Google Chrome: Performance and First Impressions

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• mmntech - Wednesday, September 3, 2008 - link

  That's my issue with Chrome. I know a lot of people think ABP is "stealing" the internet but for me, it's become an essential part of browsing. I think that's the only reason why I wouldn't use Chrome as a primary browser.
  
  That said, I am quite impressed with the speed of the browser. It's at least as fast as Safari and used half the RAM that Firefox 3 does. It would be ideal for low powered systems such as netbooks with 512mb of RAM or less. It will be interesting to see how the Mac and Linux versions turn out.

• granulated - Wednesday, September 3, 2008 - link

  ....and something along the lines of "Stylish" is ESSENTIAL to me.
  
  I'll have another look at it in a few months and see if they've added some customisation options.

• evildorf - Wednesday, September 3, 2008 - link

  Why not compare to IE8 rather than IE7? After all, Chrome is a 'beta' too.
  
  Anyway, I like Chrome's minimal stuff-around-the-edges, but found the window appearance a bit jarring. For my usual Internet browsing, it performs well, though without any noticeable differences from Firefox or IE.

• Christoph Katzer - Wednesday, September 3, 2008 - link

  As your performance test showed, some sites seem to be much faster and some much slower. Slower until now are almost all German newssites. The popup-blocker worked better in Firefox and I am missing adblock ;)
  
  As for the looking it is quite cool, I like the thin and sleek design. Everything seem to work properly without exceptions, just hope the security features hold what they've promised... until now no problems with design of the websites except www.spiegel.de and their ad.

• Visual - Wednesday, September 3, 2008 - link

  the table on page 4 doesn't fit - the long url http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=red&am...">http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=red&am... in the first column makes it stretch too much, and the other columns disappear under the dailytech articles on the right.

• phatboye - Wednesday, September 3, 2008 - link

  Why was opera not included for comparison? I would like to see a really in-depth review on all the popular current browsers; konqueror, galeon, opera, firefox, safari, ie, chrome, seamonkey, camino and avant.

• Tegeril - Wednesday, September 3, 2008 - link

  Even saying that Konqueror, Galeon, Seamonkey, and Avavnt are popular, current browsers undermines your credibility for suggesting that Opera is a popular, current browser. Which it is not.

• Griswold - Thursday, September 4, 2008 - link

  Well doh, numbnuts. Opera still IS a popular browser.

• Baked - Wednesday, September 3, 2008 - link

  The O fanboys will not be pleased.

• SonicIce - Friday, September 5, 2008 - link

  It's all about the O.