Google Chrome 2.0 is simple, fast and safe

Google today announced version 2.0 of its browser Google Chrome released. It must compete with Internet Explorer and Firefox. Chrome seems to have faster and safer than the competition, but has less options.

Google last September brought the first beta of Chrome, and three years later, version 2 of the browser al Either: Google has rush to compete with Firefox and Internet Explorer to go. But what is Google Chrome?

The Google browser, based on Safari's underlying engine WebKit, is certainly impressed. Chrome is pretty fast. And the interface is not fully stop unnecessary bells and whistles. Who wants easy and fast browsing is fine with Chrome feet. The downside is that the browser also has few extras.



Support for RSS feeds Chrome is still not. And extensions or add-ons such as Firefox and Internet Explorer know are still absent, although this feature does work. Spell extended bookmark management, web slices, accelerators or sending web pages: all functions that you will search in vain Chrome.

Chrome is obviously tabs, blocks pop-ups, store passwords and form information and is able to surf without a trace on your own PC to leave (incognito). Chrome can browse data erase, import bookmarks and settings from other browsers and offline browsing (with Google Gears).

The security seems to be okay in Chrome. Especially the structure of Chrome which ensures that every open tab in a sandbox isolated from other processes running, is on hand for much misery. How secure is the Google Chrome browser widely used and tested is course remains, but a hacker contest this year were Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari and Chrome are not cracked.

The overall impression of Google Chrome has been positive: fast, secure and easy to use. The interface is occasionally slightly different than other browsers. Note for example what happens when you download files or browser restart