Google Chrome

     We've finally downloaded Google Chrome in our class, and our assignment is to create a blog post over the web browser.

    Chrome is one of the world's top browsers, preferred by many users. Created by Google, Chrome is a faster, more reliable, and user-friendly browser built around functionality. Users can change the background theme, choose which search engine they wish to use (So you can use Bing in a Google browser. Why would you do that, though?), install extensions ranging from Nicolas Cage to professional screenshot applications and popular games, choose what webpages pop up on startup, and much more. Chrome utilizes the Omnibox, which is a feature that combines the search bar with the address bar. This features irks me, but I am willing to live with it. I do, however, enjoy how easy Google has made downloading files with their browser. This is me favorite feature of Chrome. When you download something, not only will it save to your computer, but the file pops up in the bottom left-hand side of the browser in a special downloads bar. From this bar you can open or run the file, or drag the file into a separate folder/location other than your downloads folder. As a Minecraft mod user, I really appreciate being able to drag the files I download directly into the 'mods' folder rather than searching through thousands of files in my 'Downloads' folder. Benefits over Internet Explorer include speed, functionality, UI, and about everything else. Benefits over Firefox and Safari include functionality and speed.

     Now, I will review some of my favorite extensions and other downloads for Google Chrome.

nCage

     Well, what did you think? This extension, much like its similar program on Firefox, replaces all images on the internet with photographs of Nicolas Cage's face.

Google Dictionary/Google Translate

     These are two separate extensions, but I feel they would fit into one review because they fit together so well. Google Dictionary allows you to look up any word you do not understand in a special Google dictionary, including fictional words such as Google and Stargate. Google Translate allows the user to translate any words on a webpage into any real language that they wish to translate it into.

Cut the Rope

     As I undoubtedly forgot to mention (I'm not going back and checking), you can install games for Chrome as well. Cut the Rope is a good example of a small, yet popular game that you can install. You must cut a rope and collect three golden stars, then deliver the candy that was attached to the rope to the frog creature in order for it to be ingested.

     You can also install background themes to further customize Google Chrome. Chrome can remember your passwords, but only if you tell it to. Chrome allows the user to see the HTML code for a website, and edit it. Edits won't be saved, but it can be funny. I have only explained a small corner of what you can do with Chrome, so feel free to explore, and maybe find secrets that I haven't yet!