Make IE Faster with Google Chrome Frame

October 2nd, 2009 Jeremy Winter TechnologyWeb DevelopmentWeb News 1 Comment

If you’re currently a user of Internet Explorer, you can now make your internet speeds faster with Google Chrome Frame. Google Chrome Frame is a simple, easy to install addon for IE that makes Internet Explorer faster by using the Google Chrome Engine, instead of the built in IE render.

Adding Google Chrome Frame to your IE installation is comparable to adding a new engine to your car. Not only will your car be faster, but it will also be more reliable.

Steps to install Google Chrome Frame

  1. Open Internet Explorer (works with IE6, IE7, and IE8)
  2. Navigate to the official Google Chrome Frame page
  3. To the right, click “Get Google Chrome Frame”
  4. Optionally choose to, help make Google Chrome Frame better by automatically sending usage statistics and crash reports to Google. (I always do, if it’s a Google product. They actually use the information to make the product better)
  5. Done! Now your IE browser will be faster and more reliable

In addition to the fact that the Google Chrome Frame engine is faster and more reliable then the built in IE engine, the GCF engine is compatible with many features of HTML 5. IE is not. For example, Google’s Gmail service will soon be utilizing the new features in HTML 5. If you don’t have the Google Chrome frame engine installed, you won’t be able to use all of the new features with Internet Explorer.

The one hitch to the Google Chrome Frame engine is, the website you are viewing must be compatible with it. It took me less than one minute to make the entire State of Affairs website compatible so, as long as the sites you visit are on the ball with maximizing compatibility, they should be compatible. If a site isn’t, then IE will simply use the slower built in engine.

Being a early-stage release, Google Chrome frame could possible be expanded to have additional benefits in the future. I’m sure there will be more to come from this cool new product from Google.

Do you still use IE? Does Google Chrome Frame sound like something you might be interested in? Let everyone know with your comment below

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1 Comment

  1. aaron


    Firefox ftw.