Chrome is an internet browser by Google. It can be downloaded from
https://www.google.com/chrome. Advantages and disadvantages of the browser are listed below.
Advantages of Google Chrome:
- Fast web page downloading
- Multithreading approach
- Own task manager - tells how much memory needed and CPU and network usage by a website
- Dynamic tabs
- Safe browsing - warns users when they attempt to visit harmful websites
Disadvantages of Google Chrome:
- No add-ons
- No RSS feeds feature
- Privacy
- No status bar
- GUI makes settings & bookmarks difficult to find and edit
[Note: This text, with the exception of the 5th bulleted point under disadvantages, was copied from the in-class exercise handout, which was accessed 9/30/2010 on George Mason University's Blackboard, for IT103, Section 215.]
