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Google Chrome – Download a new browser

Update True to form, Google answers their own hype with a heaping helping of Web browser heaven. For being the first day of a beta period, Chrome leaves little to be desired, except perhaps replacements for those great Web developer Firefox plug-ins.

Application performance is every bit as fast as promised. I tested Gmail, Google Reader, and Google Maps, and an application I recently worked on at Clutch. All but Google Maps exhibited dramatically faster response times, and the rendering is thus far flawless. I am impressed and pleased with both the address bar and speed-dial-style home page; and I am pleasantly pleased by the tabs-above-address bar layout of the user interface.

I hope these good vibes will continue with the soon-to-be-released version for the Mac.