Tech Test: Google Chrome Lacks Polish

Google's new Web browser, called Chrome, does much of what a browser needs to do these days, but as AP Technology Writer Peter Svensson found out, Chrome needs some polish. (Sept. 3)

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[jtenman]

IE? Are you kidding me. Maybe if all you do is visit flash sites then this might be worth it, but other then that, no chance. IE8 is so slow. It takes way too long to get to just the simple Google homepage let alone a flash site. I'll take Chrome for its great handling of memory (I haven't closed it since I installed it and I am currently at 36MB of memory). Thanks for your thoughts though. Get Firefox or Chrome.

[Jefftheman45]

So you also don't use gmail because it's in beta and has been for years?

[pinsarabatan]

hehe... microsoft payed you didn't they...

[AirForce194]

Chrome is a great browser and so is Firefox, but why would this guy recommend IE? IE sucks.

[Remindor]

The best thing about Google Chrome is that it's just plain basic. The main different between it and all other browser is how quickly it launches; seriously Firefox takes AGES to launch... There are so many times when I just want to start up a browser and I have to wait ages for it to initialize; not to mention that Firefox sometimes gets these annoying updates and I have to wait for like 10 minutes just to browse the web. OMG.

[woopeea]

Adobe Reader sucks. It's slow like a tank.

[mcgrewrich]

I've tried Google Chrome and I don't like it. I don't like Microsoft Internet Explorer, Opera, or Apple Safari either, and Netscape has been discontinued (it also sucked). The only web browser I like is Mozilla Firefox. Mozilla Firefox is way better than anything else; I use Firefox 3.0.1 and I have a very large number of Firefox Extensions. Without Firefox Extensions, a browser is useless. I rely on them for everything. They are just as essential as plugins like Flash, Java, Adobe Reader, etc.

[GNoodle]

So far Chrome doesn't do anything that would make me leave Firefox, but it is still a Beta so I'll wait and see. Chrome does have some nice features, but small advancements over Firefox don't bother me too much.

[Jaswaan]

Chrome does everything Firefox does and more, but most importantly it does it much faster, there is no doubt it is faster at loading web pages than any other web browser except for safari which is about the same, the best part is that it will only get better once they iron out a few bugs which you will obviously get from any BETA program, once they do, Chrome will be my default browser for sure. love how the address bar is also the search bar.....

[matt0smith]

I'm only an average user, with nowhere near as much knowledge as some of you guys, but browsers are made for 90% of the population like me, not just you 10% with greater tech knowledge.

Until Chrome gets that problem with Flash fixed (and I'm sure they will eventually), IE will remain my default browser for now, and I don't see how IE "has got nothing on Chrome" if Chrome has this glaring fault.

[kafka27]

Chrome is still a BETA! huh..