Now the buzz about Google’s launch of their Chrome browser has finally calmed down, I wanted to post some thoughts on the browser.
The good
First up, there is much to like – some of the highlights:
– How to get more people to read your product documentation. Write it as a comic
– It’s fast and uses less memory than my other browsers
– No one tab to rule them all. If one tab crashes, the others live on
– Wonderfully clean, simple design
– The homepage display of recently visited sites and resources
The bad
– It’s blocked by my system administrator at work, hardly unique within the corporate firewall. I can still use it via VM, but obviously it’s a major drawback as I like to have a consistent browser experience at work and at play
– Concern for Firefox in the browser wars. Hopefully the wonderful Firefox community will help keep the product innovating and ahead
– No home button, surely a browser staple? You can activate this, but many won’t see this. Some might see this as a ‘good’
The too early
– No extensions
– Delicious. With much of my brain’s storage outsourced to delicious, I need a delicious extension to function. It’s on the roadmap according to Google and there is a workaround using bookmarklets, but it falls short of the Firefox extension that is so integrated into my workflow when researching.
determinator
ie8 the comic? you might be onto something there. let’s all bear in mind it’s still a beta so extensions can wait. impressive all the same and i think it will only stimulate firefox to improve.
faredino
not so really good… many problem with different movie files…streaming video is very often a problem for chrome…more info contact me
Alan
I tried chrome for a while and found it had so many problems, I have gone back to Firefox. Mainly it fails on positioning problems with drop down lists and the back button kept sending me to the dame page I was on
Kayleen
HHIS I suolhd have thought of that!