Google Chrome tells you when it isn't just you that can't access a website

Filed under: Google, Browsers

It's frustrating to wind up on a site which appears to be down. Is it something screwy with your computer? Maybe you're having DNS resolution problems? Perhaps your ISP dropped the ball? You wonder, "are other people having the same problem?!" Fortunately you can tap into services like downforeveryoneorjustme.com to provide an answer -- if your Twitter stream isn't already flooded with complaints.

Google has apparently decided that this is a handy bit of info to relay to surfers, and bolted the functionality onto Chrome's undercarriage. As you can see from the image above (courtesy of a commenter over at Lifehacker), Chrome is getting a little more descriptive with its "Oops!" messages, gathering collective request failures from the Chrome crowd and determining that a site (in this case, Netflix) is having difficulties.

Slick -- but I haven't seen this and can't tell you which version of Chrome sports the feature. Got some insight? Share it in the comments!

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