Top things about Google Chrome

Titled Google Chrome, details have been revealed in a 38-page comic that outlines Google's plans for its very own browser.

10 things to love (and hate) about Google Chrome

#1: Minimalist interface

#2: Tab isolation

#3: New tab options

#4: Session recovery

#5: Dynamic tabs

#6: Incognito mode

#7: Web applications

#8: Themes

#9: Performance

#10: Security

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Top Ten thoughts on Google Chrome

1. Why a cartoon? What happened to the YouTube explanatory video? Are online cartoons the next big thing and is Google Chrome the red herring?

2. It’s a major rethink of the browser and a much more fully formed product than the usual Google beta.

3. Why couldn’t they work with Mozilla on this? Answer: they need more control over the user experience and their ability to serve ads - Microsoft and Mozilla have been taking some of that away with their latest releases.

4. Google makes a lot of solving the problem of browsers crashing when too many tabs are open and a javascript fails to execute- but who, other than superusers, really considers this a problem?

5. This is very OS-like - even down to imitating the Windows operating system Task Manager.

6. There is a fuller integration of Google Gears, making it easier for Google applications and the browser to replace the Windows desktop.

7. The address bar innovation seems aimed at combating Firefox’s similar “awesome” bar, which must have taken some search queries and advertising dollars away from Google.

8. Privacy innovations seem to match Microsoft’s “porn mode” in IE8.

9. Google says it is making the browser open source so others can take advantage of its innovations, but it needs to do so to make other browsers more compliant with its business.

10. Could this comic book be the cue for a geek superhero movie?

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20 things you need to know about Google Chrome

1. Google Chrome is built using WebKit, which also powers Apple's Safari and Google's Android.

2. Google Chrome is beta, and currently only available for Windows. Mac and Linux versions are being produced.

3. Google Chrome promises to be more stable - each browser tab will run in its own process so a buggy web page won't take down the entire browser.

4. The tabs will be the key part of the interface - tabs will be located at the top of the window rather than under the address bar.

5. When you open a new tab, you'll see thumbnails of your nine most visited pages and search boxes for the sites you search most on.

6. You'll be able to 'tear off' tabbed windows and move them elsewhere onto the desktop, creating separate windows or adding them to existing windows.

7. When a tab crashes you'll get a sad face icon in the tab - called a 'sad tab'.

8. Each tab will have its own controls and its own URL bar, which Google's developers are calling the 'Omnibox'.

9. The Omnibox isn't just somewhere to type web addresses - it will also suggest pages you've visited before, and popular pages you haven't visited, based on the keywords you type into the box.

10. You'll be able to search your browser history from the Omnibox to return to pages you visited previously but didn't bookmark.

11. Autocomplete will only autocomplete to an address you have manually typed before - Google's example is that typing C and hitting return might take you to cnn.com but never to a previously clicked link such as cnn.com/2008/politics/07/27/campaign.wrap/index.html.

12. Once you've performed a search on sites such as Wikipedia or Google, you'll then be able to search those sites later straight from your address bar by typing the site's name and then pressing the Tab key.

13. Google Chrome has a private browsing mode - if you create what it calls an "incognito window" then pages won't be saved in your history and when you close the window, any related cookies will be deleted.

14. Google Chrome promises to be faster - because each tab runs in a separate process, that process is killed when a tab is closed, and so your PC gets the memory back.

15. Google Chrome will feature a new JavaScript virtual machine. Google says this will be more efficient at running JavaScript-heavy apps such as Gmail, and allow smoother drag-and-drops.

16. Google Chrome comes with a Task Manager that lets you see which sites are using the most memory on your PC - and just like with the Windows Task manager, you'll be able end processes that are sucking up memory.

17. Google Chrome promises to be more secure - processes won't be able to write to your hard drive or read documents, for example.

18. Google Chrome will be constantly updated with information on phishing and malware sites and warn you if you attempt to visit one.

19. Google Chrome is being tested against millions of web pages - and Google is using its Page Rank system to ensure the browser is first tested against the web's most popular pages.

20. Google Chrome will be fully open source, so everyone will be able to contribute - and examine the code, which should allay any privacy fears.

via techradar