10 Reasons Why Google Chrome is the Best Browser

1. Speed:  In every speed test, Google Chrome comes out on top.  It opens much faster than all the other browsers, loads pages faster and allows javascript to run more operations per second.  Part of the reason Google Chrome is so much faster is because it utilizes RAM.  Firefox uses the least amount of memory so if you like having lots of tabs open on a computer that doesn’t have much memory, Firefox may fun faster though it takes ten times longer to open.

2. Compact:  Google Chrome has an efficient design.  It allows users to focus on content by taking up the least amount of screen space of any browser.  This is particularly important for laptops and netbooks with smaller screens.  Let’s look at it this way.  Do you watch a sporting event on television to see the announcer, score and time or to watch the game? You want to know the game score and how much time is left when you watch sports but you don’t want this data to hide the action.

3. The “intelligent” address bar will go straight to a URL if you enter one or will do a search if you enter words.  After using this feature, it makes you wonder why other browsers haven’t adopted something similar.

4. Simple Menus: There are only two main menu options that are well placed.  This makes it easier to find the options you want.

5. Easy to navigate history:  Hit CTRL + H and you will find the history simple to navigate as well as search. It seems like a no brainer that every page you visit should be listed individually in the order it has been visited but some other browsers make history so complicated that it’s useless.

6. Reopen Closed Tabs:  How many times have you accidentally closed a tab? With Chrome, you just have to open a new tab and it will show your recently closed tabs.  If you closed the browser with multiple tabs open, one click will restore them all.

7. New Tab Page: When opening a new tab, not only does it have recently closed tabs, but it has a large graphic representation of the pages used the most.  These are customizable and handy.

8. Easy Bookmarking. Just click the bookmark star.  It is very simple to use.

9. Web App friendly:  Google Gears allows web apps such as Gmail or Google Calendar to be run off-line.  This is handy if you can’t always be on the internet.  Chrome also has its own task manager which allows the user see how many resources each tab is using.

10. Tab Management: Dragging and dropping tabs with Chrome is fantastic.  Tabs can be dragged to a new spot it out of the tab bar which, opening a new window or drag and drop it into another tab bar that you already have open.  These features aren’t unique to Chrome but they way dragging and dropping tabs is represented is much better than other browsers.

11. Bookmark Sync: This isn’t one of the 10 because it’s in the beta version of Chrome.  If you have a Google account, it is easily set up a bookmark sync. This is essential for those using more than one computer.  With bookmark sync, when a page is bookmarked on one computer, it will automatically add it to the user’s account and will appear on any other computer when the user is logged in to Google and using Chrome.  This feature is also very useful for multiple users on one computer.  Bookmark Sync ties bookmarks to a user rather than a computer

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1 Reason Why Chrome Isn’t the Best for Some

When it comes to adding features (Plug-ins), Chrome doesn’t have many.  Firefox has a lot of extra features that can be downloaded.

Confusion

There is a lot of press these days about Google Chrome OS.  It is an operating system like Windows or Linux.  It runs very much like the Chrome browser but doens’t do much more.  It is meant for very simple computers that only use the internet.

Conculsion

The first reason should be enough for you to switch, speed.  After using Chrome, you will be tired of other browsers before they even open.  Chrome opens almost instantly.  If you do research or open and close web pages quickly, Chome is certianly the right browser for you.