Google Chrome- Faster Than a Speeding Browser

Are you hooked to online social networking games? I am. I spend about an hour a day on Mafia Wars, Mobwars andother similar games. These use ajax code  which really stress out the browser. Check out the load times on Internet Explorer for these games. Even on a QuadCore, response crawls sluggishly. This is especially true when you’re adding mafia- errr – friends – to bolster your gang.

After reaching level 30 on MW, it looked to me IE wasn’t built to fence with ajax. Playing social games led to numerous “transport error”  messages when I upgraded my skill or added 100 new mafia to my gunmen.  That was unacceptable. Hence,  I jumped to Mozilla Firefox.

The experience signifacantly improved! I never got the same error messages again. Even better, I successfully robbed more Dons with less lag time on the screen. That translated into more money per minute with Mozilla. Kudos to you Firefox- you made me rich!

Then Google Chrome lumbered onto the scene. I must admit that it didn’t impress me at first. The interface was too simplistic (couldn’t even find the Print and Search buttons at first try).  I felt like I was browsing with a blank screen. Zen just wasn’t my cup of tea.

I almost ditched Chrome, when I realized that naked simplicity came with an invaluable gift:  Speed.  Google Chrome was fast. Really fast. Try loading cnn.com, Facebook and most importantly, Mafia Wars. These sites cripple IE with ease and slap Firefox occasionally. But Chrome? No way! I can open multiple Chrome tabs with ajax powered sites on each. The browser refuses to slow down or crash! I replicated the result on a humble asus eeePC – ajax based sites did not slow response down. Revalation: browsing speed depends on the quality of the browser, not just your processor.

Hats off to you Google. You came out with the best search engine. Now you have the best browser as well.

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