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Chrome

So, yeah, google browser. For me the most compelling UI change is the tabs on top of addressbar. Had some tabs open and after switching between each other I’m feeling almost tired of the way it’s in Firefox/Opera/IE. That’s brilliance. The other brilliant idea is processes. It’s one of those simple things which make you realize, duh, now why didn’t I think of that before. If you look at some of the brilliant ideas for problems people came up in the past you’ll see that those are things which have been known previously but people have overlooked until someone come along, pick it up and wave it in front of their faces, hey, you can do it like this.

Javascript devs will still be at home with Chrome’s inbuilt javascript debugger. That’s another smart move. For me the Resources option takes a bit of time, but that’s okay. Incognito mode seems to be a bit redundant given the fact that you have the option of clearing the browser history.

The browser, IMHO, is not much of a bigger deal these days. True, you have to have a solid architecture and all that but nowadays, cost of Firefox crashing is negligible. Restart, and you’ll be where you were before the crash (most of the time). The rich ecosystem of browser extensions is more important. Now, it has become the case where I can’t use any other browser without Adblock, Noscript, Taboo and a few other extensions. I tried getting adblocking plus noscript behaviour with Opera without much success. There might be a way, but for me Noscript make the task dead simple.

It’ll be interesting to watch how things will develop in time to come. I’m still happy with Firefox even if Chrome had a Linux version. For me, extensions I’m using are more important.

Posted in browser, chrome, google · September 3rd, 2008 · Comments (2)