Like every other Geek I've been trying out the Beta version of Google Chrome this week. It's a very easy to use and functional browser and for a Beta release very impressive. The installation went smoothly including adding all my current bookmarks from IE7. One thing I was happy to see was that Google didn't set Chrome to install and be the default browser.
I like the simplified look and feel of Chrome as well as the speed with which it loads web pages. It certainly appears faster than Internet Explorer 7 which is my current default browser. It also has an "Incognito Mode" that you can switch to to surf the web anonymously. This could be useful for a variety of situations besides just visiting adult sites.
I did have to install the latest version of Adobe's Flash Player to view Flash videos but that was no big deal and gave me the opportunity to watch how Chrome downloads files which is kind of cool...in a Geek sort of way.
There are a couple features it's lacking which will prevent me from using it on a regular basis though.
1. RoboForm doesn't recognize it so it won't pop-up to fill in passwords or forms. This is a huge issue for me as I use RoboForm on a regular basis. Hopefully the makers of RoboForm, Siber Systems will fix this...and not charge current users for some new version as a result.
2. The Bookmarks are organized alphabetically with no apparent way to sort them so Folders appear first followed by individual bookmarks at the bottom like you can do in Internet Explorer.
If Google adds more options for the user to change like amount of history to keep and sorting bookmarks this is going to be a very useful browser and certainly give both Internet Explorer and Firefox a run for their money.
You can learn about and download Google Chrome Here.
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