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Google Chrome is the latest venture of the search giant, Google. According to Google, Chrome is going to revolutionize the way we surf the web, similar to how Google revolutionized the way we search for information scattered across the internet. But is Chrome really that great? I have taken a deeper, unbiased look at this new piece of software.

There are several excellent elements of Chrome that, if fully utilized, could prove quite promising. Similar to the extremely popular Firefox, Chrome is capable of tabbed browsing. Which is infinitely easier to use (and saves precious RAM) than opening a new window if you want to surf multiple pages at once. The old Internet Explorer 6 lacked this feature, while its competitor, Firefox 2.0 did not. IE 7 (and 8 - which is still in beta) now has tabbed browsing. However, Chrome has a nice little addition to the standard of tabbed browsing, it’s called; “Dynamic Tabbing.” Dynamic Tabbing allows the user to drag and drop a tab off the browser to create bookmarks easily and create a new window for the tab you have open. Another advantage to Chrome’s tab feature(s) is Crash Control. We’ve all had Internet Explorer or Firefox crash, then close all of our open tabs. This does not occur on Chrome, if one tab or “application” crashes; only the crashing tab will close - not the entire program.

Incognito Mode is another new feature that is virtually non-existent in other browsers. It allows the user to surf incognito - meaning that if you’d like, Chrome will not remember any of your web history, and will delete acquired cookies as soon as the incognito browser is closed. You can also have multiple browser windows open, one to surf incognito, and another to surf normally.

The best feature I’ve found on Chrome is its superior ability to create simple applications. Many websites have applications that operate just like programs on your computer. Chrome allows you to “download” these applications directly to your hard drive - they can then be accessed without even opening your browser and directing yourself there manually. Web applications like email and blogs operate in this fashion.  You can even save these application files to any directory path you want on your computer.

Chrome is pretty straight forward, but it lacks accessibility by not having the typical windows toolbar of: File, Edit, View etc. These features are still available but they can be somewhat difficult to find. There are two buttons located on the top right-hand corner of the browser, known as the “Tools” and “Page” buttons, respectively. Changing the very entrenched Windows interface could prove confusing and a little frustrating to people accustomed to Windows-style programs. Chrome also lacks the very typical browser buttons like Stop (stop loading) and Home (go directly to your homepage). The shortcut Alt+Home keys on your keyboard still work in this manner however.

Chrome is new, but as far as I can tell, Google worked out all the bugs before they released it to the public. I haven’t encountered any problems as of yet - but only time will tell. Despite all the new features and accessibility that Chrome has, I think it’ll be a while before the general population makes a full switch. Myself, as well as millions of other people are entrenched in using Firefox and Internet Explorer.