Shiny: Google Chrome

I’m trying out Google Chrome, the new web browser.  chrome1.jpg

So far, I’m a little bit iffy about where it puts the bookmarks folder, but it may be that I’m doing something wrong.

That said, I LOOOOVE the simplicity of the browser window — the lack of that cluttered “everything and the kitchen sink” that takes up so much real estate in other browsers. I love the tabs that you can peel off into new windows. I love the top-bar where you can park your most-used web addresses. I love the ease with which you can create a new tab, just by clicking on the little plus next to the existing tabs. I like the combined URI and search window. I love the way the browser works with you once you start typing into that window. And the opening window that has 9 icons of your recently visited sites? Wonderful.  And so far, it seems really fast.

In the past few months, Internet Explorer slowed down so much I was convinced something was wrong with my computer. I switched to Firefox and the slowness vanished, so it’s something to do with that turd, Internet Explorer. But Chrome seems faster still.

There’s another thing that really peeves me about IE: When you open a new window, it jumps that window to the top, even if you want to be in another window doing something while that one loads. Used to be, I could open windows and have them load in the background while I looked at another window. Now, no.

Chrome allows you to put all the currently loading windows or tabs in the background, so you can focus on the one you WANT on top.