Google Chrome: It’s Just So Fast!
Posted in News and Opinion on September 3rd, 2008 by Carl ZulaufWhen Google released the beta for their new browser, Chrome, they stated their main goal was to create a lightweight, fast, and robust platform for web applications. After spending some time with Google Chrome I can say for certain they have succeeded in that goal. This is still a beta project, and it has its short comings, but it shows real promise and it is hands down the fastest browser I have ever used.
Here is a quick overview of my thoughts on Google Chrome:
Pros
- Super fast rendering
- Super fast javascript and great inspection tools
- Super fast user interface
- Very compatible and standards compliant (thanks webkit!)
- Simple, clean, attractive, and intuitive UI
- Fantastic stability and resource management
Cons
- Currently Windows only
- Currently no easy path for plugin development
- Currently no support for any kind of extensions
- Currently no support for UI configuration (in the form of either skins or UI element placement)
- No mouse gesture support, no Greasemonkey, no Flashblock, …
- … NO EXTENSIONS!!!
- A few bugs here and there (no deal-breakers though)
- A little more memory usage than Firefox 3.0
- No RSS support
- No full screen mode
Read on for more detailed thoughts about the Google Chrome beta browser.
