Google has released the Google Chrome beta for Windows Vista and Windows XP.
You can grab it from
this
page (
direct
link). To get a little more in depth, Google Chrome uses the same rendering
engine as Apple's Safari browser, named Webkit. In recent history, the
developers of Webkit have made great strides in creating what is, as of today,
the fastest browser engine in terms of rendering speed. Google Chrome, currently
version 0.2.149.27, seems to use a slightly older build of Webkit (version
525.13, to be precise), however, so some of the recent Webkit development gains
will not have made it into the first release of the browser. Other features of
Chrome include a dynamic tab system which allows you to drag and drop tabs
inside and outside of the browser window, an "incognito mode" in which the sites
you visit are not added to your browsing history, and a feature similar to
Opera's Speed Dial, in which you are presented with your nine most visited
websites, in thumbnail form, when opening a new tab.
If you decide to download it and give it a whirl, post your thoughts in the
comment section.
