Though very few new features have been added, those that have been integrated make all the difference!
As you all know, Google Chrome is a web browser developed by Google with extremely fast loading time. Google have now unveiled a much more improved edition of their highly thought of web browser. The issue many of us had with Version 1 was that it seemed to lack some vital tools, such as a “full screen mode” in order to make the internet surfing experience as best it can possibly be. However, with the introduction of Chrome 2.0, Google have integrated a few more features into the otherwise minimalistic browser. 0
New Features
Well, here are a handful of new features introduced:
- From the “new tabs” start page you are now able to delete individual thumbnails to your liking, by deciding on the thumbnails to have, and then clicking “done.” Previously you were not given a choice in removing thumbnails, as Chrome automatically chose the “most visited” sites as your thumbnail. Below, is an example of a customized thumbnail page displaying the “thumbnail page” format.
The disadvantage of this feature is that you are unable to arrange the thumbnails in your preferred order and if you delete one thumbnail, when only having four open, this will be deleted by default.
- Full-screen mode via F11 shortcut- Your screen turns completely into one window excluding all the tabs and bookmarks. Perfect for when watching or streaming videos off somewhere like BBC iplayer or Hulu. Then again, you hardly ever used to notice that Chrome was there anyway, because of the fact that vast majority of the screen space was devoted to the site you were visiting, Chrome has such a simple and streamlined design.
- Last but not least, Google have used their initiative and finally integrated an auto-fill feature requiring you not to remember passwords, for those who are forgetful among us! Thank god! Chrome needed this attribute, especially to get back in the hunt for #1 browser!
- In addition to the fresh features, Chrome has got even faster! Which definitely makes the web browser more useful and likeable. Google says that Chrome 2.0 loads JavaScript-heavy web pages 30% faster than older versions of the browser. This improvement is speed, makes it miles ahead of its competetitors, like Safari.
Our Opinion
Pros
- Many bugs have been fixed as well as the whole perfomance of Chrome.
- Super fast and stable, because of the multiprocess foundation- one slow site won’t drag down the rest of your browsing.
- Easy to use interface.
Cons
- No ad-blocking program making you unprotected straight away.
- Lack of add-ons and extentions, which Firefox seem to have every one.
- Potential for high memory usage given that each tab is its own process
Conclusion
If you are looking to simply surf the internet, then Chrome might be for you. It has a simple, minimilastic interface and very fast loading times. However, if you use your internet for alternate purposes such as gaming, you will quickly spot the problems with Chrome, most notably the lack of extensions and add-ons. If Google were to make a few distinct changes to some of the current features, the browser would attract a more sophisticated audience, and so will be widely used as the No.1 Browser which Firefox currently holds the title for. 0
Please feel free to comment on the Chrome 2.0 below.
For a start, if anyone was intereted in the Google Chrome browser, they would have already been on 2.0 a long time ago. Secondly, if you are interested in how websites are made, or how the browser works etc, Chrine is probably the best browser in that sense.
It’s so quick because it doesn’t have all of those other features and extensions. If people added to the core build then the whole browser would become like FireFox – slow and overloaded.
Despite of the fact that Chrome is in lack of an extension system yet, there are some pioneering add-ons existed already. e.g., Cleeki, has provided its add-on for Chrome. You can consider Cleeki as an alternative to IE8 accelerators, only superior. Select any text, and Cleeki can search/share/publish on the Internet and preview the results immediately in the same page. Check it out yourself:
http://blog.cleeki.com/?p=70
Thanks for the feedback Jack and James! I completely agree that Chrome is the best browser in terms of speed. @ Jack I had not come across “Cleeki” thankyou for alerting the community, very useful!
I think I’ll be sticking with firefox, but I still have it downloaded. There is that all handy “Porn mode”… Jokes, jokes.