Fellow Nestorpeople!
As what marketing folk like to call ‘Lead Users’ all of you will no doubt know that our friends over at Google
launched a new web browser, known as Chrome, a few days ago.
As lovers of all things new we of course dove in and took the new browser for a spin.
First of all the pros: Chrome is very fast at page rendering (especially pages like Nestoria results pages with lots of javascript), Chrome is very simple (we love simple) Chrome is opensource, and Chrome has some interesting new features. On the con side of the ledger, Chrome isn’t yet available on linux or Mac and folks are finding all sorts of issues with the T&C’s (the whispers of discomfort about Google’s potential for constant monitoring of user behaviour aren’t getting any quieter). All of this is covered in great detail and with heated debate on the various leading tech blogs.
What we found most interesting about Chrome are the features that allow you as a user to make searching Nestoria even easier. There’s a function called “Omnibox” that allows you to assign keywords to searchengines and search directly from the address bar. So, for example I want to find a
property near Holborn in London. I assigned the keyword “n” to nestoria, and then away I go.
All in all, Chrome, still has a few issues, but also has some nice new features and will hopefully push the pace of innovation even more, thus benefiting all of us.
On a final note, of course the next of our regular
Browser Share posts will break out Chrome users specifically so you can see how the new entrant is doing.
