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Is Changing To Google Chrome A Good Idea?

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Google Chrome Logo

For the past couple of months Google have been heavily marketing their new web browser Google Chrome. I can’t speak for the rest of the world but here in the UK I’ve seen it on the cover of the Metro, on huge billboards around Edinburgh and on posters in my gym… just naming a few. The question, “Is it any good?”.

Yes…

Well I suppose I should actually give you some reasons! I’ve been using Chrome on and off for a long time now, I can’t put a month on it but certainly well before it came out of beta. I’ve also used all other major browsers throughout that period including Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and Safari. One of the cons of being a web designer is you spend a lot of time hopping in and out of browsers to check things are working. Not everyone’s heard of Chrome so I thought I was in a good position to weigh up its pros and cons.

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