Chapter 10. Using the Google Chrome Web Browser

In this chapter, you learn how to use Google Chrome to browse the web.

To use Google’s web-based apps, you need an Internet connection and a web browser. Although Microsoft’s Internet Explorer remains the most-used browser, it’s not the only option available; case in point: Google Chrome, Google’s very own web browser that’s optimized to work with Google’s web apps.

Understanding Google Chrome

Google Chrome is, first and foremost, a web browser, that’s similar to Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, and Safari. That said, Chrome is actually more than a web browser; some have compared it to a web-based operating system or, at the very least, an operating container for web-based applications. I’ll ...

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