It's a logical step for Google: Any software producer will want to maximize the user-experience of their product. As Google, you control the code on your side of the connection - and you can't really control anything from that point onwards - but what about the end-point of the connection? Maximize the performance on that side as well and you've got a winner.
And that's what they've done: Chrome is nothing if not fast! On the code side they've added a very speedy Javascript implementation which some people say is almost 70x the speed of IE's engine. They've also streamlined the actual UI to the bare minimum, so there's no fuss around your workspace.
And that's the crux: Two of the tabs I have open all the time are Gmail and Google Reader. And they now fly. It's easy to see the added value for Google to have people use Chrome with their web-applications. Add the quality you can almost guarantee from Google - haven't most of their other products been slick too? - and it's a no-brainer.
I've not run in to many sites that don't work. By using WebKit - a well-established browser rendering engine used in things like Apple's Safari - they've insured that 99% of the sites out there will work. Sites using flash or variations thereof have worked fine for me up till now and even in-line PDF-reading seems OK (Firefox still has problems with that sometimes).
Of course I'm a self-professed Google fanboi, so it should not be a surprise that I give it the benefit of the doubt, but I'm suggesting that people give it at least a try. Download the installer and have it import the bookmarks of your favourite browser and give your sites a whirl. I'm certain you'll be impressed.
(And if you want to learn about the hows and whys of Chrome, why not read the excellent comic they made as a promotion?)
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