google releases chrome web browser
dizzy says...
Google released a new open source web browser (google.com/chrome) based on apple’s webkit and also parts of firefox. Right now it’s only avaliable for windows, but I’m sure apple and linux version aren’t too far behind. As with all google projects for their first year or so this is “Google Chrome (BETA)“. The goal of this project is to deliver a simple, clean, and FAST browsing experience. I’ve read claims of browsers speeding up the internet with new versions, but none have been dramatic enough for me to really feel the difference until now…this thing is fast!
Although it’s fast (really fast) this isn’t going to replace firefox for me just yet as I love all the addons. One addon I can’t live without is mouse gestures which I started using before firefox was even called firefox. As this is an open source project I’m sure we will see features and improvments from chrome appear in safari and firefox in the future. I’m not so sure Internet Explorer will get much use out of this project because microsoft is allergic to google and anything open source 
Posted on Sep 3rd, 2008 @ 12:23 pm in Apples & Oranges | |
on September 7th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
is it just me or does the chrome logo looks like a pokemon ball?