Not really wanting to give Chrome any more newstime than it’s already had, it’s nevertheless a requirement to cover the news properly. While Chrome certaily offers an interesting browser, I’m at a loss to explain the massive interest that’s been foisted on it since it’s Windows-only ( strange that releasing open-source software on a closed-source platform ) introduction at the beginning of this week. While the clean interface is welcome, it doesn’t really offer anything new above what current and in-the-works browsers such as Firefox 3.1 and IE 8 already have. From a speed point-of-view, Firefox’s new Tracemonkey system will be running javascript as fast ( or even faster ) than Chrome’s engine. IE 8 already has the sandbox system that protects tab processes from each other. And a decidedly worrying factor is that each tab has it’s own process memory, which could potentially lead to huge memory use in a short time. I’ve generally got between 20 and 30 tabs open at a time, so this could be an issue. While noteworthy, I don’t think all the fuss is warranted.