Google Chrome - New generation browser

Google chrome is a new generation browser developed right from the basic design. It is developed to cater to the needs of the present day's web pages. Also it is free to download and use. It has many features which are missing in the other web browsers we use. What i like in Chrome are:

COMMON FEATURES
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(1) Tabbed : Tabbed browsing is possible as in other browsers. I would have been disappointed had this feature not been there.

(2) Search from address bar : Type anything in address bar and Google (default) will search for it. You can also select any other search engine you want. You can also add any search engine not in that list. This is purely user friendly.

(3) Application shortcuts : Application shortcuts can be used to directly load your favorite applications form the browser.

(4) Password manager : Inbuilt password manager is provided to remember your login passwords fro different sites. Special security management has been used to prevent password theft.

(5) Instant Bookmark : Bookmark or remove bookmark instantly by clicking the bookmark (star) button close to the address bar. Its very simple ti use.

(6) Download manager : A built-in download manager is there in Chrome which helps download files faster and without breakages. Download is faster and reliable than Internet explorer, Opera and firefox. I use all four of them.

(7) Dynamically movable tabs : Drags the tabs anywhere you want and rearrange the tabs to help you. This is more like playing a card game. Keep playing by dragging.

(8) Import settings : There are options to import setting from other browsers. Isn't it easy. You need not have to set them again here.

(9) Import or Export bookmarks : Import bookmarks from other browsers or from html files. Similarly you can export bookmarks to an independent html file.

(10) Recent visits : This feature is there in Firefox and Opera in different forms. Chrome gives the list of a few recently closed tabs. This can be used to reopen a website we closed by accident.

(11) For todays websites : This you would have read in newspapers or websites. Today's websites use more of java and flash. The present day's browsers were developed many decades ago after which only incremental changes were made. So they are not suitable to handle today's trend of websites. This requires rewriting of the browser codes right from the basic to handle today's and the future's websites better. That is what Google has done and has given it as Chrome.

SPECIAL FEATURES - available in Chrome only
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(1) Task manager for browser : This is very different to hear the name of a task manager for a browser. But Chrome has come up with this unique concept. This facility helps manage the various websites we are visiting. We can monitor the memory used and can also end the browsing of certain websites.

(2) Crash control : Wow... this is a unique feature and i was really stunned when i first experienced it. Everyone would have experienced this horrible thing. I used to open a lot of tabs while browsing. Suddenly when the browser crashes or hangs, it would really frustrate me. Its not because i will have to visit those sites again but because i would have lost some of the links as the browser crashed. This would mean a double work. I would have to start the search all over again.
Now such a pain is releaved by Chrome. When a particular website hangs, the tabs related to that site aloe can be safely closed while the browser is still active for further browsing. This can be done using the browser task manager.

(3) Browsing history : I am really amazed with this option. I browsed the other day and wanted to search for one of the sites. i lost the name of the site. I could only remember some key word that i used to search. I would have not got the url again had i used some other browser. Other browsers have got search option for history but they search only the url or the website title. But in Chrome it is entirely different. It searches the contents of the page also. So why you need to remember when Google is there to search for you.

(4) Memory management : You can view the memory used by each of the tabs and plugins running in each page. If other browsers are running simultaneously you can also compare the memory usage with other browsers, right from chrome.

(5) Faster browsing : I mean this. I have all the four browsers in my PC and i am used to all these browsers. I have found that Chrome which is a multi-processing browser provides much faster browsing experience than the IE, opera or firefox.

(6) Safe browsing : There are many safety measures incorporated in Chrome which will make browsing safer and secured. It warns every time we are about to enter unsafe website.

(7) Search website : Now you can search for websites right from the address bar. If you visit a site which has an option search in its url then Chrome will identify and add it to your search engine list so that you perform search in that search engine right from your address bar. Isn't it made easy.

(8) Dynamic address bar options : As you type in address bar, the Chrome searches your history and bookmarks for possible urls matching the text typed. Say you type "gma" for gmail then you will see gmail.com as an option below the address bar to help you navigate easily.
Also options like "Search google for gma", Gmail (from bookmarks), google.com/gmail, ... also are shown to help easy navigation.

(9) Incognito window : I don't understand the meaning of this name but this is one way to improve privacy. Open pages in incognito window to avoid them from entering the history. This help in improving privacy.

Sorry friends i am not able to upload images. Hope you would have benefited reading this review.
So what are you waiting for. If you have not started using Chome, it is high time that you start using it right now.