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The 24 Hour Google Chrome Experiment

Google is taking the world by storm AGAIN with it's release of a new internet browser called Chrome. It's a completely new browser unlike anything seen before, and it's downloadable now in its beta form.

Now, just so you understand because the browser isn't "officially" released yet, but is still in beta(which means open testing), there are quite a few bugs in the program right now. It locks up on occasion, and even youtube doesn't work right unless you make two downloads that aren't readily apparent.

All in all the program is pretty good for a first attempt at making a browser.

Google came out of nowhere and took on all the other search engines and blew right past them. The basis of this domination was the simple and easy to use search interface with good results. Chrome seems to be following this simple strategy for success. Starting out with a simple and easy to use interface, it's quite easy to get started using Chrome right away.

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.

One thing to keep in mind is the footprint the program leaves. How much of the computers resources does the program use. It's not uncommon to have a simple page take up 40-50MB with Internet Explorer, while Firefox takes up half of that, and Chrome takes up even less than Firefox. With the lower overhead that leaves more of the processor and memory to handle multi-tasking all of your other priorities.

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.

Of course, one thing that is very important is load time of pages. And Google Chrome sure delivers. It opens pages quickly and completely. Only sometimes hanging up on complex javascript/flash pages.

One of the chief aims of Chrome is to expand the reach of javascript, and put almost everything within reach of the browser. If Google gets their way, soon we'll be editing all of our documents, sending email and spending most of our computer time online using their browser. As a person who really enjoys using Google Docs, I'm quite sure that there will be some takers on this grand scheme.

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.

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