Google chrome reviews - crashed few minutes after use
I installed the new Google Chrome browser today morning. I was so excited to get this installed within few minutes after it was made available to the public.
I was really eager for this new browser for several reasons. One of them is, it is from Google and I am a big fan of Google. Second reason is, my Internet Explorer keep on crashing every now and then. Is it not exciting to see a new browser that does not crash? Yes, it is.
Installation issues
I tried to install Chrome through Internet Explorer as soon as it was available for download. However, the download did not work from IE. (I thought the browser war already started between IE and Chrome !). The terms & conditions text area looked shrinked than normal and the "Accept and install" button did not work at all. (I was trying to install from the page given below.
http://gears.google.com/chrome/eula.html?hl=en'>. The page was showing a javascript error as well.
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So, I switched to Firefox and tried to install. The installation was very smooth and took only less than a minute to complete.
Attempt to re install failed
I tried to switch back to IE and see how the installation works. This time I went to the Google chrome home page - http://www.google.com/chrome/ and tried to install from there. It smoothly downloaded chrome. I was expecting that it will give me a nice message saying 'Google Chrome is already installed, Enjoy using it !". However, it threw a nasty message on me:
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So, what happened ?
I installed Google Chrome few hours back and browsed few sites to see how it works. I did not see anything really exciting. So, I said myself "Not bad" and closed the browser.
Couple of hous later, I opened Google Chrome and tried to visit a web page. And see what did I get - a message saying "Google Chrome has crashed".
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The dialog looks bit funny. It has an OK and Cancel button. I was bit confused which one to press. Since it is already crashed, I did not expect that pressing the Cancel button will actually cancel the 'crash'. However, since I was offered a choice, I pressed 'Cancel', but it simply closed the dialog and Chrome browser.
Recovery from crash
After the crash and shutdown of the browser, I restarted Chrome. It came up with a nice header bar which look like a IE security warning. The message was "Google Chrome didn't shutdown correctly. To reopen the pages you had open, click Restore". I pressed the restore button and it took me back to the original page that I was viewing.
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General review comments
1. The font does not look very sharp and clear.
2. Chrome is much faster than IE and Firefox.
3. Chrome works perfectly even with 30 tabs open.
4. It takes much less memory and processor share compared to IE and Firefox.
5. The default home page with tabbed thumbnail images of frequently visited sites are pretty cool, even though it raises some privacy concerns.
6. During installation, it automatically downloaded all bookmarks from other browsers, which raises some privacy concerns.
I will post a more detailed review of Google Chrome browser after I research little bit more.
yes tony, i download it today morning. it is quite good than fire fox and IE. i was searching something via google . that time i noticed it. it saves the previous pages also, so we can come back to the previous page easily. the tabs are also good.