Is Google Chrome really better than Firefox and IE?

Chrome is the new browser on the internet from Google and it is ready to take on the Microsoft Internet Explorer and Firefox! The rendering engine for Chrome is Webkit. Google has created a new V8 Javascript engine for processing the Javascript in the web pages. This is excitingly fast when compared to the existing browsers. If the web page uses a lot of Javascript code then you are sure to experience the speed with which Chrome works!

There are many new features in Google Chrome browser that a user would like to try on. One of the exciting feature is the Incognito mode of browsing. This mode of browsing is like a stealth mode where the records of your browsing are not saved by the browser. For anonymous browsing you can use this Incognito mode. However the bookmarks you save are saved.



The other cool features is the way we can add a new tab. We find a ‘+’ image near the last tab you have opened. Clicking this opens new tab. The placement of this ‘+’ is better that enables you to open new tabs quickly. The tabs are arranged on the top of the window. You can even drag a new window to the browser to add it as a new tab and even drag tab out of the browser window to create a new window!

The start page of Chrome shows the most visited websites with thumbnail images. You can click on these images to go to that website.

A new window to open the web applications is available in Google chrome. Since a web application might need more space in the browser, this new window for opening web application is of more use. From this window you can also open the usual Google Chrome browser window.

The address bar of the Google Chrome now comes with a lot of features to enable browsing a pleasure. As you type the website URL in the browser, you get a drop down of the matches from you bookmark. Once you press Enter or the Arrow in the address bar, the arrow key turns into an ‘x’, so that you can click that to stop loading! A star symbol by the side of the address bar helps you to bookmark the websites easily.

When you are visiting any secured pages, the address bars turns to gold color and you also see a lock symbol in the address bar.

With all these new cool features and the speed with which is works, it is no wonder that Chrome is set to take on the giant Internet Explorer!

You can to try it to see it !!! What are you waiting for?

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