Google's Chrome -- My first impressions

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I happened to be at my computer just as Chrome became available, and installed it as soon as it was available.  Since then, I've been using it almost exclusively, and have been impressed with the results.

Firefox has been my main browser for many years now, and I've been pretty happy over all.  With all of the addins I use though, it now loads like hulking elephant.  Chrome on the other hand, loads and is ready with the speed of a gazelle.  For me, that is a big plus.  The other thing I've noticed, is that the memory useage for Chrome is lower by an order of magnitude, another sure enough good thing!

Beyond the low hanging fruit though, Chrome is a joy to use and is opening my eyes to possibilities for the future.  I can envision Google taking a strong position in the browser market very quickly...any bad news?

Well, any serious Firefox user probably has half a dozen plugins that they rely on every day, I know that I do.  As a matter of fact, I closed Chrome and opened Firefox to do this post because I wanted to use the Zemanta plug in.  I suspect that this problem will disappear quite quickly, but for now it is my biggest issue with Chrome.

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