Browser surf wars

06.10.2008

There are no advance navigational options -- only the Forward/ back and Refresh buttons are available.as for customizability, it came as no surprise to us that there was nothing to speak of. This was understandable because Chrome's prime focus is giving users more surfing space and not unnecessary embellishments. We would say that Chrome might not have the polish of other browsers, but has a clean look with some innovative features thrown in.

Feature Set

Chrome is not loaded with features, but is notable in that you can create application shortcuts to a Web page on the desktop, providing easy access to Web pages without the need to open up a browser. a handy feature that is also available in Chrome is resizing areas like the comment box in a Web page. Apart from that, features that other browsers have, like a basic bookmarking manager, full search engine functionality, support for addons, news feeds, password management, etc are not that developed. So it is fair to say that Chrome may have some unique features but it is too stripped down

Fast Track

Although light on the feature-front, Chrome's browsing speed is its forte. It started up in a jiffy and in the CSS tests, it was only second to Safari. It was the fastest during the JavaScript test timing at an impressive 2,712. 6ms. It was also one of the fastest where site-loading was concerned but it had some issues with content heavy sites. In aCID3 test, it came out pretty well with a score of 79. In contrast to its light-weight image, Chrome hogged more system