Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.
By building Chrome from the ground up, Google hopes to be
able to do things its way. And it shows. The clean interface, the use
of plenty of white space, the lack of clutter all make it a very
Google-esque experience.
Unfortunately, for now at least, that's where
the ease of use starts to slow down. Firefox has become popular largely
on the back of the number of extensions that make it do whatever you
want, however you want it to.
Chrome, at the moment, has a total of zero such extensions. Yes, it is
open source so over time this will change, especially given the initial
interest that browser has experienced, soaking up a one percent market
share in the first week of release.
But for now, it has none. Which means, for now, Firefox is easier to
use when you get out on the web and start actually using it.
Equally, you need to get out there and start using the sites that
matter to you and seeing how the Chrome V8 JavaScript engine handles
them. I found too many that simply choked with a JavaScript error.
Again, expect these dirty marks to be polished of over time and to see Chrome become nice and shiny in the usability stakes.
However, right now, Chrome is obviously a Beta product and as such has
to be treated with caution. So having removed the rose-tinted
spectacles we are left with a Beta browser that is not quite as fast,
safe, small or easy to use as the Google spin would have us believe.
The very fact that this is Google we are talking about here means that
Chrome cannot be written off, nor would I want to do that. The truth is
I think that Chrome will certainly challenge Firefox for the
alternative browser crown in the long term.
Whether it can topple Microsoft remains to be seen, but don't hold your breath...
David Bass
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