Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 9th Jan 2009 08:43 UTC, submitted by amjith
Google has barely released Chrome 1.0, but the company is already hard at work on version 2.0 of its web browser. They released a pre-beta for Chrome 2.0, which comes with a lot of new features, including ones that should've already been in Chrome 1.0. In addition, it seems as if the Mac and Linux versions of Chrome are getting closer.
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Don't get me wrong, I like Chrome. It's pretty decent, and certainly zippier than FF3.
And I'm not calling for bloat or anything, but it's hardly feature packed. I've just updated to the latest version 2 alpha, and there's still no easy way to subscribe to RSS feeds. I've heard it's in the pipeline, but come on, should have been in v1.0.
They really need to improve the situation for extensions. The option to have greasemonkey like scripts is a welcome start, but man, am I missing Adblock.
Updates to CSS engine doesn't warrant the v2 stamp. Nor does adding auto-complete and spellchecking features that should have been there in v1.0.
I'm not trying to shoot the devs at Chrome down or anything - they've done an impressive job. But they have to remember they've entered the browser space at a time when users expect a certain level of core functionality, and Chrome still isn't hitting all the right buttons. They'll get there, eventually. In the meantime, it seems unjust to be banging on about all the things Chrome users may be getting in the future, when these same features are what FF/IE(>=7)/Opera/Konq/Safari users have been accustomed to for quite some time.