Google Chrome for browsing surfing

The latest kid on the block (latest browser) is Google Chrome . It loads into the computer very fast. My daily habit every morning is to switch on the computer, then open Mozilla FireFox, then Flock and then Google Chrome. Invariably, it will be Google Chrome that gets loaded first even though it was opened last.

The thing I liked about Google Chrome is that the address bar (the long box at the top of every browser in which you type in the URL of the web page you want to go to) also acts as a search box. This means one doesn't need to install a separate search box to search the Web. The best thing about this address bar cum search box is auto suggestion. It is almost like the Chrome browser is a mind reader. Type an alphabet or two into the address bar, and the most likely website you want to visit is automatically entered into the address bar. Press the ENTER key and you are on the way to viewing the web page you want to view.

This auto suggestion doesn't only work for websites you have already visited before, it can also auto suggest websites which are popular that you have never visited before. Because of this auto suggestion feature, when using Google Chrome for surfing, I only need to enter 1 or 2 alphabets and then click ENTER key to get to that web page I want to view.

Now some of you may say that this feature is already available in many browsers. May I point out that for browsers like Internet Explorer and Mozilla FireFox, one have to move the mouse cursor to highlight the URL we want, and then right-click on the mouse to get to that web page.

To explain more clearly, I will upload 2 screen shots. First FireFox:



Note that in the above address bar in FireFox, the suggested web page http://gmail.com is not yet in the address bar and you will have to move mouse cursor down to click on it to bring it into the address bar.



Note that in the address bar in Google Chrome above, just by typing a single alphabet g, the URL of gmail - http://gmail.com is automatically already added into the address bar and all you need to get there is to press the ENTER key.

I know Safari also has this auto suggestion, but for Google Chrome, it is much better.

Google Chrome Advisory Safe Browsing Citizen Think Tank

I have previously written about Google Chrome malware protection. I received a security warning for the link "Citizen Think Tank" in Haris Ibrahim's People's Parliament's blogroll. I decided to investigate further by clicking on the link to learn about safe browsing and obtained an Advisory provided by Safe Browsing Diagnostic page for citizenthinktank.com which I reproduce in full below:

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Advisory provided by
Safe Browsing
Diagnostic page for citizenthinktank.com/

What is the current listing status for citizenthinktank.com/?
Site is listed as suspicious - visiting this web site may harm your computer.

Part of this site was listed for suspicious activity 7 time(s) over the past 90 days.

What happened when Google visited this site?
Of the 209 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 55 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 09/09/2008, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 09/09/2008.
Malicious software includes 112 trojan(s). Successful infection resulted in an average of 3 new processes on the target machine.

Malicious software is hosted on 1 domain(s), including 61.155.8.0.

Has this site acted as an intermediary resulting in further distribution of malware?
Over the past 90 days, citizenthinktank.com/ did not appear to function as an intermediary for the infection of any sites.

Has this site hosted malware?
No, this site has not hosted malicious software over the past 90 days.

How did this happen?
In some cases, third parties can add malicious code to legitimate sites, which would cause us to show the warning message.

Next steps:
Return to the previous page.
If you are the owner of this web site, you can request a review of your site using Google Webmaster Tools. More information about the review process is available in Google's Webmaster Help Center.

Google Chrome malware protection

Google recently released a new web browser - Google Chrome, with some very interesting new feature. I had the privilege to benefit from one of them - protection from Malware. I visited Haris Ibrahim's People's Parliament with the Google Chrome just a short while ago, and clicked on a link to Citizen Think Tank and received a warning:



Warning: Visiting this site may harm your computer!

This website at
harismibrahim.wordpress.com
contains elements from the site
www.citizenthinktank.com
which appears to host malware - software that can hurt your computer or otherwise operate without your consent. Just visiting a site that contains malware can infect your computer.
For detailed information about the problems with these elements, visit the Google Safe Browsing diagnostic page for www.citizenthinktank.com
Learn more about how to protect yourself from harmful software online

[ ] I understand that visiting this site may harm my computer.
[Proceed anyway]
[Back to safety]