Is A Part Of
I am currently using Google’s Chrome browser not only to wander the Web but also to access my blog and write stuff like this. I’m pleasantly surprised how well it is functioning for an “out-of-nowhere Beta release”. In several hours now, I have had one ‘technical difficulty’, but it was a scary one. Clicking a link on an unfamiliar site caused my computer to do a full reboot. Yep, one second of BSOD, followed by restarting Windows XP from scratch. A scary reminder to Back Up Often! But in 3+ hours of use since the rebootery, it has functioned without a hitch; noticeably faster than Firefox 3 and lighter on the memory usage. I am not one to “drink the Google kool-ade”, but unless this does something more to seriously disappoint me, I think Chrome may be my new first-choice browser. Wowsers.
But I do know the first reason they call it “Chrome”. Because a significant portion of the population of the Web-Ennabled World is frighteningly easily distracted by shiny things. I’m sure there were people riding out Hurricane Gustav, who, the moment they got Internet access restored said: “Oooh! Chrome!”
