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Google Chrome, The Lightning Fast Browser Is Out. My Somewhat Detailed Review And First Impressions.

September 3, 2008 by Bakkouz  
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This was the first thing I noticed about Google Chrome (Google’s new Web browser). It really is blazing fast, much faster then Firefox. It terms of page loading time and startup time for the browser itself, both are incredible. It also imported all my favorites/saved passwords/browsing history from Firefox upon installation (optional of course) , which was excellent!

Another very nice feature was the auto-complete for addresses entered into the address bar, which differs from Firefox’s auto-complete is that it will only auto complete addresses you’ve already visited. But the most important feature of all is that the tabs have been seperated into independent processes, so that each tab will act as a complete seperate process which means that if a certain tabs hangs or crashes you can just close it without affecting the rest of the browser, a side (and very cool feature) of that also is that you can drag tabs outside the main tabs and they’ll be transformed into a whole new window.

It also has an “incognito” surfing mode, which means that you can surf the web without any of your actions being recorded and saved, your browsing history will not be saved neither will your cookies, and that tab functions in read only mode which means that no scripts can write anything to your system. what you do in that tab stays in that tab, and when you close it, its all gone. like it never happened. neato.

However, Google chrome does need a little getting used to, the interface is very simplistic to the point that it can get a little bit confusing, for example, the “Home” button is by default removed from the U.I, and you’d have to go into settings and add it manually. Another thing that might be confusing to beginners and new users is the absence of the traditional menu bar altogether (file - view - edit - tools, etc…). Another thing is the lack of a drop-down bar for the last visited websites, Chrome compensates that by the use of the auto-completion feature that will automatically try to complete the URL you’re trying to get to once you type in the first few letters, but still this could be somewhat of a nuisance.

Overall, I Think Google Chrome is very very promising, sure it has some minor bugs here and there, and perhaps it needs some more tweaking, but its still brand new and still in Beta, plus its an open source project which means that it will have lots of potential for further development.

So that’s my quick review of Google Chrome, I am not sure If i’m ready to replace Firefox just yet, but i am using Chrome more and more, perhaps i will make the change when Chrome starts supporting plugins that will do everything Firefox does for me, but till then I;m just gonna play around with Chrome, well, mainly just because its so damn fast :)

(+) For the detailed illustrated features of the browser you can check out the Google Chrome comic.

Oh, and just in case you somehow missed it, You can download Google Chrome Here.

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46 Comments on "Google Chrome, The Lightning Fast Browser Is Out. My Somewhat Detailed Review And First Impressions."

  1. Moi on Wed, 3rd Sep 2008 1:48 pm 

    What happened to adigapsatha.net?

  2. Bakkouz on Wed, 3rd Sep 2008 2:42 pm 

    Moi: I am not sure. i do not maintain the site, Jad does.

  3. Yugi on Wed, 3rd Sep 2008 9:07 pm 

    Good review :)
    Anyway, I will not replace Firefox, I have Linux and, as far as I know, Google Chrome is only for Windows!

  4. Qwaider قويدر on Wed, 3rd Sep 2008 10:12 pm 

    Good review Bakkouz
    I’m totally in love with it … it’s REALLY awesome!

  5. KJ on Wed, 3rd Sep 2008 11:23 pm 

    I love it, and I can’t wait for the guys to import their firefox plugins here!

    Where’s google toolbar! All my bookmarks are there aaaaaargh!

  6. 7aki Fadi on Thu, 4th Sep 2008 1:38 am 

    Thanks for the review Bakkouz, now I will definitely install it, I saw it on the news yesterday.

  7. Motorcycle Fairings on Thu, 4th Sep 2008 2:38 am 

    I decided today I’m getting my new Chrome browser. Everybody is talking about it and the benefits you get compared with the others are impresive. Doing it right now.

  8. Ayuk Kerja on Thu, 4th Sep 2008 3:04 am 

    :biggrin: awesome review, bookmark ASAP !

  9. Khaled on Thu, 4th Sep 2008 11:01 am 

    In fact I found the new chrome browser very simple… there’s nothing new… I use the Mozilla FireFox… There’s no option to prevent loading the images in chrome, and this is very important to me as I use my mobile phone as a modem. another point, chrome dose not read live feeds…
    Well, it’s not comparable to FireFox at all.

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  11. Rahul Sharma on Sun, 7th Sep 2008 6:22 am 

    Chrome really is blazing fast, much faster then other Browser.

  12. affordable website hosting on Sun, 7th Sep 2008 4:16 pm 

    Great review Bakkouz! Chrome is a very promising future browser. I guess google will succeed in making this the best browser, even better than firefox after some minor bugs are fixed.

  13. Eric on Mon, 8th Sep 2008 3:48 pm 

    Google chrome is a decent browser for just a beta, and although it isn’t up to par with the other more prominant browsers, it has a long way to go. However, at the moment it really isn’t all that great.

    Speaking of which here is a review of google chrome with firefox 3.

    Google Chrome vs Firefox 3

  14. Macromedia on Tue, 9th Sep 2008 6:45 am 

    I just love your review for Google Chrome…. Well i don’t have any doubt about your articles. Your articles are awesome… Honestly you are simply the best.Thanks for sharing this with us.

  15. Ascii art - master on Tue, 9th Sep 2008 4:53 pm 

    Google Chrome, a good, fast browser. I liked it. :smile:

  16. teo on Tue, 9th Sep 2008 8:22 pm 

    the google chrome is the faster browser of 2008!!!!

