As the browser wars rage on and valiant warriors begin to fall (ahem IE6), who will rise up?  Will it be Firefox, IE7 (or even soon to be IE8), Safari, Opera, Flock, or one of the many other options.  Or will it be Google’s newest addition to its laundry list of popular tools; Google Chrome was released to the public in its first beta form yesterday afternoon.  The new powerful browser comes packed with so many new and exciting features they use a 38 page comic book to describe them all.  The goal with this new browser was to release a faster, more stable, more secure browser that will improve the online user experience.  One of the new features you will notice is what they are referring to as the “omnibox”.  This tool, which looks similar to the standard URL box, offers suggestions for searches, top pages you have visited, and top pages you may want to visit (similar to the feature added to the latest release of Mozilla Firefox).  You should also check out the new “Tab Page” feature, which occurs when you open a new tab…and instead of seeing just a blank page, you are brought to a page that lists your nine most visited pages.  Oh…and for the developers, Chrome is an open source browser, and Google welcomes other browser developers to “take what they want out of it”.

I have been using Chrome for the past several hours and so far, the efficient and clean look and feel has stolen my attention away from my usual favorite, Firefox 3.  Time will tell how this browser will hold up against the rest of the pack, and this is only the beta.

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