Google Chrome

So, its finally happened. Google's next step towards world domination is here, and its a web browser! Its also pretty clever. Indeed, I am writing this post in the new browser.

Its called Google Chrome. The Google Chrome chrome is extremely minimal and I like it. The tabs have certainly taken center stage and got a nice feel to it. It is extremely fast to use and the JavaScript engine appears to be fast and well, I am impressed!

Its well worth a download and a play, and dont forget the developer tools - yes, they are included in the browser.

I wont go into any technical details as Google have done a good (if somewhat unusual) job of explaining things. Check out the website for more information.

My favourite feature so far is the way the browser remembers searches you perform on other sites and makes it so easy for new searches to be performed.

If this is how Google are approaching their application development - and lets face it, no-one expected anything different - then I have high hopes for Android. On that subject, I have recently become the proud owner of an HTC Touch Diamond which is a Windows Mobile phone and I am keeping my fingers crossed that Chrome Mobile is coming soon!

As an aside, being a Webkit based browser, I was hoping that JSquared would "just work". However, I will be doing some testing and you can expect another report soon, especially given the new JavaScript engine.