As any other g33k/person who knows whats going on in the world, I tried Google Chrome minutes after it was out. And my first reaction was ‘Wow’ the minimalistic design worked for me, the sandboxed tabs are one of the coolest things which has been launched since Firefox 2.0. Google Chrome is a hit to all three of the major companies developing browsers: Apple, Microsoft and Mozilla. However both the Google Chrome and Firefox are open source.If you are a Firefox user you will notice similarities in Google Chrome and as a matter of fact, Google admitted to the fact that they have ‘borrowed’ a lot of things from Mozilla Firefox but that’s whats open source is right? I’m pretty sure we’ll see sandboxed tabs in the next version of Firefox.The sad part about the whole thing is people who didn’t like the Chrome criticizing it. I think they should realize that this is the first beta version. It’s obvious it’s gonna have bugs! Even Google’s IM client: Google Talk has bugs and it’s been out since years. I think once Chrome gets plug ins and other customizing features and a better Bookmarks manager. I have no issues with the download manager actually.Google Chrome as on 8th September has it’s pros and cons. It’s better at speed and stability. But lacks total AJAX support It has rough AJAX support which well won’t go well with the social networking addicts. And that is one of the reasons it’s not soon gonna be your default browser for the Youngsitaanes/Americansitaanes etc.I have four browsers installed on my system. Google Chrome Beta 1.0 [0.2], Mozilla Firefox 3.0+, Apple Safari 3.0+ and Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 Public Beta 2. Out of all these I still find myself using Firefox more than any other browsers.Below is a summary of Google Chrome.
- Speedy
- Very good usable UI
- Private browsing mode.
- No plug in support yet
No AJAX support yetRough AJAX support, doesn’t work with sites like Facebook properly.- Not ready for general population.
- Bookmarks manager sucks.
- No Mac/Linux version out yet.
As a web developer and designer, I would say the world was better without the crome. We dont need any other browser right now. Adds up to the cross-browser compatibility issues too.
As a user, I like it but its worth waiting for a much stabler release.
Sandbox implementation sucks in chrome, if they can handle sandboxes within one process, then maybe that would be cool.
Speedy : not at all, maybe your JS runs cool but ur comp freezes at times. Tested it on phenom 9550, it didnt bother the CPU performance much, but it freezes my comp frequently when used on Single core P 2.4 GHz
AJAX: Its TOTALLY supported, but probably JS V8 standards differ from what people have implemented on their sites
Being the online leaders I was expecting Google to make this move long ago. I really wonder what will happen to their 3 year Mozilla tie-up. Google says they still will support Mozilla, but I really wonder how far its true.
When you have your own kid in block, why will anyone really support others ? I mean in reality I doubt if they’ll support Mozilla as they used to
/Mozilla fan