Tuesday, February 16, 2010

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