  17. Blog Design Studio on Wed, 10th Sep 2008 3:53 pm 

    Google Chrome is a nice browser and I’m sure the browser war will only increase because the amount of fan following google has will surely make it difficult for IE/Opera/Firefox. Google definitely acted like :ninja:

  18. Jimmy@Illinois Fence on Wed, 10th Sep 2008 9:22 pm 

    When it comes to browser.. Google Chrome is the best! proven and tested.

  19. Kit Kat on Thu, 11th Sep 2008 10:02 am 

    Yes, I have download and try it after reading this article. I think it is really good.

  20. ImLive Review on Thu, 11th Sep 2008 11:31 am 

    Google Chrome is a fast & Super…!

  21. ImLive Review on Thu, 11th Sep 2008 11:31 am 

    Google Chrome is a fast & best browser…!

  22. Great Wall of China on Sat, 13th Sep 2008 6:46 pm 

    Thanks for the review man! I was having trouble comparing firefox and chrome but you nailed it right on the head!

  23. Yazan on Sat, 13th Sep 2008 9:36 pm 

    That’s weird.
    Whenever people used to say that Firefox is faster than IE I always thought ‘heck I never noted any differences’. But with chrome it was significantly slower than Firefox. I have no idea why. :dizzy:

  24. çanta on Sun, 14th Sep 2008 2:37 am 

    Good review, thanks.

  25. Musab on Sun, 14th Sep 2008 1:30 pm 

    But no one can beat firefox. Its still the best browser around the world. Google will have to give its best shot to defeat FireFox!

  26. sean on Mon, 15th Sep 2008 6:52 am 

    google chrome is a nice product of theres.

    thanks for this info.

  27. Syd on Tue, 16th Sep 2008 1:51 am 

    Thanks for the review. More perspective than most people are supplying.

    I’ve tried it out and it does seem a little quicker to me, but not monumentally so.

    I’m still hanging onto Firefox until the plug-ins I rely on catch up to Chrome (or vice versa)

    Sydn

  28. Cherie on Tue, 16th Sep 2008 5:11 am 

    Tried, I think it is the best available right now. Will start to use google chrome.

  29. document classification on Tue, 16th Sep 2008 9:33 am 

    When Google stopped supporting the Firefox referrals everybody knew that something new is coming up in the browser world.
    The thing that scares me is that google knows too much about me. they have my gmail, my docs, ny search history and now they know exactly where I browse.
    if anything happens to this info, am I screwed or what?

  30. mitch of garden furniture on Thu, 18th Sep 2008 6:54 pm 

    My husband is already using it, he said it is really great.

  31. Dallas Web Design on Fri, 19th Sep 2008 10:58 pm 

    I’m going to give this the whole wait and see approach. I rely on too many Firefox plugins to make the switch right now.

  32. matt on Sat, 20th Sep 2008 12:46 pm 

    Awesome review …Presently i am using both chrome and ff as chrome doesnt support any plug ins till the next version released iwill stick to ff …

    But mypersonal opinion chrome is awesome :heart:

  33. gWallet on Tue, 23rd Sep 2008 1:16 pm 

    As a mac user, I’m only getting a half feeling of Chrome, as I use it via parallels, and something tells me that I’m not getting the whole experience. Given that Chrome is built around sandbox technology, it’s probably going to be quite a while before they can make the transition to a mac version. But then again…once they nail the mac version, it’s free press for Google all over again.

  34. .au on Thu, 25th Sep 2008 11:00 am 

    Google chrome is much faster than other Browser.

  35. Dmitri on Tue, 30th Sep 2008 11:00 pm 

    No really.. I love my Firefox and nothing on exchange! :w00t:

  36. Clark on Mon, 6th Oct 2008 12:37 pm 

    Yes, Chrome looks very nice and functional, but until they
    start releasing and building plugins base that will be
    able to replace firefox, i wont open it again :). Firefox
    is simply the best for me, and after moving myself to Apple’s
    Mac i don’t have any problems with application speed running.

  37. Michael Grey on Tue, 7th Oct 2008 4:36 pm 

    I’m only getting a half feeling of Chrome, as I use it via parallels, and something tells me that I’m not getting the whole experience.

  38. Webmaster Forum on Wed, 8th Oct 2008 7:14 am 

    Google chrome is really fast….. just wishing some essential plugins be available with it soon.

  39. samix on Wed, 8th Oct 2008 7:26 am 

    will stick to firefox as many others tell google chrome get plugins
    http://www.shababarabia.com

  40. f474r on Thu, 9th Oct 2008 11:43 pm 

    Yup, Chrome is fastes browser.
    My parameter when access godday.
    But poorly, stiil no pic & multimedia blocker

  41. Cuautla Morelos on Fri, 10th Oct 2008 6:24 am 

    I’m still not sure which of these are the best for me.
    I’m actually using both of them. Thanks for the update.

    -M from Mexico

  42. mitch@teak furniture on Fri, 10th Oct 2008 10:16 am 

    Google Chrome is okay, but Firefox is still the best for me.

  43. hidayah on Sat, 18th Oct 2008 9:22 am 

    Am is big fand and addict with google for the search engine……….but for browser am still prefer firefox.but i like the speed and is look more wide look when am using chrome.

  44. rinoplastia on Fri, 24th Oct 2008 6:07 pm 

    i prefer firefox!aesthetically the google chrome doesn´t like very much to me, and i agree about the absence of the traditional menu bar.
    The only thing i think is good is the incognito surfing mode

  45. ObsessiO on Mon, 27th Oct 2008 3:58 pm 

    thanks for information,

    I think firefox is the best, cos addons!

  46. Zobel on Thu, 13th Nov 2008 1:30 pm 

    I’ve heard this browser has too many bugs… :sick:

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