Thursday, September 4, 2008

Google Chrome

Google chrome is a free and open source web browser developed by Google.



Chrome's significant features :


Separate >> its ability to run Web applications separately, in different windows or tabs, just as an operating system can run applications as individual "processes." "If one tab dies, you don't lose the others or the browser itself," explains Darin Fisher, who led the project.



Security >> Usually, when hackers try to install malware on a computer via the browser, they look for bugs in a component called the rendering engine. Chrome runs separate rendering engines and segregates each one with another layer of protection. "It's an extra level of security," says Fisher. This means a hacker would need to find not only a bug in the rendering engine but one in the protection layer in order for the malware to make its way out of the browser and into a computer.



Special tabs >>

Chrome puts the tab buttons on the upper side of the window, not below the address bar as traditional tabs.


Omnibox >>



Omnibox, which will replace the address bar and search bar in the Google Chrome browser, will offer search suggestions, popular pages and history pages. Omnibox will also automatically replicate a webpage’s own search box, allowing site and query strings to be entered simultaneously: for instance, entering “amazon”, pressing tab and then the search term will automatically go to an Amazon search results page for that term.


Default page >> This page you will see your most visited webpages as 9 screenshot thumbnails.


“incognito” >> incognito feature is a privacy mode which no record of surfing will be kept. Malware and phishing will be protected against, with the Google Chrome browser automatically downloading a constantly updated list of harmful sites in the background.


launch >> Web application can be launched in their own browser window without address bar and toolbar.


[Images by Google.]

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