06th Sep 2008
Whats that you spy on the Google homepage? Chrome Beta!
Chrome is Google’s first foray into the web browser development world. Should you be interested? Well in their own words:
* It’s built on Webkit, the browser framework used to power Safari and the iPhone.
* It’s faster. Smarter implementation of Javascript rendering will make pages more responsive and let your browser do more than one thing at once.
* Smarter memory management. A sophisticated approach to data storage across time and tabs will keep the browser in top shape.
* Crash-free app browsing. Applications will be partitioned in the browser so if one crashes, it won’t crash your whole browser.
* Tabs on the top. Instead of tabs being displayed below your address bar, inside the browser - they’ll ride on top of each browser window. We’ll see what this is like for the user, we do wonder.
* Quick navigation. Your most frequently visited pages will be available in a point and click navigation, like Opera’s Quick Dial.
* Gears integration. Google Gears will be integrated throughout the experience for offline use, local storage of information and all kinds of other magic that Gears-heads are working on.
* Open source. The browser appears to be entirely open source, Google says it wants other companies to borrow from it just like it learned from them.
Will it succeed? Google has the money to make it happen, but then again once out of beta testing we’ll all have a better idea..