Google Chrome uses the Chromium engine, an open source web browser project. Google Chrome is more secure than Microsoft Internet Explorer. It loads and runs faster than both Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. It is less secure than Firefox due to the fact that the NoScript security extension does not support Chrome. Specifically, Firefox + NoScript is more secure than Google Chrome. Furthermore, Google Chrome has been criticized along with all Google products for a lack of privacy. Google collects user data for their own company agenda which may include marketing and profiling.
Overall, it is recommend that individuals try using Google Chrome when a web site does not render or function correctly in Mozilla Firefox. It is also recommend using Google Chrome with Google web applications such as Gmail, Google Drive, and Google+. It is recommended using Google Chrome as an alternative to Microsoft Internet Explorer and where Mozilla Firefox cannot be used.
Google Chrome is one of the top three web browsers in use on Microsoft Windows desktop systems well into 2015. Marketshare is roughly ranked by the following:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer (on the PC)
- Mozilla Firefox (on the PC)
- Google Chrome (on the PC)
In the mobile market browsers such as Apple Safari have entered the top three web browser category. With the success of the iPhone and other Apple mobile devices, Safari based browsers are ranked first in popularity by many pools.
Plugins and Extensions
Flash Block Extension Not Necessary
Flashblock is not needed on Chrome - go to settings/advanced/content settings/plugins and select "click to play". Now flash will not run automatically. But you can decide to click on something and allow it to play if you want. Works great - no plugin needed.
Ghostery
Ghostery looks for third-party page elements (or "trackers") on the web pages you visit. These can be things like social network widgets, advertisements, invisible pixels used for tracking and analytics, and so on. Ghostery notifies you that these things are present, and which companies operate them. You can learn more about these companies, and if you wish, choose to block the trackers they operate.
Annoyances
Nonstandard button size in upper right corner
In the thread: https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/chrome/4W9ZNDwKeZo
they are blaming Windows XP. When using Linux, Mint, Cinnamon desktop the Chrome buttons are the wrong dimensions also. It is a Chrome problem, not a Windows XP or other desktop problem. It does cause problems, except on the Cinnamon desktop the chrome buttons are smaller and more squished. Chrome obviously doesn't call the common button widget of the OS desktop.
Unable to Escape pause animations
Hitting the escape key should freeze any animated GIFs on a web page and in Chrome it doesn't work.
Copy Without Formatting
Especially when trying to paste something into LibreOffice Writer there needs to be a way to copy just the text, without all of the formatting. Because of all the formatting and crap included with the copy from Chrome, LibreOffice Calc or Write wont do a "paste special" from Chrome sometimes.