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Feb 27, 2009

Google Chrome

The more I use Google Chrome, the more I like it! The main thing is the speed, it absolutely screams compared to IE7 on script-heavy sites like Gmail. I also really like that each tab is a separate process; my machine has limited memory so having these processes means I can see which tabs consume the most memory, and if I close that tab I immediately get the memory back. The combined address/search bar works a treat as well.

When it first came out there were some noticeable bugs, so I kept using Firefox. But now, several updates later, it seems rock solid and I'm doing all my browsing with it.

It will be interesting to see how the market shares pan out. I predict we'll see slow but steady growth, unlike Opera which has never taken off. But it has no chance of overtaking Firefox unless it becomes cross-platform and contains an equivalent extension mechanism.

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