I've been using Google's browser Chrome for a few weeks now. And other than the occasional "this page don't werk rite" moment I've been very pleased. It doesn't have all the addons that Firefox has (yet) but it's very fast. Not only fast to load pages, but fast to load in general. It has two features that I really like and use often.
The first is the ability to "pin" webpages on the tab bar. What this does is make the tab smaller so that only the favicon shows up. This frees up precious tab space when you've got your favorite pages open all the time (read: Twitter, Facebook, Gmail, Wave, etc).
The second feature allows you to create a "program shortcut" out of a webpage. For example, if you wanted a link that went directly to your Gmail, you can make a shortcut on your desktop, quick launch or start menu. When you start it up chrome creates a window just for that page, sans navigation bar and option menus.
It feels like I'm living in the cloud already.
I want to love Chrome I do. But it intimidates me. I'm afraid that I'll get into a relationship with me and then it'll burn a cross on my front yard. Then I'll think, "Hmm...I should have seen this coming."
ReplyDeleteChrome loves humans of all flavors. Some people accept that fact that in the future we will be run by machines and we should accept our metal overlords. I accept that fact that someday we will all be a part of the Google Collective, so why not learn the interface now?
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