Google's two year handwork to come up with a browser is finally here . I just thought of running a comparison of it with IE8 and here's what I think after spending almost a whole day comparing the features;

What I like (many features which are also found in IE8):

1. Clean user interface
2. Home screen with most visited sites shown as thumbnails
3. Tear-off tabs (this is cool!) on separate process

Incognito browsing (equivalent to InPrivate browsing in IE8)

1. Domain highlighting (like IE8)
2. Smart URL bar (fast search directly from the URL bar + auto suggest)
3. Built in Google gears
4. DNS pre-fetching
5. Browser task manager

What I don't like:

1. No home button by default (can be enabled)
2. No tab grouping or coloring (like IE8)
3. No way to reopen incidentally closed tabs (which is a great IE8 feature)
4. No built-in phishing filter?
5. No thumbnail overview of open tabs (like IE7/8)
6. No ways to customize the browser (adding buttons etc.)
7. No indication whatsoever that a pop-up has been blocked (may be a beta issue)
8. Chrome seems a bit slower than IE8 (which is lightning FAST)