I'm of the opinion that many of the judgements mentioned here really miss the boat. Chrome is not trying to compete against your desktop applications like Firefox or Opera. Chrome boldly tries to be the operating system of the web. Google isn't really in to desktop applications. They believe the web is the future forefront of computing. Microsoft knows this too, which is why they crushed Netscape and have had their worst fears realised with the onslaught of Google web applications, and now Chrome. The Chrome interface is designed like a Mac or Windows operating system window... only giving you the bare, crucial essentials as to not get the way of the TRUE content, which is what is INSIDE the window.

Firefox gained popularity for its simplicity... for not getting in the way of the web. Safari took that simplicity further, arguably at the risk of features, and now Chrome makes the two of them look complex.

As far as a decent bookmark manager, I have no problem with this. About two years ago, I through away my acquired collection of 200 or so bookmarks because I had superseded my need for them with:

1. A dedicated RSS reader
2. Location history (for frequently viewed site)
3. The index at Google.

In the same time it would take me to navigate through hundreds of bookmarks or to search through them, searching in my browser's Google field yielded even more capable, more up to date, more aptly described results.

Now, as with everything, Chrome isn't for everyone, and while you might find this surprising after my comments, it isn't for me either. Chrome is targeted to those among us who extensively use web apps instead of desktop apps, e.g. those who use Gmail instead of Outlook, Flickr instead of Photoshop Elements, Del.icio.us instead of a bookmark manager, Facebook instead of MSN, Lastfm instead of iTunes, etc. While these are the tools of many of my peers, more importantly, these are the tools of the upcoming generations. The operating system as we know it is becoming increasingly irrelevant. Google knows this and has just released a beta of the operating system of the future. It's bold as hell, it IS the future, and to me, the most enjoyable part, it is Microsoft's greatest fears realized.

And MV75, if you're so concerned about vectors, you should stop using Windows