Google News, Inside.

Google launched its browse, Google Chrome, on September 1st, 2008.

It’s been 24 days, a little over 3 weeks, since then. So what have we learned about the browser?

Here are some thoughts of what I’ve had.

I have to admit, I have not been using it full-full time, all the time, but off and on. I’ve been slowly trying to integrate it into my browsing while on my Windows machine, but it’s tough. I normally use a Mac, so it’s rare I’m on a PC (except to play games once in a while).

But I’m actually writing this post on my PC (wow, it’s been a while since I’ve done that).

So back to Chrome.

Chrome is a lot more impressive than I had originally thought. One feature I really like is the “password saving” feature. Normally, under Firefox or Opera, the browser will ask immediately proceeding the “enter” of a form, asking to save a password. But Chrome seems to be smart enough to know when a login was successful and if you really want to save the password.

Obviously if you enter the wrong password, you’re not going to want to save it because it’s wrong. But Chrome seems to have resolved that issue with how it handles the password saving.

Another aspect of Chrome I am truly impressed with is how fast it is. Not just browsing the web, but also switching between tabs. The browser feels a lot more agile and responsive than either Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Opera — which I use all three regularly for browser testing and cookie sessions.

A third and final note about Chrome that I love is the ability to resize text areas. In a <textarea> form, you can resize it to whatever size you want, giving you better visibility in what might be a limiting experience to begin with.

Google still has a lot ways to go with this browser, but it’s definitely a good start and going in the right direction.

Here’s a gallery of Chrome photos that I put together.