Google Chrome Bookmark Checker
I've been using Google Chrome since shortly after the release and I've been hooked. It's a rare day when I need to dip into Internet Explorer or Firefox.
I use Firefox when I need to use some of the browser plugins like LiveHTTPHeaders, Web Developer or WASP. Internet Explorer only gets play when I need to access Quickbooks Online. In a massive oversight, the Intuit folks thought designing and delivering an iPhone application was more important than a Firefox version. I spoke with their support staff over e-mail and was told that separate teams work on the iPhone product than the web version so the iPhone version was ready first. I've still not seen the Firefox version in the last 6 months since I asked and, last I checked, most of my clients see about 20% of visits from Firefox compared with less than 2% from the iPhone.
If you've not tried Google Chrome, there is a compelling use case I've not seen mentioned elsewhere. Specifically, when I need to login to some websites with different accounts simultaneously, like Google Analytics or AdWords. Chrome's incognito feature allows me to open a browser window with a unique datastore for session and cookie data, making it easy to tab between windows. It's an attractive alternative to popping open Firefox or IE.
Another fave feature is "application shortcuts". If you frequently visit a site or web application like Google Analytics you can create a special bookmark called an application shortcut. You can choose to save this to your desktop or quick launch bar for one click access to the app. It opens chromeless so you get a full screen experience. I have about 12 of these in my quick launch bar including GMail, Google Mail for my Domain, Analytics, Website Optimizer, Facebook and Flickr, to name a few.
One feature request that struck me this morning would be to build in a bookmark update checker. Since Google knows when pages get updated, it would be nice to see an indication in my bookmarks list or a list in the new tab dashboard of recently updated bookmarked pages. For example, this morning I discovered the Google Website Optimizer overview documentation has been updated, but I found this by chance since I've read it before. Delicious could of course implement this kind of feature too to make it browser independent, as could Google by adding it to their web history results. I did a cursory search online but couldn't find a browser based version. There are a few tools to download but I'd rather have something web based. Anyone got any recommendations of websites that do this?