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I downloaded the Google Chrome beta (Google's web browser) a couple days ago. Here's what I think… Pros: – Sleek design – Is like IE, Firefox, and Opera's baby… after a threesome I guess. IE's the mother. – Is made by Google, and Google is god. – The "Most visited websites" page is handy. – Directly imports IE and FF bookmarks – Directly imports passwords – Pages load REALLY fast – Isn't ugly like some other web browsers Cons: – No search engine on top right (I'm used to that with Firefox). – Video embeds (such as YouTube and Revver) do not function well. Maybe I want to pause the video for a while… but that's too much too ask. – Apparently, fails in the security department. It is vulnerable to hackers. And that's my two cents. I don't have Chrome set as my default browser for now (I'm using Firefox to type this) but I will consider using it again once it is out of beta.

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I downloaded the Google Chrome beta (Google's web browser) a couple days ago. Here's what I think... Pros: - Sleek design - Is like IE, Firefox, and Opera's baby... after a threesome I guess. IE's the mother. - Is made by Google, and Google is god. - The "Most visited websites" page is handy. - Directly imports IE and FF bookmarks - Directly imports passwords - Pages load REALLY fast - Isn't ugly like some other web browsers Cons: - No search engine on top right (I'm used to that with Firefox). - Video embeds (such as YouTube and Revver) do not function well. Maybe I want to pause the video for a while... but that's too much too ask. - Apparently, fails in the security department. It is vulnerable to hackers. And that's my two cents. I don't have Chrome set as my default browser for now (I'm using Firefox to type this) but I will consider using it again once it is out of beta.