{"id":4841,"date":"2008-09-14T05:32:54","date_gmt":"2008-09-14T10:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/14\/my-thoughts-after-24-hours-with-google-chrome\/"},"modified":"2008-09-14T05:32:54","modified_gmt":"2008-09-14T10:32:54","slug":"my-thoughts-after-24-hours-with-google-chrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/?p=4841","title":{"rendered":"My Thoughts After 24 Hours With Google Chrome"},"content":{"rendered":"
by Jimmie Kim<\/div>\n

Watch out Mozilla and Microsoft, Google is entering the fray with it’s new internet browser Chrome. Downloadable as of Tuesday September 2nd, 2008 in beta format, there have already been millions<\/a> of downloads in the first week. <\/p>\n

Just so we can be clear because the browser is in it’s first version, and is a beta version, the program does have some faults. It has some lock up issues, and things don’t always work as intuitvely as one would think. <\/p>\n

All in all the program is pretty good for a first attempt at making a browser. <\/p>\n

As with all things Google, the application is simple and light. The reason why google trumped Yahoo and other search engines is because their interface was very uncluttered, and it just flat out worked better. The same can be said about Google Chrome. <\/p>\n

Overall, after using Chrome for about 24 hours, I find the application to be very sleek, uncluttered, and lightweight. It seems like it takes up less of the computer power in simple browsing. One common complaint about Internet Explorer is that it can be a resource hog, taking up tons and tons of memory as well as processing power. Firefox is faster than IE, and Opera which very few people use is the fastest of them all. Chrome is probably on the leading edge, faster than Firefox, and only gets rivaled by the beta version of IE8. <\/p>\n

Another thing I noticed is the footprint is smaller. I opened up one tab with a page with no graphics in IE only to have it use up over 60MB of memory, Firefox took up around 20MB, and Chrome was running around 14MB. That means there’s less overhead. When dealing in multiple tabs this can make a huge difference. <\/p>\n

One benefit to Google Chrome that Internet Explorer doesn’t have is the ability to add plug-ins. That’s my favorite part about Firefox, I can completely customize my browsing experience with plenty of add-ons. At any one time I’ve used dozens of add ons. Chrome is allowing add-ons as well. But, time will tell if the browser becomes popular enough to persuade developers to develop new innovative apps. <\/p>\n

One thing that is very annoying is waiting while updating\/viewing pages. Chrome does a great job of creating a very fast browser with even less lag than other previous speed demons like Firefox. <\/p>\n

Google has a grand scheme for all of this. They want to make almost all applications work within a browser. So, that you come home, open up Chrome, and do 99% of your computer time within the browser, whether that be checking your email, creating spreadsheets, or surfing the internet. Chrome is built from the ground-up to be a central player in this plan. <\/p>\n

I’m impressed with this opening effort from Google. With a few minor fixes and tweaks, Google should have themselves a pretty good online competitor. I’m still going to stick with Firefox for now, but I’ll keep an eye on Chrome to see where Google goes with it. Regardless however, competition is good. Chrome should help push Microsoft and Mozilla to continue innovating and moving forward, which helps all internet users.<\/p>\n

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