Google Chrome
I’ve been slow to the Google Chrome experience. Primarily, because I use web technology a lot which means that I need my primary browser to work very effectively and very reliably. Of course, I’m always testing out various flavors of browsers, but making a switch is typically a big deal for me.
I almost considered making the switch to Chrome, which is a fine browser, but in the end I decided to stick with Safari, because it simply works better for me. But I’m also a huge fan of Firefox - and typically, that is what I recommend to others. Flash and javascript issues have kept me with Safari.
But this post isn’t about that.
What I’m actually writing about are the privacy concerns that many have raised with the Chrome browser. In part because they are valid concerns that everyone should be thinking about as the cruise the web, but also because they tend to be issues that affect most browsers and not just Chrome. There’s a great article/thread at this blog, which lays out most of the basics (though the screen shots are out of date). Of course, if it is really a concern for you, there are always ways around it including running a version based on the open-source Chromium. But in the end, and given my recent frustration due to Google Buzz, I’ve decided to just avoid it. Without any compelling need for any specific feature, there’s really no reason to use it…
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You also run into problems with Chrome because important websites don’t support it yet. I was freaking out because I thought I lost my Fafsa information but it did not recognize my information because I was using Chrome. I had to turn back to IE to fill it out.