Google Chrome

I admit it. I'm a browser-a-holic. I like using different web browsers depending upon the mood I'm in. Sometimes I'll stick to one for awhile and sometimes I'll use two or three different browsers during the day. In general, Mozilla Firefox tends to win out over all the other browsers because it's fast, it's simple, it has great extensions and it's free from clutter. However, not all applications work with Firefox (although more and more of them now do), so I occasionally need to use IE. Then, a few months ago I wrote about the social networking browser, Flock, which truly is a one of a kind browser replete with pictures and ins to Facebook, delicious, mySpace, and all sorts of web 2.0 tools. Netscape Navigator used to be in the loop, but it's been supplanted by the developers by Flock. Opera is an interesting critter, and I mention that one because Google's Chrome has a similar feature to one that I really love about Opera - speed dial. On Chrome it's called "Most Visited". With speed dial you select the pages you want to store and a visual image of the page is displayed, with Google Chrome, the browser stores the pages "most visited" automatically.

Like the Google search engine, the look of Google's browser, Chrome, is one of simplicity. The youTube video describing the new browser touts "speed, stability, and security". Watch the video here. One of the features that I like about the new Chrome is called "new incognito window". That feature allows you to open and download files without cookies being stored and information logged into the browsing history. If you download a file, a giant arrow slides down the browser indicating that data has been downloaded.

I've only been playing with Chrome for a couple of days now, and I have noticed a couple of difficulties: not all applications play nice with Chrome, and my back button hasn't always gone back, but I'm assuming that the little issues will clear themselves up as Google releases new versions of their browser. For further discussion of the "battle of the browsers", check out this PC World article. So take a look at Google Chrome and enjoy running your own comparisons of browsers!