It's yesterday's news (Sept. 2), but you might not have heard that Google has unveiled its own web browser. The product is called Chrome. In my first day of experimenting with it, I've gone from "so what?" to "cool!" After installing Chrome, the first thing you notice is that more of the screen "real estate" is devoted to web content than either Internet Explorer or Firefox. They've done away with the title bar and put tabs in its place. Multi-tab browsing isn't particularly new as it appears in Firefox 2, 3 and Internet Explorer 7. This implementation of tabs is new. They're at the top. They're dynamic. They can be pulled out of the browser to create a new window. They can be combined. But that's just the start. It takes a little getting used to, but, you get deeper into it and you find more unique ways of doing things. However, to tell you all about Chrome is beyond the scope of this blog.
To learn more, check out the Google Blog entry introducing the browser or read about it on the Chrome site. Better yet, download Chrome and play with it. It's free and like a lot of things Google, it's beta. If you're into techier, but fun, geek information, check out the online comic book that Google commissioned cartoonist Scott McCloud to draw.
Ironically, the thing I miss in Chrome is the Google Toolbar I find so useful in Internet Explorer and FireFox. They've missed some integration with other Google services like notes and online bookmarks. Somehow I'll bet that gets taken care of pretty quickly.
Addendum: MSNBC's comparison of Chrome and Internet Explorer 8 (also in beta).
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