Chrome

The hottest word of the week. Google really know how to innovate and deliver. Its everything that they said. Its fast, smoth, the javascript engine is amazing compared to other competitors (V8 is so amazing), And more importantly for me, its very reliable. I've crashed my shockwave plugin twice and yet this post managed to survive without a single restart like in firefox. And thats because chrome using multiprocess instead of multi thread, i guess multi thread doesn't always win over multiprocess like in OS environment. Good to know that each thing has its own place in this world :D

What so great about this browser, is that the end user could feels the difference in performance. I've opened like 30 tab in 3 different window with one of the window is using incognito mode. This mode gives you a whole set of privacy, a mode that currently lacking in firefox 3. Using that 3 window to access site with heavy javascript usage gives me such a pleasure, because it run so smooth and fluid. Usually opening 2 window with couple of tab that access heavy javascript site, would make my firefox hang after an hour or two.

This could be a start of a major shift in the internet. Since all of google site is a heavy javascript application. GMail, GDocs, Google Calendar, and even the heaviest one Google Maps has rise up a level, maybe even two level :D. When it comes to editing a document online. Office need to becareful because your competitor is getting dangerous :D It lacked something though, the smart tab navigation that exist in firefox 3 :( well its a minor thing compared to all of its breakthrough

On the opposite side, as a web developer you will appreciate chrome even more. Since its packed with a whole developer tools. The inspect element in right click menu that worked just like firebug, but with more elegant GUI. The task manager that show real time process report in chrome, showing memory and processor usage. So you can see which process that hogging your computer resource. The stat for nerd showing this reports in more detail and elegant layout. And the task manager even smart enough to group tab generated by the same domain. Even the hidden config like about:dns and about:networking has a capability to help you in debugging your application.

Google has done it again. Just like GMail and Google it self, it managed to shock the internet, and brought it to a whole new level. I'm pleased and very happy with all of its innovation and yet somehow i feel scared.

Anyway congrats for google, managed to hide this for two years. And swept us out of our feet when it is released. I coudln't find more elegant way to announce chrome :)