Google Chrome is a superior browser to any i’ve used in the past 10 years or so, simply based on its performance. Firefox is great, but i’m not interested in all the add-ons and such that slow a browser down.
What I’m interested in is performance. As i scower through the web with my many tabs open i want to be able to interact with them quickly as i cycle and rearrange tab by tab.
No other browser has yet given me the ability to browse the web the way Google Chrome has. Firefox doesn’t even come close when it comes down to the tiniest little details. Lets talk about those details, see if you agree with me?
1. Tab / Memory Management:
Chrome uses much less memory and system resources than many other browsers out there. This is because of the Multi-process Model built into Chrome.
- Tabs in Chrome: are easy to drag and drop from screen to screen. You can pop any individual tab out of its parent browser window, rearrange the order and even pop it back. Sure Firefox and other browsers give you the same functionality, but Chromes experience is far more pleasurable and functional. Try opening up different tabs and playing around with them, then try Chrome tabs.
- Closing Tabs: When i want close tabs i can right click and close all tabs in Chrome. That’s a normal option in pretty much any new age browser, however Chrome’s intuitive interface really understands the needs of the user. For example say i have 10 tabs open and i wanted to close them one by one starting from the right. In Chrome all i have to do is start with the last one on the right and the others move into place for me to cancel without having the user reposition the mouse cursor.
- Multi Threaded Tabs: If one tab crashes it won’t affect the others. Google Chrome will allow you to close the tab that is causing problem and switching to other tabs is easy. This is achieved by the multi-threading as each tab has it’s own memory process.
2. Speed / Performance:
- Boot Up: When you start chrome it loads up in about a second or two. I’m on a Windows XP, with about 3 GB ram and it’s start-up speed is just awesome! Far far better than Firefox’s or any of the other browsers out there.
- Speed: Chrome renders pages much faster than any browser out there, which helps the user get to what he/she wants to read in the quickest amount of time, even with many other tabs open.
- Extensions: Chrome extensions like Googles url shortener, Google Reader install without any fuss or having to restart the browser.
You know the engineers over at Google have tested other browsers and spotted their flaws. It’s easy to see that they have taken into consideration every little detail into their version of the best browser in the world.
After all every millisecond counts, don’t you think?
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Ever since you introduced me to Chrome, i’ve never used another brower!
Where is Opera?
@Hortonz I tried Opera and really loved all the features. Performance wise it was still slow as compared to Chrome.