Every once in a while, well quite often to be honest Google do something that just seams very strange. This has to be one of Goggles stranger moments as they launch a Beta version of Goggle's own web browser called "Chrome"
The web browser market has been dominated by Internet explorer and to a lesser extent Firebox in recent years. Opera has been a distant third, but still party to the so called browser wars. But not the playing field may be due to change as Google introduce the beta version of their own browser ( Chrome )
The Google chrome browser is a very fresh looking browser, that has a very unique and uncluttered user interface. Simplicity seams to have been very high of the list of priorities for the user interface designers who worked on the Chrome project. The first thing you notice is the browser looks very sleek and does not have lots of buttons or other clutter. It only has the bare essentials within the default view. You can however opt to add or remove buttons from within the Browser configuration area. One thing you will be sure to notice is the massive address bar, that also doubles up as a search box. Now if you mistype a url or type a term in the box the browser will simply Google it and present results for you.
This really does make sense, I have never understood the point of having two text areas, one for web addresses and one for carrying out searches. This is currently the way it is handles by both Firefox and Internet Explorer.
The one things that can make or break the success of this browser is how Google decide to market it. I suspect within the next few months we will be seeing Adverts for Google Chrome all over the internet. It is also possible that Google may pay webmasters a commission for successful download of Chrome though the Google referrals system within Google Adsense. This is just guesses, as nothing has officially been released by Google regarding their marketing intensions for Google Chrome.
Like just about any product released by Google there are countless people claiming foul regarding their privacy policy. In this case the same applies. I simply recommend you read the licence file as you install. In general terms of you aren't doing anything wrong then why worry. One thing is for sure, the information retrieval possibilities of a Google browser may have quit profound effects for the way Google does business in the future.
Google chrome has a set of pretty decent features, it also has it's own built in task manager that includes a neat feature called "Stats for nerds" by clicking on this you re able to view information about what applications are using your memory. I think one of the main reasons Google have incorporated this into the correct release is because you can see just how much less memory Google users compared to other commonly used web browsers. I am not sure if this will be included within the final release (intended for the general public). Google do however appear keen to let the public know the browser is out. It is currently mentioned on the Google homepage with a link to the download area.
It is quite surprising to note that the Google Chrome browser doesn't have the Google toolbar, if you want Toolbar PR information you will indeed need to use Internet explorer. Google may be able to cut into MS market share even from developers if they include PR display as part of Chrome.
