Google Enters The Browser Business
Just a couple days ago Google released its own version of a web browser, dubbed Google Chrome. This is exciting news, because it now increases the pressure on Firefox and Internet Explorer to be all that they can be. It’s even surprising, considering that Google and Firefox were business partners in advertising. Just a while ago Google Adsense was paying people for referring people to Firefox.
Google Chrome has a unique minimalist look that easily separates itself from other browsers. The browser bars are not cluttered full of different options, menus and toolbars, instead it only features your most used browser features, like the back and forward arrows, bookmark button, bookmark toolbar address bar, go button, and two pull down icons for page settings and internet options.
Google Chrome is a lightweight web browser that is very quick to start up, and it doesn’t appear to use that much memory. It’s very responsive and peppy while surfing the web and using browser features.
It also has a very nifty start page that includes thumbnails and links to your most visited web pages, as well links on the side to your bookmarks. It also has a search bar to search for web pages in your browsing history. This unique start page takes less than half a second to load, it’s almost instantaneous.
The address box offers suggestions as well as lets you search Google, shows your previous web history and auto completes the web address.
Another unique thing that Google Chrome allows you to do is open up an incognito window/tab that lets you do all of your ’secret’ browsing without leaving a trace on your computer, so you don’t have to remember to clean up your internet mess before the roommates come home, or some unsuspecting person gets on your computer.
The release Google Chrome marks an important day in browsing history. Its the day that Google enters into the web browsing market, and I think now we can officially say that Google has now become a world power. Just wait until they release their own cell phone. Then shortly after it will be their own cell phone service they’re releasing. And after that? Well, can anyone say… world domination?
