03 Jun 08 Cool Drag and Drop Tabbing Feature on the Chrome Browser!

The new Google Chrome comes with a “drag and drop” style tabbing, one level up from Firefox’s multiple tabs.

You can see how easily you can split one window into multiple windows, split one tab into multiple tabs, or simple gather multiple windows or tabs into one window or tab.

It’s more a human-friendly approach to browsing the web and I think a lot of people will appreciate this new feature.

video via Google

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03 Jun 08 Google Chrome has its own "Task Manager"!

The biggest difference between Google Chrome and Firefox/IE is the fact that Chrome has its own Task Manager.

To access the Task Manager in Google Chrome, goto Developer->Task Manager menu as shown below:

As you will see, the Task Manager is very accurate with stats of memory, CPU, and network of each tab, plugin, and the Browser itself. (Now these are actually all different processes in the actual Windows system’s Task Manager too, you can look here for some more info on that.)

Of course, the point of having a Task Manager is that every Tab is managed more efficiently plus you have one window for ending any processes that are causing frozen-windows or simply taking too long to load.

If you click on “Stats for nerds” under the Task Manager, you will also get to see even more detailed stats on the processes running. This sorta reminds me of a Linux system where every detail is accessible by the user unlike Windows.

Our verdict is that the Task Manager on Google Chrome is even better than Windows operating system Task Manager as you get what you see.

This Task Manager might be a great way for developers to add more functions, especially since the Google Chrome is completely open-source. (Yes, you can build your own browser on top of it if you want)