Sandboxes and Surfing With Google Chrome

Google designed Chrome to be faster, more stable and most importantly, more secure than other Web browsers. So with these features in mind, Google Chrome was built from scratch to be a Web browser designed for today's web application users. As more businesses venture into the cloud, it's becoming increasingly important that your browser doesn't crash when you're creating reports in Google Docs or when you're video conferencing. In order to prevent crashes, Google Chrome developers sandboxed each

Kristen Romonovich, Contributor

October 27, 2008

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Google designed Chrome to be faster, more stable and most importantly, more secure than other Web browsers. So with these features in mind, Google Chrome was built from scratch to be a Web browser designed for today's web application users. As more businesses venture into the cloud, it's becoming increasingly important that your browser doesn't crash when you're creating reports in Google Docs or when you're video conferencing. In order to prevent crashes, Google Chrome developers sandboxed each tab, so that if one tab malfunctions, the whole browser doesn't crash. If one tab does go down, a "sad tab" will appear depicting a ‘sad face' emoticon.

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