MS Technology Vocabulary Google Chrome
Reed Moss
January 2009
Computer 7-4
A Look at Google Chrome
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Google Chrome's History
Google Chrome is Google’s version of a web browser. Google hired top Firefox developers in 2005 and 2006 such as Darin Fisher, Pam Greene, and Brian Ryner. In the spring of 2006 the team began work on a new browser prototype built on top of WebKit designed for broadband-connected, always-on, web applications such as Gmail or Google Maps. Google released Google Chrome on August 18, 2008.
Review of Google Chrome
Google Chrome is a very fast web browser, faster than Internet Explorer and Mozilla Foxfire. Google focused Google Chrome for the most part at Microsoft's Windows XP and Windows Vista. Google is working on creating Google Chrome for both Linux and to work on Macintosh or as most people know it as Macs.In Google Chrome one could view their past web page history, and also in this unique browser, Google created a form searching the internet without the web pages that one viewed to be put on the web page history, this is called an incognito browser.Chrome automatically detects the Web browser you're using and prompts you through the process of installation (right down to telling you how to access downloaded files within Firefox, for example). When you first run the application, Chrome imports your bookmarks, passwords, and settings from Firefox or Internet Explorer. It even can grab username and password data, and it automatically populates those fields for you when you use Chrome for the first time to visit a particular site.After running through a quick import checklist, Chrome opens on your desktop--and right away you begin to experience the Web in a new way. Chrome's layout is very simple: You'll see a row of tabs running along the top, a Web address bar, and a bookmarks bar that runs beneath the address bar. A separate recent-bookmarks box appears at the right of the screen.Like its Google stablemates, Chrome has a remarkably minimalist interface. There is no full-scale menu bar and no title bar--and few distractions. All controls are buried beneath two icons to the right of the Omnibar (as Google refers to its address bar): a page icon for managing tabs and using Google Gears to create application-like shortcuts from your desktop to a Web site; and a wrench for history, downloads, and other browser options.
