After playing with Chrome for few hours, i must say that it is awesome! As power user, that usually has few instances of Firefox open, each with 20-150 tabs, I simply love Chrome. But, is it worth switching to? Is it ready for production and daily use for work? Stability and speed wise, the answer is a definite yes. But, feature wise, things are a bit more complicated…

ADVANTAGES

1. Speed - this is the only browser that is multi process. This means that for every new tab or plugin there is a new process created. This is not only fast, but for the first time that multi core cpu of yours will come in handy. Also javascript is compiled directly into machine code, which is run with greatest speed.

2. Stability - for the same as above, in case of plugin or tab crash - all other processes survive. This means you can only loose one tab. And you also get a process manager.

3. Lightweight - On long term Chrome uses less memory than other browsers. Especially memory usage is very clean, as once you close a tab, whole process is ended and all its memory is released. You also get process manager which shows you memory hogs, and where you can kill processes.

4. Incognito mode - You can browse privately and securely, without writing a single file or data into history, cookies, or cache. Ideal for "finding that surprise gift for wife" as google puts it, or as we all know - ideal for browsing pron late at night…

5. UI and ease of use  - Chrome has completely renewed user interface with tabs put on top. Use is very simple, installation is a snap. Since there are just a few features and things you can configure, there is nothing to mess up.

DISADVANTAGES

1. First Beta- This is just a first public beta of browser, so do not expect it to properly render and show every and all web pages. Even Acid3 test completes just  71% of tests (which is weird as WebKit on which Chrome is based, has no problems completing 100%).

2. Missing features - Several functions as bookmark management, session management and password management are very basic. For a serious web user this is a big disadvantage, and hopefully Google or community will address those soon.

3. Missing extensions - Similar to above. If I inspect my Firefox addons page, I see a number of plugins. Now, since I know that every plugin is eating away computer's resources, I tend to use only completely vital plugins for me, and currently on my Firefox addons list are: RoboForm, Tab Mix Plus, Google Toolbar, SeoQuake and FlashBlock. Especially the first two are vital for me, as they offer transparent way to save/view/manage/export/import my user/pw and other field's data which I can also use in Firefox and IE… We checked with RoboForm and their answer was "RoboForm will not be able to work with Chrome". We hope this attitude to change soon.

4. Privacy concern - Google owns 60% of all web search queries worldwide. Google controls 70% of all web based advertising. Google most probably already owns your mailbox, and your online files, is tracking your website visitors… Do you want to hand out even more power to the Google? They will be able to profile you as much as they want…

5. UI -  As much as I love new user interface, it is in fact pretty limited. As stability and speed targets power users, it is disappointing to see that tab management is pathetic, and does not even support multiple rows - and once you have 20+ tabs open things get crowded and you can not see anything in tab bar.

So here you have it. Things that work for Chrome, and things that work against it. What do you think? What do you miss in chrome?