According to a chrome (Google’s new ewb browser) team member,” Browsers are not developing as fast as the web is. Google has decided to change it. Lot of web applications use Java Script which runs very slow on current browsers. Chrome team has done a wonderful job to change the scenario.”
So here comes Google taking Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (market share ~ 73%) and Mozilla’s open source browser firefox (Market share ~ 19% and gaining) head on. Google has been strong supporter of firefox yet has decided to come up with its own ‘open source’ browser ! Reason are yet to be ascertained.
Now a quick look at what chrome has to offer:
(1) Chrome uses process architecture to alleviate a very common problems with browsers- all tabs crash if even one misbehaves. You can even right click on the title bar, click Task Manager and see how much resources are actually being used by individual tabs to handle them efficiently.
(2) Gives you one place to search and browse. While you type something in the bar, it displays suggested sites and search terms. You can change your search engine from default Google (remember Microsoft was sued for not allowing that).
(3) provides one ‘InCognito’ mode which ensures nothing(browsing history, searches, cookies) is stored when you browse the web. (Similar to ‘InPrivate’ mode offered by IE8 beta)
(4) Most simplistic GUI makes you happy if you are sick of those toolbars ! Yet allows you to use them as efficiently as ever with a single button just next to the address bar.
(5) This button also allows you to create application shortcuts on your desktop which can be opened using Google chrome.
(6) Another bit which I liked about the control button is the ‘Developer’ option which allows to see Javascript in a cool console and also provides a Javascript debugger.
(7) Tabs can be popped out and again pushed back in if you want. Swank and simple !
(8) It warns you if you are about to go to a phishing or malicious site.
To see above features in action, see the video:
I am yet to test it to see how much faster it is than FF3 (forget IE) and how better does it handle bad scripts which are the prime reason why Goggle came out with this piece of software. But I am game for the first feature, it was long due, at least for me 
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Read the chrome philosophy and architecture (a comic released by Google) here.
Download Google Chrome here and file bugs .
UPDATE: On the other side, funniest part about chrome is the pop up blocker. It does not actually block the pop-ups. It drags them down to bottom of your screen such that only the ‘title bar’ is visible just above your task-bar. Now that’s a weird way of ‘blocking’ pop ups.
