The best thing about this new beta is speed — it's 25% faster on our V8 benchmark and 35% faster on the Sunspider benchmark than the current stable channel version and almost twice as fast when compared to our original beta version.
More information
http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/chrome/beta/index.html
With IE or Firefox, we can install Google Toolbar and Alexa Toolbar to check the Google PageRank and Alex Rank. Unfortunately, the current version of Google Chrome doesn't support any extensions such as Google Toolbar and Alex toolbar. Now Chromefans.org has developed a Javascript Plug-in that allows Google Chrome user to check the PageRank of the page you are browsing.
Astute Reg readers have pointed out a Chrome condition of service that effectively lets Google use any of your copyrighted material posted to the web via Chrome without paying you a cent.
Read on
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/03/google_chrome_eula_sucks/
Well, I downloaded Chrome yesterday at about 8pm. Its now 4pm and so far I've got to say that I'm impressed.
On installation; it took all my favourites from Firefox and all my search histories.
On Launch; the program is quick and the touch of multiple home pages; although not something I have opted to use in configurations is a useful touch for the tabs. Being able to order tabs is really helping me with browsing. I haven't had much opportunity to use the download manager yet so i will post up about that at a later date.
I would like to find out two things:
1/ How can I install the Flash plugin in Google Chrome? Chrome suggests to install the plugin but the installation process doesn't seem to work.
2/ How can I write my own plugins for Chrome with Javascript, like for Mozilla/Firefox?
Thanks for your comments.
Google Chrome is an open source web browser developed by Google (named after the user interface frame of web browsers). It builds on components from other open source software, including WebKit and Mozilla, and is aimed at improving stability, speed and security, with a simple and efficient user interface.
You can download the beta for the Windows version here.