I downloaded the beta version of the new Google Chrome browser today and am I impressed. Google uses the V8 engine, which is a JavaScript engine written in C++, which means that the JavaScript code is compiled to bytecode, which means that in some cases it executes JavaScript up to 50 times faster than Internet Explorer. I must be honest I didn’t like the first version, or rather I didn’t use it that much. But I am hooked, and I like its lightweight nature and its nice themes. I must be honest Firefox has become a little bloated, and I often find that the Firefox process is still running even though I closed it, and the Firebug add-on is great, but its a 600kb+ download these days, seems its getting bigger and bigger.

I also recently installed Windows 7 RC and I don’t think I can switch back to XP, I just love the interface too much.