Google Chrome is a great web browser, but there are things the browser lacks such as RSS auto discovery that bother me. I had a rough introduction with Google Chrome. When Google Chrome was released I was quick to download it and start using the browser. It was very slow and I was faced with several issues that bothered me.  One of the things that bothered me was not being able to set Google Chrome as my default web browser. The issues with the web browser being slow turned out to be some problems I was having with my own computer. 

I have been using Google Chrome full time for about a month now. The web browser is super fast and very stable. One of the things that I enjoy most about Google Chrome is the enhanced tab features. For one, the security and stability of tabbed browsing is amazing. With Firefox, if you run into trouble with an open tab, you have to shut your entire web browser down and restart it. With Google Chrome, if you have something crash in a tab, each tab is isolated from the others. To correct a crashed tab, or program running in the tab, simply close the tab while preserving the remaining tabs opened up. 

The other thing I like about Google Chrome’s tabbed browsing is that you drag a tab out and it will become its own current window. In other words, dragging a tab out of its current window it then becomes its own window. Also, you can drag the entire window back into an existing window and it will then become a tab. Below is a quick video demonstration:

Google Chrome Tabbed Browsing

With Google Chrome being super fast and amazingly versatile I am able to overlook some of the things that still bother me. One of those items is the fact that Google Chrome does not auto discover RSS Feeds. This is a huge disadvantage, especially if you are a blogger. Blogs and other sites that syndicate their RSS feed using FeedBurner.com doesn’t pose a problem, but that is only if the Browser Friendly options have been set.  

The good news is that Google Chrome will soon auto discover RSS feeds much like how the current version of Firefox does. When you download Google Chrome, by default you install the Beta version rather then the Dev version. Google says that the Beta version involves less updates and more stability. However, if you use the Dev version of Google Chrome, you’ll have to update more often, but you get new features long before the folks using Beta. 

If you would like to get speedy updates, I would suggest using the Dev version of Google Chrome. It is easy to switch between the two version. In order to install the Dev version of Google Chrome you need to install the Chrome Channel Switcher and follow the simply installation steps. Here is a screen shot.

Google Chrome Channel Switcher

I really look forward to when Google Chrome does auto discover RSS feeds. That will make my web browsing experience a lot more enjoyable. Also, it would be great to have my good old PageRank meter back as well. The PageRank meter is included with the Google Toolbar which is available for Firefox and Internet Explorer. 

Have you tried or switched to Google Chrome yet? If not, then what are your concerns? What are some of the things that you enjoy about Google Chrome? What are some things that you don’t?