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1. More stability
Google implies that Chrome is more stable than existing browsers. A major selling point for me. As their little Google’s comic book puts it, “When you’re writing an important email or editing a document a browser crash is a big deal”.
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So wait, your source for the fact that Google is more stable is... Google? Well I'm sure they're not biased towards their own product at all...
Also I've never had Firefox crash on me. And Google's method for separate processes doesn't seem to stop it from completely crashing anyways, from what I've heard.
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2. More speed
Google claim that sites will download quicker on Chrome; this appears to have something to do with Chrome’s JavaScript Virtual Machine named V8. Google state that Chrome looks at the JavaScript source code and “generates machine code that can run directly on the CPU that’s running the browser”, this apparently helps speed things up.
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They never claimed that Chrome downloads sites faster... it claims to
load them faster. That's a big difference. However Chrome does do things like Javascript and HTML5 better than Firefox. But on the otherhand Chrome seems to render websites without accelerated graphics(like Firefox). This causes very noticeable pauses when changing tabs, even if the website is already loaded. It can take almost up to a few seconds for an already loaded tab in Chrome to simply
render on a less powerful computer, especially if it has a lot of content. On the otherhand on slower computers Firefox is a cpu/memory hog so...
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4. More open
Google have decided to open source the entire browser. This could be of huge benefit to the web community. Yes, I know Google has more money than God so they can afford to do this but they deserve a pat on the back for doing this.
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Firefox is open-source as well. Also Google is a nonprofit organization.
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5. More style
Google definitely lacks Apple’s style but what they’ve build here looks really slick. I’m a big fan of the smooth and uncluttered look and feel.
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The best style is a flexible style, one that lets users customize their experience to their liking. Firefox does this fairly well, and Chrome may as well, but I never bothered... but I found Chrome not to be flexible at all. It's options are very limited, especially compared to Firefox.
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7. More Privacy
Google have included an “Incognito window” in this build. None of your history is saved in the browser when you use this window and when you close it the cookies from that session are wiped out.
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Firefox has this too, but we all know what this mode should really be called!
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8. Better approach to blocking pop ups
Pop ups are confined to stay in the tab they came from unless you want to drag them out in to a new tab. I just tested this out on one of my favourite music sites and it works like a treat.
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I rarely get pop-ups in the first place with Firefox so I dunno.
I don't hate what Chrome is, it's just not suited for my taste in browsing. It has a lot of quirks that turn me off, and I'm already perfectly happy with Firefox. More choices in browsers are always a good thing
