

You can install and use these apps in your Chrome browser the same way you might install apps on your iPhone, iPad or Android mobile device. We'll take a closer look at extensions later alongside a more unique Chrome feature: apps from the Chrome Web Store. As with IE and Firefox, you can add more features to the Chrome browser by installing extensions. It also prompted IE and Firefox to simplify their own interfaces. Chrome's only built-in menus are its settings menu, accessible using the small wrench icon on the far right, and an "Other bookmarks" menu for bookmarks not shown on your toolbar.Īs of this writing, nearly three years following the first Chrome release, Chrome has maintained its simplicity. Chrome has a window with the Web page itself and two toolbars: an address bar with the four most commonly used control buttons (back, forward, reload, and home) and a bookmarks bar for managing links to the sites you visit most. The Chrome browser reflects that same simplicity. Web users were already familiar with the simplicity of Google's home page: a big white page with the Google logo, a simple text box for entering search terms and a couple of buttons to launch the search.
