Google Chrome First Look

September 2nd, 2008 omo Posted in Reviews | No Comments »

1. Read their compelling case in comic form, online, as penned by Scott McCloud. It explains what’s new and good and improved. And is great marketing.

2. It feels like Safari on drugs. It’s also the fastest GUI browser I’ve ever seen. I’m currently running it off the work PC which is a Pentium D (3.4ghz) with a gig of ram, so it should pwn any GUI web browser. And it really pwns with Chrome.

3. Seeing that it’s suppose to haul ass via its Javascript VM, I tried out some AJAX heavy sites like the usual google suites (which obviously pass with flying colors, if even enhanced a bit) and sites like thesixtyone, pandora, etc. And they work.

4. LOL. Adblock plugin for Chrome = ultimate irony? Which is why it doesn’t exist but will be one of the first plugins for Chrome.