I was surfing a few different sites a couple of days ago, doing some research for one of my books, when everything froze-up and I got a message, “Internet Explorer has encountered a problem, and needs to shut down….” This was not the first time this has happened to me, but in a moment of inspired genius I decided that it was going to be the last! I have been watching my browser get steadily slower and crash more frequently, and like a lot of people, I just chalked it up to the fact that my computer is old (never mind the fact that it was ten years ahead of it’s time in 2005), and full of stuff that probably made it harder to do it’s job. I’m sure many of you are with me so far, and have experienced the same thing. Well guess what, there is a way out. It’s called Google Chrome, and after using it for a few days I’m sorely tempted to just remove Internet Explorer completely from my system.
Chrome’s interface is user-friendly, and it has all the features that Internet Explorer has. The biggest difference is that it isn’t as vulnerable to hacking as I.E., and so far it seems to be crash-proof. I say this because I’ve literally tried to crash it, and it’s stood up to my worst browsing habits.
I’ve also been extremely impressed by the quality of any video when using Chrome. Video seems to buffer a little quicker, but even better than that, the actual viewing area when viewing in full-screen mode is a little bigger. Bigger is better, trust me.
So, the next time you get shut-down by Internet Explorer, maybe give Google Chrome a try and see for yourself how well it works. To be fair, I should also mention that Mozilla’s Firefox browser is pretty nifty too, but I think that Chrome is going to be the standard we hear a lot more good things about in the next decade.
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