The direction I’ve seen Google take with business and consumers tools in recent years have been to make our lives easier.  So when I heard that Google released a web browser I had to check it out.

The download and setup of the new browser was quick and effortless and soon as I loaded up the browser I noticed a resemblance to Firefox but with some cool tricks and features.

Firstly, as an avid Google search user I often find myself installing the Google Toolbar or Search Box.  With Chrome they have combined the typical (IE/Firefox) URL form into a search box as well.  So now one form field can handle both my Google search’s plus direct typing of a website URL.  For example, a common search I do to see our website ranking is ‘web hosting reviews’ and our website I visit daily is www.findmyhost.com.  With the combined box, I can do both without having to switch between the search box and URL submit form, very handy.

Another benefit I noticed was their tab system.  It’s become a requirement these days to have a tab system available within your web browser, so Google took it upon themselves to spruce it up and add some cool features to this already marvelous invention.

When opening a new tab, Chrome allows you to customize the landing page.  With my Firefox tab system I generally have it open one of our websites in the new tab, with IE its just a blank page. with Chrome, you can customize the tab so that it lists your most visited websites, bookmarked sites and links to other tools that you might want access to with a click of a button.

One feature I see some work needed is the import tool.  The actual importing of my bookmarks from IE and Firefox went through with no problems however the display of these was all over the place.  After some time re-arranging my bookmarked folders I got everything in order.

While the Chrome browser is in beta, Google has opened the doors to providing feedback on their new product, so as I did with import tool any problems you may experience you can send it to Google so their team of developers can fix it on the next update.  To make their browser #1 send any feedback (good or bad) that you may have.

If you have already started using Chrome or plan to test it out, let us know your thoughts and feedback below.  As I’m sure Google will continually make updates to their browser, it will be nice to see what consumers like myself have to say about it.

To download Google Chrome visit http://www.google.com/chrome

Tags: Bookmarks, Firefox, google, Internet Explorer, Tabs, web browser

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