There are two new browsers, both in beta, that are now the talk of the tech world...and surprise, Firefox is not one of them.
The first is Chrome, a brand new browser from the folks at Google. Yes, Google will now have their own browser. Chrome was a deep, dark secret for quite awhile, but news leaked out last week and Google decided to release a beta version to the general public. Just go to the main Google Web page and you will see a link to it.
How is it? I have not tried it yet, but early reports say that it shows a lot of promise. It's fast (almost as fast as Firefox) but does take up quite a bit more memory than Firefox. The bad news is that they have already found security flaws in it that can lead to a Denial-of-Service attack. I am sure that will be fixed soon. Remember, it is only in beta.
To learn more about it and even download it, head over to Google and watch their videos. You can also read an in-depth hands-on report on the PC Magazine Web site. The one thing you should know is that Google has the ability to track your keystrokes for everything you type in the address bar. The good news is that you can change the privacy settings and stop that from happening.
The other "new" browser making news is Microsoft's Internet Explorer, V.8, which is now in its second beta version, and is also available for download. Everything I read about says that it is not worth knowing about right now...its is horrendously slower than Firefox and is a memory hog. One Windows experts says that it does not render many Web pages correctly yet, including G-Mail.
If you would like some unbiased info about it, check out Ed Bott's in-depth report, on the ZDNet Web site.
After all my reading and research, I am sticking with Firefox.
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