loading – that’s a WOW), additional browsing tools such as basic form autofill, full page zoom, autoscroll, and a new way for tabs I like tabs I think everybody does.

So… JavaScript loading is very interesting, i really wanted to see how it compares with Mozilla and i found the best place for it! Indeed… I think it pushes Google Chrome a little closer to Mozilla’s #1 position :d

That place is called Google Chrome Experiments, a webpage full of Javascript experiments a set of visualizations, some games and other Javascript related stuff. And yes, i tried the website with both Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox 3, and the differences really come outside… Google Chrome beeing so much faster than Mozilla. An experiment that i consider not only very good looking, very realisting, and a very smart ideea is the Google Gravity Experiment made by Hi-ReS! (weird nickname ideed)… If you don’t wanna go to the website you can look at a little movie here:

So as a final ideea… If you are still using Internet Explorer you should really get Google Chrome or if you are using Mozilla Firefox 3 but you’r not so obssesed with all your addons, you can give Google Chrome a try!

And no, I’m not getting any money from Google after I wrote this “review”!