Google Chrome Is My Default Browser

  Sep 3, 2008     19613 Views      Web , Google       Comments (7)   

Google Chrome is very fast indeed when loading the GMail, Reader, Notes, Docs, iGoogle, Calendar and other Google products and other web sites also loaded very faster than other browsers. Installation is very easy and I have asked to close my Firefox so that Chrome can import bookmarks and other stuffs form Firefox. Here is the list of features I have impressed more with Google Chrome.

Application Shortcut feature is great and you can create shortcuts in desktop, quick launch bar and Start menu for your favorite sites.

Dragging and Dropping tabs feature allows dragging n dropping tabs within a window or we can put a tab outside the current window to launch new window and vice versa and dynamic..

Using Import bookmark and setting options allows me to import my favorites bookmarks from Firefox and IE with the following additional options as in the below screen shot.

Task Manager is an awesome feature will list all the tabs and windows Memory, CPU and Network usages and the running plugins. Task manager window is having a link called "Stats for nerds" which shows a very detailed summary about the memory usage of different browser which are currently opened. View page source will display with line numbers which is not available with Firefox and IE.



Inspect element feature will allow to inspect more CSS related functionality of a page. File downloads displays an arrow at the bottom of the page with current status of download. CTRL + F functionality for search is cool it highlights the results in the page we can navigate through them.



Bookmarks can be added easily by pressing star in the search bar. Hide / Unhide of bookmarks are fair easy by clicking the CTRL + B button. Search engines are managed by right clicking the address bar and selecting "Edit search engines". CTRL + SHIFT + L will launch a new incognito window for private browsing will which doesn't keep track of the web history of your pages. If you find any other features please comment.

Overall Google Chrome is great for me and I set Google Chrome as my default browser on my desktop computer.

Links:
Download Google Chrome Here : http://www.google.com/chrome
Why Google Chrome : http://tools.google.com/chrome/intl/en-US/why.html
Sergey Brin on Why Google's Launching a Browser : http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=7RSHMheDIrM
Google Chrome Shortcuts : http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?answer=95743