Finally some tech related news!

I’m posting this using the extremely fast Google Chrome, Google’s latest product – a web browser.

I’m just going to make this a short one and list down some first impressions and things I’ve noted while using it for the past 30mins.

Firstly, the browser is extremely fast when rendering pages! Even faster than Firefox in fact. Booting up the browser for the first time, Chrome prompts you to transfer your bookmarks/passwords/everything from Firefox. And everything they transferred alright. Even the history! Installation was fast, easy, and required little to next prompting.

Now, the first thing that prompted me to make a post is, Chrome doesn’t require users to install Flash as a plugin. Flash works right out of the box. I’m not sure if it’s because I already have Flash installed on Firefox or IE. But on my experience with Firefox, I still need to install the plugin even if I have installed it in IE. And vice versa of course.

This is a sweet little move that shows how much Google supports RIA in their browser.

Next, there’s this sweet little option called the “Create application shortcuts…”. Again, another feature to make RIA “more in sync” and working more like desktop applications. I can create a shortcut for my blog’s admin page, and you can choose to make it appear in Start/Desktop or Quick Launch. Works just like a application – even though IE’s shortcut URLs do the same thing. I guess Google made it sound much nicer – Application shortcuts. =P

Opening a new tab gives you 5 thumbnails of your Most Visited pages. A very handy feature that I never thought I would have need.

Lastly, I tried to access a music site which requires IE due to DRM reasons. And sadly, it still doesn’t work for Chrome as well. What is interesting though, is that the javascript that website is using seem to detect Chrome as Apple’s Safari on Windows.

Take a look for yourself: Nokia Music Store

Other things worth mentioning that perhaps you would have known by now is, tabs appear on the top of the address bar for Chrome, instead of under it. I don’t really see the benefits of this little change in the layout of the UI yet, but after more use, maybe I will prefer/hate it compared to the usual below the address bar tabs.

Conclusion
Chrome is fast becoming a replacement of Firefox for me. What it lacks right now, is the amount of Add-Ons that Firefox has. Time will tell if Chrome will replace Firefox completely for me, but for now, Chrome has impressed me a lot. It’s definitely made a good first impression.

Edit:
Chrome still doens’t support Java integration. That means that iBanking doesn’t work, and so does some upload managers for photo websites that uses Java.

And there is a new incognito Window thing, this is a very useful window to use if you’re in an internet cafe or in office!

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