Google releases a web browser

Posted Thu, 4th Sep at 9:09 AM
Tags: Software

Talk about suprise. Google has released a web browser called ‘Google Chrome‘.

Their idea is that current web browsers aren’t cutting it, so they want to push this out there to help get the market inovating and developing a better product.

The browser is fully open source to help this. It is also based on the same rendering engine as Apples Safari browser that is on PC/MAC and the iPhone.

So far I have to admit I like its clean lines and it has 2 killer features that I have always wanted in firefox.

  • Each tab is it’s own process, so if it crashes it won’t take down your entire browser, you will just lose that tab.
  • You can drag a tab from within a window to make it’s own new window. This is perfect if you are browsing and then open a video and want to have it in a seperate window while you continue browsing.

It can auto import all your Firefox settings so worth a try.

Hopefully this will change the game and keep everyone on their toes.