There has been quite a fuss about the new browser Google released, Google Chrome (Chromium). I wasn't that eager to ditch my firefox, and as far as I've used Chrome, there is no way I'll ditch my current web browser. Obviously because I can't live without Adblock Plus, Web Developer, Stumble Upon plug-ins.
How much I yearn Google Chrome to have those plug-ins. I would make the switch fast, of course the only reason I have, the interface. I can't help but to love and embrace the simply yet usable interface. Chrome comes with spell checker, somehow I feel it's quite faster than Firefox's one but I'll leave one to those who benchmark a lot since I have no interest in that kind of information at the moment.
I'm awed by the launching speed of this browser, it opens almost instantly, perhaps because I don't have plug-ins here but I doubt it makes a difference, why? I have used firefox with no plug-ins and its launching speed has always been slow.
Now something I caught from gossip is the "incognito" window, or "porn mode", of course calling it porn mode is stupid, just because tons of teens, kiddos (and shameless married men) are going to watch porn using incognito mode doesn't mean it's just for porn. For example you work for a company and you happen to be always online on the company's rival site because of whatever reason. Close incognito and nothing ever happened. Anyway, yes, now Firefox 3.1 will have this feature, although was this planned or did they just did it out of desperation? (To not lose their % in the browser share)
There is also the Yahoo! Dropdown in google main site. Something I have found is that keywords like "sex", "hardcore" does not appear in the dropdown (as you see in the screenshot) so at least we have an idea what google blacklists from the search results.
The release is still not mature enough. I really miss the privacy settings, and smooth scrolling. (Yes, I realize this is a beta)
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