Interesting features
1. One Process per each tab![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfA2FMpjQ1j6NdwSGiRkZf5alSE95B1kqvOFFaabhnQjuq2x0cSXPvNvmh6V3UZHJSCctU2NCRWcGDD57CsglwlUQtSvMzs36b2NTTgRIBA3YB430iqts70Ke59h9Bd2P6w6lrgnH9yJfh/s400/tabs-chrome.png)
2. New tab is filled with useful links
For a new tab in Firefox, you can load a predefined page, a blank page or a predefined set of page links (using an extension). But you would be much happier to see a set of links that you dealt with in recent past; Chrome comes exactly with that. The new tab will show a set of links;
- Most visited pages
- Recently closed
- Recently Bookmarked
3. Rich Location bar
Location bar in Chrome is a combination of location bar & search bar. You can directly type a url or a search keyword, also it comes with suggestions.
Using separate location bar per each tab is also an interesting move, each tab looks like individual browser instances; while in firefox you have single location bar shared by all tabs.
4. Speed
Stephen Shankland at CNet has posted an article on speed, and it tells most of the details. However Brendan at MozillaZine has published another set of testing statistics. So we'll have to check some statistics done by an independent party to get a clear view. Anyway Chrome is starting up so fast compared to any other browser.
Some complains
Since Chrome is still in beta, this may be a good time to suggest some features or improvements. Following are some complains that we have.1. No warning in closing
When multiple tabs are opened Firefox is used to show a warning in closing the browser, but Chrome does not and closes immediately. Since people can accidentally close the browser better to add it soon.
2. Displaying different fonts
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv6huW_syvPVn0cQMfZufeNCMRS1eYHnVTpaeuKOlitbqThvP4vALVNkq65nf5l70MuRwm7aO1rzjUIlI_InQNIExtgjGSt5srrm9FE91KWJIEaNLMmD3Thp9uRK9JlJ-GWD9EPgWVkZ4E/s400/font-firefox.png)
3. No XML viewer
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqqHai-cjrXnNLTAnEqJQ3lgxc9lz0cey4wN7weOh8pAzipgpjD8ieV3-MKbziNMH95R1aBqakI6pmYO7WfeQvuFUKXf0Sb8JznWLFyEl1V_0I8V3v1s9bkoqADZHylhHJ1Q-eRF9oC6Px/s400/xml-firefox.png)
4. Security issues
Chrome has exposed to a set of known security issues by using an older version of WebKit, which had already been fixed. Anyway we expect Google to fix it soon.
Main Concern
Above all of these our main concern is the lack of support for extension development. We are used to live with some great extensions with Firefox, which we are not experiencing with Chrome. Since it is still in beta version, we should wait for extension support. However no API is released for extension development, users will have to wait longer than expected to see some useful extensions. There are so many extensions that makes our lives easier and better. Few of them are;- NoScrip
- Adblock
- Gmail Manager
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