Google Chrome: Does the World Need Another Browser?

From TechNightOwl.  Click here to read the article.  Below is my response and experience.

I have been using Chrome as my primary browser the last few days and noticed a few issues. It doesn’t seem to render tables correctly. At the Apple discussions the iPhone forum was incorrectly rendered and an error message was given. It also had a problem when I submitted a PDF 100kb upload at a well known job site Dice and acted as though it didn’t complete. In addition the speed sometimes seems slower than Safari/Firefox when it is actually loading webpages. I don’t notice any slowdown on broadband connections with Firefox/Safari but noticed it with Chrome.

I used Chromium in the past and it seemed better than Chrome for Mac honestly. I am also using the new Thunderbird which is fantastic and a great example of Open Source. Perhaps since I both have them running there is an incompatibility I haven’t learned about yet. Since I am testing both of them, they are currently the only applications that I have open with 2 GB of ram.

If Chrome continues to have issues I will fall back to Firefox and then Safari. Safari while cool seems to crash at sites like Hulu and YouTube while watching video. I expect that in time Chrome will be better than Firefox and Safari, but so far it isn’t there.

Competition is always good. Let the best survive has served innovation well.