OpenSource Connections
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Google recently released a beta version of its new web browser appropriately named Chrome. Similar to Google Search, Chrome contains a minimalist, clean and simple user interface. It appears as though Google took the best elements of both Firefox and Internet Explorer and incorporated them in Chrome. The download manager is similar to that of Firefox and it uses the status bar at the top of the browser for the password saving feature similar to Internet Explorer. I really like what they call the “One box for everything” feature. They have combined the search, history and address bar into one box which makes finding web sites nice and easy. I really like the new tab page that contains thumbnails of the web sites that have been viewed most often. I was not impressed by the pop up blocker implementation. If a pop up window is blocked a bar shows up at the bottom of the page that becomes a draggable window if you choose to allow the pop up window. I must say I was most impressed by the speed at which web pages load in Chrome, in particular the web site I browse most often: GMail. You can read about all the great features of Chrome at http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/features.html?hl=en. I encourage all Internet users to download Chrome and try it out for themselves.