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Publisher's description of Google Chrome 0.4.154.29
From Google:Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the Web faster, safer, and easier. Use one box for everything--type in the address bar and get suggestions for both search and Web pages. Thumbnails of your top sites let you access your favorite pages instantly with lightning speed from any new tab. Desktop shortcuts allow you to launch your favorite Web apps straight from your desktop.
Version 0.4.154.25 introduces a new bookmark manager, and is a security and bug-fixing update.
Note: The Download Now link will take you to the Google Chrome Web site, where you must accept the end-user license agreement before downloading. Also, the 474K downloadable file is only a stub installer. You must remain connected to the Internet during installation to complete the full download of Google Chrome.
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Editor's review of Google Chrome 0.4.154.29
4.0 stars
- "Your browser needs a shine"
Chrome is Google's attempt to make the browser disappear and to focus on the applications and pages users are viewing, rather than on the border with its tools. Some of Chrome's basic underpinnings are quite novel, but people will recognize other features as they exist in other, open-source browsers on the market today.
Currently only for Windows, Chrome is blazingly fast and is easily the quickest browser available. Based on Webkit, the same open-source engine that powers Apple Safari and Google's Android mobile platform, Chrome's interface is a drastic departure from other browsers. Instead of the traditional toolbar, Chrome puts its tabs on top. Moreover, the tabs are detachable: "tabs" and "windows" are interchangeable here. Detached tabs can be dragged and dropped into the browser, and tabs can be rearranged at any time. By isolating each tab's processes, when one site crashes, the browser does not.
Within each tab are individual controls, such as forward and back buttons. The search box and the address bar have been fused into a hybrid "Omnibox." The Omnibox includes not only suggestions for URLs culled from your browser's history, it also includes search suggestions from your search engine, and remembers site-specific search engine results. There's also Application Shortcuts, a feature that allows you to create desktop icons for Web-only applications, such as Gmail or Calendar. The stealth mode, Incognito, lets you surf without the history recording cookies.
Chrome lacks plug-ins, and there's the potential for high memory usage given that each tab is its own process. If you're addicted to Web apps and a need for speed, though, Chrome just might be the shine your browsing experience has been looking for.
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User reviews of Google Chrome 0.4.154.29
- Average user rating: 3.6 stars out of 422 votes
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Version: Google Chrome 0.4.154.29
"fast, plain w/good color scheme w/addr+search bar"
Pros: What makes a very good product. -little talk-
fast, plain w/good color scheme w/addr+search bar married I love it
Thanks gilCons: Cons...none
Summary: its a future product for some. But for me its a solid utility used for research.
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Version: Google Chrome 0.4.154.29
Pros: I think it ia the best web browser yet!
Cons: Unlike Opera, I cannot choose my own website to put on one of the nine 'most visited' squares. Other than that, it is brilliant!
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Version: Google Chrome 0.4.154.29
"You're guna eat lightning and you're guna crap thunder!"
Pros: Fast. Simple. Sleek. Fast.
Cons: No Ad-Block style feature that i can tell yet. But i see them in the near future. After first downloading I did have a few problems opening pdf's in the browser, but after visiting some sites and getting latest app updates I've had no problems.
Summary: Finally a brand new web browser! Personally, I love it. I'm already using it as my Fire Fox replacement. When I first downloaded it there was a little work to be done though. Latest versions of various web apps (i.e. Java, Flash, etc...) had to be i... read more >>
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Google Chrome 0.4.154.29
Pros: It opens as fast as opera but takes longer than firefox. I dont know google started of really good but is not going anywere but down.
Cons: Does not work well with java or real player to watch vedios on line. FIrefox and google are about in the same level opera is their god though hahahahaah
Summary: DID NOT EVEN PASS THE ACID 3 TEST
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3 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Version: Google Chrome 0.4.154.29
"Couldn't even install the stupid thing"
Pros: Nothing at all
Cons: The installer caused a spontaneous reboot. I had to restore the computer from a backup because the registry changes left the computer crippled.
Summary: Obviously there is a flaw in the newest installer. My recommendation is that no one, under any circumstances, try to install this thing.
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