Google Chrome is the latest and greatest in web browsing. It has not only added another layer of competition to the industry, but it has also pushed established web browsers like Firefox to step it up a little.
Chrome has several features that are an advantage to its users. It is very efficient, and moves very quickly. Since there is not a local program that needs to load up, Chrome will be up within seconds of the click of the mouse. It is designed to be light weight and not take up a lot of memory since all activities will be done online. All the data from users will not be saved on the computer, but on servers so it will not use up memory.
Although Google Chrome is good and growing into one of the most use browsers by web surfers, it does have some shortcomings. While one of the advantages of Google Chrome is that it is all web based, this could also be one of its initial downfalls. Users will need to have access at any time to the internet in order to take advantage of Chrome. It will also require users to have an extremely reliable internet provider with high speed access. Without this they will not be able to run some of the applications or to perform more than one task at a time. This is in contrast to traditional browsers that allow both online and offline functionality at the same time.
At this time it is still unknown whether or not the new Google Chrome will match traditional applications. Those who are technically savvy will undoubtedly be able to take full advantage of it, but it may be a little slow going for those who are just run of the mill internet users. The area where Chrome may shine is on netbooks and on laptops since they are designed to run on web based applications.
