My primary browser is NOT Chrome, but I keep it loaded for testing and as an option; you should always have options.
But Chrome is not one to be dismissed it’s got some power and speed. And while the browser doesn’t have all the bells and whistles of… say Firefox; it hasn’t crashed on me yet. And from that there are some things I like about the speedy browser.
So these are just some things I like about Chrome and as the wheel turns and Chrome actively supports plug-ins, I might be swayed a bit more easily.
Program Startup
From my perspective, Chrome loads a lot faster than Firefox. There’s times when benchmarks say they’re faster, but it’s not noticeable, but there’s a noticeable difference between Chrome and Firefox loading. So getting to where you want to go, faster, can be done with Chrome.
System Memory
It doesn’t use a lot of memory.
Chrome reports back like this in my task manager:
36mb [basically]
Firefox reports back to me like this:
74mb [basically]
Task Manager
I don’t know why no one thought of this earlier. This is an awesome feature and you truly get to see who is responsible for crashing your browser. There’s been countless times I’ve tried to go to websites where they just stall; you never find out why they didn’t load.
Well Chrome handles this differently. It just starts loading and displaying stuff as soon as it’s got some structure. All the processed are divvied out and if they don’t pull their load, they’re pointed out and shunned.
Example:
Web Graphics
The graphics in Chrome are rendered better in Chrome than in Firefox. I’ve seen plenty of examples where Firefox and Chrome have presented images clearer.
Skia seems to be the graphics engine Chrome uses.
Web Security
I like the thought that if I go to a website and get misdirected by some malicious code that the browser is going to be thrown for a loop using browser exploits [not saying Chrome is perfect], but the fact that each site and function is ’sandboxed’ in to it’s own process so that if there’s something bad trying to go on; it’s not going to affect other processes.
Sandbox operates at process-level granularity. Anything that needs to be sandboxed needs to live on a separate process. The minimal sandbox configuration has two processes: one that is a privileged controller known as the broker, and one or more sandboxed processes known as the target. Throughout the documentation and the code these two terms are used with that precise connotation. The sandbox is provided as a static library that must be linked to both the broker and the target executables.
Barebones and Simple
While Chrome doesn’t have all the plug-ins everyone wants, it does have a simple options menu. There’s really not that much to muck around with and the options seem to pretty straight forward. This means it’s ready for the average user and IT Administrator/Consultant guys should enjoy it as well.
Stable and Consistent
I haven’t had Chrome crash on me yet. I’ve had Firefox crashed on me several times and sometime Firefox has this cute little error message type response like, ‘..oops’. But when Firefox crashes on a page it takes the whole browser with it. With Chrome, it reports back this site has a problem and has an intelligent type recovery. So I really like this feature.
Program Updates
Ever since I’ve loaded Chrome, I’ve never seen it tell there’s an update or it’s downloading an update OR anything about an update; it just is. Chrome has always been current anytime I checked the version info. It’s just nice to not have to check back every few weeks and update, OR get the latest update, to see what’s new. It’s refreshing.
Stealth Browsing
It’s one of those things you ask yourself, ‘…why wasn’t this in there from the beginning?’; it’s a common function now, but Chrome was the first to offer it and now everyone has followed suit.
Concept Innovation
Chrome/GGoogle has been pushing the innovation thing a lot. They keep to be really trying to make things better and actively promoting new and better ways to do things. So when a program has this much support behind it it’s encouraging
So, while Chrome is not my browser of choice, it’s really nice to have in the background to play with and test with.
What do you think? Plz do comment ! ! ! !
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