A nice informative site about Chrome plugins, Chrome extensions and Chrome themes can be found on Chromeplugins. Allready there are articles like about the Google Toolbar, Command Line Switches, a backup and profile tool, shortcuts and there is a nice forum.

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Mike Schaffner on Forbes.com wonders if Chrome offers enough for people to make them switch from other browsers, such as Internet Explorer and Firefox. This from a corporate point of view. He discusses the speed, security, stability, features, website support for Chrome, Outlook Web Access and company IT support requirements.

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Simon the game

Remember the old 70s / 80s game Simon? Is the logo inspired on it? Cnet thinks  the Chrome logo is inspired by some programmer’s childhood memories of playing with Simon.

Others see similarities with a webcam, the Firefox logo and Thinkfree Office.

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Cloud Computing Jounal discusses the possibility of running Business Intelligence applications on a browser.  Maybe the future of the desktop PC will be nothing more than a machine to run a browser on and so having all applications and data accessible all over the world via internet. Read the rest of this entry »

On Cnet News there are some more tips to be found on using Chrome. These include :

• Ctrl-B to show, manage and hide the bookmarks bar
• Showing the HOME button via Tools
• Running more tabs costs relatively more memory
• the about:memory and other about: commands

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On CBS News there is a small review about the new Google Chrome browser. Conclusions are that Chrome is faster, has a simpler interface, tabs can be dragged as new windows, tabs that hang can be closed instead of the whole browser,  it has a privacy option and it’s a small download.

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On googlesystem.blogspot.com there is a good list of features and tips of Google Chrome, including :

• Show recently visited pages
• Undo closing a tab
• Searching in the address bar
• Using the Google Calculator
• Resizing the textarea
• Monitoring the resources used by a web page
• Detaching a tab
• Drag and drop downloaded files
• Adding search engines
• Google Chrome without Google’s branding and open source

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Lifehacker wrote a nice guide how to use Chrome’s functions. It includes tips on mousing, keyboard shortcuts, tweak options, startup options, themes, diagnostics, and add ons.

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