Google's "Chrome" Browser Launches Tuesday

[MrOats]

I used Google's Chrome for the first time yesterday and I was very impressed!

The speed, overall look and simplicity really got me. I might just make it my default browser-but only time will tell. ;)

[Fanatic]

Okay everyone, here's the results of my V8 Benchmark tests of IE8, Chrome and Firefox 3. For this test, bigger is better (that's what SHE said, anyhoooo).

Internet Explorer 8 Beta - Score 28

Firefox 3 - Score 101

Google Chrome - Score 817

Clearly, Chrome wins, at least in these benchmarks.

Why does the javascript benchmark matter? Well, it makes a difference in websites that use a lot of javascript. Most webmail clients do, as do most web IM systems like Meebo, and many forum sites (like here at BigBlueBall). So you should see a noticeable improvement on most of those sites, even beyond the basic speed enhancements of Chrome.

[Jeff]

Great stats, Fanatic. I did some checking of our recent visits using Google Analytics and found that over 4% of all visitors were already using Google Chrome. Pretty amazing for a browser that's still in beta and barely a week old.

[kelseyc]

I've been using Google Chrome for about 2 months now and I really like it! I like that the status bar and address bar are the same. The only thing I don't like is that there's really no easy way to find your history.

[patndoris]

If you have the "New Tab" set to show your most recent sites, at the bottom of the screen is "Show full history" - that should do the trick for you!