One of our members asked me about this, so I've looked through several
review articles (on Google!) to find out more myself.
It is an alternative web browser to surf the internet with ~ an
alternative to Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox, which you might be
using at present. Google created this to make internet use a smoother
and a more enjoyable experience.
To give you an idea of what it looks like, have a look at these YouTube
videos, and then have a look at the review articles I've chosen.
As regards the controls at the bottom of the YouTube screen, click on
the little TV screen if you wish to enlarge the picture to fit your
computer screen. Press the Esc key on your keyboard, to "go back".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xlh8gSF_hhE&feature=related
(Google’s own video, giving you a taster)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4DfHPlWC6U&feature=related
(one user’s experience – noisy advert at the end of it)
Review articles
(The initial version of GC came out in September 2008, so the
first review article here is about the updated version of GC.)
http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/product/32156/review/chrome.html (Dec 08)
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/222615/google-chrome.html (Sept 08)
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/222855 (Sept 08)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/3358306/Google-Chrome-browser-Review-of-reviews.html
(read the comments section – concerns re privacy/copyright) (Sep 08).
I'm sticking with Internet Explorer 7 for the time being.
