it has three advantages, but the biggest is this: it’s unhackable. it was the only browser that didn’t fall at this year’s hacker convention, and it really cannot because it uses a series of sandboxes so that, even if one part of it got hijacked by a nastie, it would be contained. this also lets you keep browsing—with no loss of speed no matter how many hrs you’re on it—if something goes wrong in one part. also, it’s fairly easy to “zoom” page text for readability if you need it. i’ve used every major browser this year, on several machines, and chrome is my top choice (firefox my second, but i’m new to firefox). little known fact: chrome supports greasemonkey scripts, and there are also bookmarklets that work in chrome, so you can add some stuff as you can with firefox. on the pc i’m sharing right now, we have ie 6 and 7, firefox 3, and the latest safari. i also highly recommend this stellar browser: cooliris (via firefox). it’s absolutely stunning visually and it’s like lightning. nothing compares to it. but it’s not an all-purpose thing, just excellent for video, images, and even the photos on your own hard drive.