jdMorgan - 5:40 pm on Dec 12, 2008 (gmt 0)

> I haven't even bothered to download - for a number of reasons.

You should, if for no other reason than to make sure your sites render properly in it, and to be sure that their "V8" JavaScript accelerator doesn't choke on any JS you might use.

For most Webmasters, these HTMAL & Browser forum discussions are not about "which browser is better," but rather, "What's going on in browser development that may affect how my site is rendered and how it functions?"

I currently have eight different browser icons in my "Quick Start" bar, and heavens only knows how many more browsers and versions available in my Start menu. Although I use only one or two of them for my personal browsing, I use all of them when testing new pages, and many of them when testing changes to my pages.

Since Chrome has a powerful company behind it, I consider it worthwhile to use it to check new pages today, even though it hasn't gotten wildly-popular yet, and in fact may never do so. But I wouldn't want to bet against Google, so I consider this checking to be well-worthwhile.

If you have security concerns about Chrome, all that's needed is to set a few rules in your firewall to keep it from phoning home. You can then temporarily relax those rules if you want to download an update.

So, again, this isn't necessarily about which browser is better, but simply about what browsers Webmasters might want to use to check their Web sites for proper rendering and function.

Jim