Why Chrome is the Best Browser

If you’ve not tried Google’s Chrome Browser, then you are missing out, big time. For the last 5 years or so I have been a stalwart Firefox fan, since version 1.5 it’s always kicked the stuffing out of Internet Explorer. Last year I started playing with Google’s Chrome, but it’s lack of extensibility has always forced me back to Firefox. I’ve even played with Opera on my desktop, since it’s the only browser I use on my PDA, but again I like extensions – widgets do nowt for me.

Starting in January this year, version 4 of Chrome has support for extensions, and it’s now taken over as my main browser. The only thing it lacks is some form of proxy management so I can do away with Firefox for good. As it stands, I still need Firefox and FoxyProxy to access regional content as Chrome uses the system’s proxy settings, so whilst there is an extension called Proxy Switchy, it buggers up my email and newsreader so I tend not to use it.
The most useful thing for me, recently, has been the built-in page translation. I didn’t even know about this feature until it popped up. I don’t tend to spend time on foreign sites – if they can’t be arsed to learn English, I can’t be arsed reading them (by the way, arsed is in the dictionary – way to go). Anyhoo, I was looking for a certain thing, and it was on a Russian site. Bugger. Then after it loads, a little bar pops up at the top offering to translate it for me – score! I got what I wanted in a few clicks, without resorting to the old copy & paste into Google Translate.
So, get Chrome – you wont regret it.

GoogleReader Play hates me

Just got a tweet from Download Squad regarding Google’s new plaything – GoogleReader Play. Would love to play, but all I get is …

Gotta admit – I like the look – reminds me of Sublime Reader, a Chrome extension I use to view my subscriptions. Let’s hope it starts working … soon.