Google Chrome

I am writing this post from Google Chrome, a lightweight browser by Google released as Beta. As I have expected it looks like Google Talk. Google is The Minimalist that focuses on usability and important features. What I like about Chrome is the large area for page, less buttons - less clutter. And usually when you install a new browser it forces you to download the Flash plugin for it but this one didn't - YouTube just works. Well YouTube  is Google so it should! :-D

Chrome got rid of the title bar and opted to place the tab on the top instead. Like the phone dialer of Opera Browser - chrome does the same but uses it to display most visited pages. Clever.

Unfortunately, Java applets do not work and haven't found a way to add the Java plugin for it. But the installer for Chrome was barely 800 kb, wow. I couldn't care less for the bulk of features the other browsers have if I want to just surf, Google Chrome works for me.

The list of things I liked about Chrome:

• When opening a link to a new tab from a page, the tab opens right next to the referral tab. 
• Dragging and droping a tab to the viewing area opens the tab in a new window.
• Moving around tabs is more fluid than in Firefox.
• The ability to open an incognito window or open a page that does not get logged in the history.
• Faster load times especially on Youtube.
• Bigger viewing area- Chrome got rid of the title bar which was a wise move since its redundant with the title in the current tab.
• Like in Firefox 3, suggestions works
• Bookmark button doesn't interfere with surfing. In Firefox 3 I always accidentally click on this because it gets toggled on after the clicking "go".
• Status bar only shows when needed at least it does work on my XP.
• Less clutter on first installation.