At the Web 2.0 Expo in New York last friday, Google engineer Ojan Vafai told that Chrome will support add-ons and user scripts à la Firefox Add-ons and Greasemonkey. However unlike the case in many times for add-ons for Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer, Google wants to make sure that add-ons will keep Chrome allways stable.

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To enhance experience for webbrowser users Google Chrome has set as one of it goals to speed up browsing. To accomplish this, two interesting things can be mentioned : the DNS prefetching and the new Javascript engine, V8.
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What is the difference between Chromium and Chrome?
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If you like to check out the latest developers version of Chrome check out the Dev Channel of Chromium developer. There you can download the Google Chrome Channel Chooser. The Dev Channel is meant for :

• Web developers who want to test their sites or scripts with pre-release versions of Google Chrome
• Testers who need to make sure they’re working with the latest bug fixes
• Anyone who wants to help make Google Chrome better — your feedback helps us turn good new features into great features, and using the Dev channel is a simple way for anyone to help.

In the release notes the extra features and bug fixes including  :

• new network layer
• new tab and window manager code, which for example help for example on multi monitor extensions
• some Vista bug fixes
• Javascript, Flash and Silverlight big fixes
• Changes and fixes in the user interface / behavior

The latest version at this moment is 0.2.152.1, while the official beta currently is 0.2.149.29
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There are not many Google Chrome Addons yet. However a small guide how to create them can be found on ChromeAddons. More can be found on Mychomeaddons, including an much needed adblock,  Chromium Theme Creator, XChrome - a theme manager and an article on Greasemetal - a userscript runtime for Google Chrome.

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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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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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