If you don't want to go through the cute comic that explains Chrome (linked above), here are some highlights
1) Based on WebKit engine (the same one used in Safari) so supporting Chrome from a developer perspective wouldn't be too hard.
2) Tabs are first class citizens within Chrome, each runs in its own process and can be detached
3) Gears integration (I haven't dug into this one)
4) A fast Javascript engine - completely new and reportedly very fast.

Ofcourse there are other bells and whistles. I have been using it since it was released and it is pretty stable though I haven't seen any difference in my browsing experience.

Conversely, I've been enjoying Safari on XP for the past 6-7 months because it is so much faster for Salesforce Admin work than Firefox or IE. But Safari is pretty limited for add-ons, hopefully Chrome will be better given Google's embrace of open source.

Hi,

Even If I agree with you,I do like Chrome! I'm still wondering how the official Force.com blog of salesforce can advise a first version BETA browser !!!
Try to use the inline editing of an Apex trigger with it (does not work [win Vista]) or even others Client side like Ajax behaviors.

I prefeer to give Google some time to better improve and wait until newt releases !

Miguel,

My recommendation, I thought, was clearly tempered by caution: I recommended downloading Chrome, but also said that it should be considered "a technology demo, not a way of life." I'm pretty much living in Chrome, myself, because it starts up so much faster than other browsers on my machine, but I'm also noting areas where additional polish is needed; at the same time, though, I'm also noting areas in which our own applications would do well to reflect Chrome's "new normal" approach, so I consider it a market research duty to see how it works for me.

Your mileage will vary -- but the nice thing about the world of thin clients and cloud computing is that you can choose the end-point software that works for you, without concern for data integrity issues that are handled at our end. Thanks for writing.

First off a disclaimer, I love Firefox, so yes I am biased.

As a web developer I could not live without the extensions that Firefox has. It will be interesting to see how Chrome enters this arena. If it is anything like Android (there has been several issues with the dev community)I don't think mozilla has much to worry about. Chrome has some nice features (V8 javascript engine, independent process for each tab) but Firefox 3.1 will bring back parity if not the advantage in many areas.

Salesforce works smoother on Chrome than any other BROWSER except !!!!

I cannot send a Saleforce HTML template when using Google Chrome

Anybody have an idea why and if there is a way to get around this ?

THE ERROR SHOWING IS
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To use the HTML Email & dynamic tracking feature you must upgrade to Internet Explorer (IE) version 6.0 or higher.

Upgrading to IE 6.0 or higher will allow you to take advantage of all the easy to use HTML tools to create professional, high impact email templates for your marketing, sales and support users. Upgrade now to take advantage of the following features:

Send professional, high impact HTML emails
Customize and personalize each email before sending it
Track when your prospect or customer read the email, and how many times!
Run reports on all HTML emails you’ve sent this week to see which have been opened the most

Hi Steven

Chrome was working just fine until SF upgraded things on Friday. Now myself and my users are getting the same issue.

Back to Firefox for now.