While Internet Explorer and Firefox are the two most popular browsing clients used to navigate the web, Google’s made some headway with a relatively new entry that’s been a recipient of high marks for its features. Called Chrome, Google’s web browser has been praised for its speed and functionality.

If you’re a web developer, you’re always mindful of the speed your website moves at, knowing that even the slightest delay could determine whether or not a new visitor will return.

Aiding developers to that end, Google has released Speed Tracer, a Chrome extension that helps developers gauge just what might be slowing things down – Java execution, specifically.

While this is probably of no use to your average internet user, it’s certainly something worth looking into if you’re someone who either has a website or is in the process of developing one.

The video below offers a demonstration of how Speed Tracer works:

Chrome can be downloaded from this site, while the Speed Tracer extension can be found here.