So I finally decided to check out Chrome for myself. With all the hype and talk about it, I figured I better at least see what it is like.
The install took far longer than what I had expected for a “streamlined” installation. Once installed, it was never able to finish copying settings from my Firefox, and yes I let it sit there for a good 30 minutes as I walked away from my computer to take care of other things.
The little popup at the bottom as you go over links I found annoying, especially considering it woould sit there with a message even whn not over a link. One forum I go to which has some long threads, it was not able to process the threads properly. I found the layout to be simple, but coming from other browsers, a little confusing, especially as to where bookmarks and other items were hiding.
Personally, I don’t think Chrome is all that good. To me it just another thing to confuse people with. Firefox, Opera, IE, Safari, all have been around for a while, and while I have used them all except Opera, I know that people swear by each of them. Chrome just muddies the playing field with a not ready for prime time experience.
About the only thing I’ve found Chrome to be good for is having a small memory footprint when it comes to media players. So, for instance, if I want to listen to online radio and play a game, I typically use Chrome. The memory usage ends up being smaller than WinAmp’s these days.