While we already have a perfectly good Web browser like Firefox, Opera, IE, or Safari, do we still need another Web browser? Yes, if we want something simpler, a little faster, and less prone to crashing… that’s what Google Inc.’s new Chrome want to offer.

As we know, Mozilla’s Firefox 3 and Apple Inc.’s Safari 3 browsers have their loyal users but aren’t as widely used as IE. So, last week released Chrome from Google, the search engine giant might be a Web browser that competes directly with market leader IE7, from Microsoft Corp.

I tested Chrome for a few days and yes I can feel it does offer a few innovations and hits the mark on speed, stability and simplicity. So far I thought Firefox is the fastest browser, but Chrome beat it during browsing the net with multiple pages open simultaneously.

Chrome certainly has the plainest user interface of any browser I’ve used, including IE, Firefox, Safari and Opera. Don’t try to find out where they put menu bar, status bar, or even an option to organize bookmarks cause its really not exist in this beta version. That features might be to be added later when official release. [Read more...]