Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Google Chrome: Advantages and Disadvantages

Chrome is an Internet browser by Google. It can be downloaded from http://www.google.com/chrome. Advantages and disadvantages of the browser are listed below. Please comment based on your experience with Chrome.

Advantages of Google chrome:

  • Fast web page downloading
  • Multithreaded approach
  • Own task manager - tells how much memory needed and CPU and network usage by a website
  • Dynamic tabs
  • Safe browsing - warns users when they attempt to visit harmful websites

Disadvantages of Google chrome:

  • No add-ons
  • No RSS feeds feature
  • Privacy
  • No status bar
  • No search bar