Google Chrome First Impression.

Well... the browser caught a great deal of hype the moment Google announced its launch and was out within a day or two without making us wait a lot.

After downloading the Google Chrome browser which took few minutes, I immediately started working on it. First impression was "Hey!!! This looks simple..."

And so it was.

The tabs at the top is definitely a very user friendly idea. Also the webpage you open enjoys almost the entire screen area as there are no heavy toolbars or anything. Yes... even i was surprised, it doesn't even come with the default google toolbar. Well because the webpages occupy the entire screen area the Google homepage itself looks quite empty... Never mind... thats a different thing.

Thats not all about the tabs. Drag drop them to change their position and the GUI looks amazing. And if you think this is cool then just try dragging the tab on the main window and it will create a new window.

Another cool thing i liked about the browser was the incognito mode. Well it doesn't log any history on your desktop. Cool isn't it? You can now watch any A, B or X rated sites without worrying your elder brother might catch you after looking through the history... But yes... its bad for those like me whose laptops is often used by the roommates, even they can go to all the sites now where i dont go with the fear of catching some malicious thing...

One more interesting thing i found out was creating a shortcut for any site which you could place on your desktop or start menu. Select the page menu drop down and you would find the menu item of creating shortcut.

Opening the page shows you most visited pages by you.

Well... good things... right? But this is Beta... Within 15 minutes I found a couple of issues with it.

Scrolling through my mouse scroller doesnt scroll up, it scrolls down though.

Clicking on any link doesnt change the color or box it with dotted lines... You might end up clicking the link multiple times.

You enter username and password for few sites and press enter expecting the login button will be clicked. You are assuming if you are using Chrome for now.

Not very good with Flash player.

But the worst part... Try youtube videos and none of them will play... Hey Google... Thats not even in the known issues list. Whats going on?

But the best part is... Google knows its Beta... Go to the page dropdown and you have an option to log the bugs you find... No rewards though... But yes of course you might get a better browser over the period of time.

Well I have always been a Google worshipper so I would be using it regularly for some time though... You guys check it out. Google promises a different experience definitely.

Cheers

MIB.