Kura: Google Chrome

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Google Chrome

So I switched from Firefox to GoogleChrome after reading a short description they have on their download site that actually caught my eye. It went something like this.

Google Chrome: a new web browser for Windows
Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.

Source : http://www.google.com/chrome

The main things that caught my eye was Minimal Design and Faster. So, I thought. Hey why not try it out. And after a few minutes of using, my impressions of GoogleChrome is indeed, simplicity and speed. It doesn't have flashy apps or annoying popups (Not ads, those annoying things generated by firefox that block up what you're reading sometimes.) It's just a pure, rock-solid browser.

So here's how it looks like on my desktop, no kidding, it's ridiculously simple. Even when looking at the toolbar, it's still ridiculously simple. But the design is good and it opens pages faster than Firefox and Internet Explorer. Now that I've fallen in love with GC, my only fear is going to Firefox / IE7 only websites :U oh well.

Here's a good look at the toolbar.

Here's a good look at the download page.

Another interesting of the download page is, if you click on a download link in a certain page of a tab, a download icon will appear next to the table to tell you it's a download page, or whatnot, "Hey, you're downloading something from this page!". As redundant as it seems, I think it's cute, so let cute things be. Other than the icon on the tab, a bar will appear at the bottom telling you that you're downloading blabla at blabla kb/s and blabla of blabla is completed. Pretty nifty don't you think? Although it disappeared when I closed the tab.

And if you're asking, yeah I'm downloading Lux Pain. But, Kura... Don't you know that Lux Pain is like, not a game? Yes, I know. So, why are you downloading it? I like reading. WTF SERIOUS?