The extra memory usage, though, is worth it the first time you don't have to reopen 15 tabs after some Flash game... er, important research site crashes your entire browser.

Chrome includes incognito mode, which prevents the browser from recording your browsing habits. One nice feature in Chrome is that you can enable incognito mode on a given window, instead of having it be an on-or-off setting, as it is with Safari's Private Browsing mode.

If you're not enamored with the default Chrome look, you can install that change the look of the header, buttons, and various other interface elements.

There are themes by third-party artists, as well as by Google. Personally, I'm a fan of the simple look, but if you want fancy colored backgrounds in your header, you can have them (and importantly, they're very easy to uninstall, too).