Google releases new web browser called Chrome
Even after Google agreed to continue funding the overwhelming majority of Mozilla’s operating budget for another three years, they decided to be absolutely crazy and release their own browser. It’s called Chrome and it’s actually really cool. The official announcement on the Google Blog is a little bit scarce on details but it does have a link to a 38-page cartoon (drawn by Scott McCloud) introducing the browser and it’s key features and concepts. Among the more notable cool points are sandboxed tabs (so when one page goes awry, the whole browser doesn’t crash), a super vast JavaScript interpretter (called V8) and ultra-tight integration with Google Gears along with other Google services. TechCrunch has details and alleged screenshots while Ars has a characteristically thoughtful writeup of the initial announcement. Chrome has some very cool ideas and the comic should be entertaining to almost anyone.
I do still wonder about certain things, even in spite of my curiosity and excitement. For example, although the browser is supposed to be Open Source, how liberal will the license be and what will it mean for Firefox?
cheers – great post – can’t wait to get a shot of this browser
I am using Chrome for my daily browsing and upto now I am impressed. It feels like browsing in a Firefox but fast. I like the sandboxing of tabs. It needs more work regarding plugins.
The things i noticed upto now is metacafe fullscreen feature does not work properly
one of the websites I have underdevelopment gives a 404 not found after displaying the site for a sec.
Real player plugin has some issues on my machine, it could be just my machine.
I think it has a long ways to go to be adopted by common person.