Google has released version 2 of their browser, Chrome. The new version takes advantage of an even more improved JavaScriptengine and Webkit, and includes new features such as Autofill and the ability to remove websites from your “most visited” list. If you’re already running Chrome, you should already have the update. If not, it might be worth a peek. Over all though, most of the new features are pretty unspectacular – at least from my point of view.
Autiofill is quite useful, of course, as it lets you quickly enter in information like user names, your address, e-mail, etc… and it is an excellent implementation of it, but something I was surprised Chrome didn’t have earlier. The ability to remove websites from your “Most Visited” list, which appears when you open a new, blank tab, is nice. However, I never actually make use of the opera-esque feature. If I could assign websites to each of the squares specifically, then I might. Otherwise, I’m scanning my bookmark toolbar first.
The new JavaScript engine and Webkit have certainly helped things out though, and the already-fast browser seems even more speedy. Over all, I’m pleased with the update and it is nice to see Chrome hit this latest milestone – although I still hope to see a Linux and Mac version soon.
I have been using Chrome as my primary browser lately and I’m actually finding myself being won over from Firefox. While there are still a few features I am missing – which will hopefully be fixed once Google implements extention support – Chrome offers up a number of its own benefits. The faster browsing, slick interface, and general usability is pretty nice.
