Google has just recently released the Beta version of its new web browser called Chrome. It has several traditional features included in other web browsers such as Mozilla Firefox, but at the same time adds a couple of new ones.
The Features (as stated in the Google Chrome site) are:
- One box for everything: web browsing, history, search, and suggestions are all found in a single window, for comfortable browsing.
- New Tab page: when you open a new tab, a "collage" of your most visited and favorite sites appear, allowing you to access them more quickly.
- Application shortcuts: Browser-based applications such as Google Earth, Google Calendar, Gmail, etc can be started from the desktop by creating the corresponding shortcuts.
- Dynamic Tabs: Tabs can be moved around and arranged however you want to suit your preferences. They can be dragged out of the browser (to create new windows), moved to the sides of a window, whatever.
- Crash Control: Unlike Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox, every tab in Chrome runs independently from the rest, so if one crashes, the others are unaffected and can continue running.
- Incognito Mode: By activating this mode, you are able to browse websites without having them register in your browsing history.
- Safe Browsing: Chrome warns you if you try to access a page that may contain viruses or other harmful material for your computer.
- Instant Bookmarks: To add a page to your bookmarks you just need to click on the star icon.
- Importing Settings: If you are switching from another web browser to Chrome, you can import your bookmarks, save passwords, and settings.
- Simpler Downloads: Downloads are monitored in a bar at the bottom of a window, without an annoying download manager.
Since the program is still in its Beta stages, I will not download it for now, but I plan to do so in the near future, since features such as the Dynamic Tabs and Crash Control give it an advantage over its counterparts (IE and Firefox).
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