Google Launching Chrome Browser Today
Google's gone ahead and released its simplified web browser, Chrome, in beta form today, coming one step closer to the Google dream of owning the internet wholesale. Designs on the browser are to simplify the interface while giving multiple processing threads to Chrome's innards to keep Javascript from pulling its usual "total slowdown" routine.
The idea behind Chrome is that since so much of what we do on the computer happens in a browser, the underlying operating system becomes less and less relevant. With Chrome, Google undercuts that withering relevance by letting the browser do most of the work, and do it better.
Sounds like a good idea, and this comic helps flesh out what's admittedly a pretty abstract notion, but I'll hold my piece until I get to try this bad boy out.
Google to launch Chrome browser today, could take over the world [DVICE]
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Posted to Hot Stuff, In the World on 2 September 2008
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After about a 10 minute test drive, I sort of like it. The only problem I encountered is I run my blog on Typepad, and Chrome doesn't support the WYSIWYG editor for posting. I have a good basic understanding of HTML coding, but not everyone does. Also it's just easier to use the WYSIWYG editor.
I'm sure Google has a few other kinks to work out. Once they do, they will have what looks like a decent alternative to IE and FF.
I like google's stance toward mac osx and linux development.
OSX: (after building from source code) Currently, the Mac group is focusing on the testing harness, TestShell. The browser UI layer is not yet being worked on… You can find the application at [Debug/Release]/TestShell, depending on the selected configuration. Currently, the prerequisites don't fully build so you won't find an executable.
Linux: Note: There is no working Chromium-based browser on Linux. Although many Chromium submodules build under Linux and a few unit tests pass, all that runs is a command-line "all tests pass" executable.
i've been using Chrome for about a day now and it seems to be a lot faster than FireFox or IE... though i do miss the "recently closed tabs" feature in Firefox
At initial stage, if Chrome browser do not support basic stuff like WYSIWYG editor, it would be hard to compete with Microsoft fellas. You cant left behind IE browser, chrome may be faster but still it has many major weaknesses. It would be difficult unless they fix this mess at the earliest.