Google Chrome Out of Beta and Getting Rave Reviews

Google Chrome 1.0 is available for download, it has passed its beta
stage in a 100 days from its beta launch. This is a creditable
achievement for the guys working on Chrome considering that Gmail is
still in the beta phase - but then I guess that is a far bigger project
with much greater scope for application tie-ins.

This version is only for Windows. The Linux and Mac versions could be
out in early 2009. Google Chrome together with Firefox is sure to chip
into Internet Explorer’s market share. Google Chrome performs in
accordance to universal web standards which has always been recognized
as a weakness of IE. Google Chrome, in fact, will come pre-loaded on PCs
from next year. As of now it is not clear as to which PC manufacturers
have agreed to this. Rumors are that it could be Dell.

Page loads are 1.4 times faster in the finished product as compared to
the beta version. Form auto-fill and RSS support are some of the
features that are on the way. The bookmark manager has been tweaked.
Protection for user privacy has been strengthened with features such as
Google Chrome’s Sandbox Technology and Safe Browsing. Browser
stability, plug-in performance, and audio-visual performance are some of
the other features that have caught the attention of users who have
downloaded the finished Google Chrome.