There is no doubt Google has been one of the greatest companies today with all of the softwares and services that they provide, and they want to keep it that way. Since the release of the Google Android OS, Google has been working hard on their long anticipated Google Chrome OS. From what we’ve learnt, we might be seeing Google Chrome OS as soon as June this year.
Google Chrome has been released for a good few months now, but so far there haven’t been many major features which tempts users of more popular open source browsers such as Firefox to switch over. Could this be about to change? Check out the video below about the new release of Google Chrome 2. Continue reading »
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Though I’m not a big fan of using Google’s open source web browser Google Chrome, those that are may be happy to know that Google’s development team are apparently working on Google Chrome for Mac. Here’s a screenshot that’s being shown at Google Groups.
Yup, it’s out, Google’s latest open source web browser, the Google Chrome has been slightly delayed as we mentioned yesterday but it all looks great. While many users are currently experiencing it for the first time, including myself, a number of excellent reviews are being published at the same time.
For example, Technology Bites have already said that its fast and awesome, while the popular Mashable have also released a post describing seven awesome benefits of using Google Chrome. From our first impressions, it was great, fast, no problems at all running on Vista or XP, simple to use, there wasn’t anything that was difficult to understand so it should probably be easy even for those who aren’t technofreaks…
So should you download it? My answer at the moment is probably yes for the fun of it and no if you’re planning on doing your daily websurfing on it. You see, just hours after downloading Chrome, while I was actually using it I came across ZDNet which had discovered via researcher Aviv Raff that Google Chrome isn’t actually as safe as Google had thought and worst, we as users trying out for the first time had no bloodly idea that it wasn’t actually as safe as it looks on the outside…
Yes, every blog’s been going on about Google’s soon to be released open source browser: Google Chrome. It should actually be released by now as the Official Google Blog did mention it would be available ‘tomorrow’ on the 1st of Sept. Nevertheless, if you haven’t seen the comic strip that Google’s published, here are some screenshots below, the rest (a few parts, quite long) are at the link below.
You might think with Firefox and IE and many other browsers out there that’s consistently gaining popularity, why should there be yet another browser? Well it seems Google’s watching from the backend of the internet for sometime and doesn’t feel that any of the browsers we currently have are nearly as good as the idea that they have in mind, the rather direct way to put it, Google’s decided to launch their own to put things straight and more! Their aim is simple, their browser will be just like their brand which has almost been built into most people’s basic underlying instinct, that Google is simple, easy to use, clean and slick and direct. Just like its search engine, Chrome will be lightweight, it will get you where you want to go with performancee and that means nothing getting in the way of your web surfing experience – that’s just my quick summary, here’s the official word, see for yourself…
So why are we launching Google Chrome? Because we believe we can add value for users and, at the same time, help drive innovation on the web.
All of us at Google spend much of our time working inside a browser. We search, chat, email and collaborate in a browser. And in our spare time, we shop, bank, read news and keep in touch with friends — all using a browser. Because we spend so much time online, we began seriously thinking about what kind of browser could exist if we started from scratch and built on the best elements out there. We realized that the web had evolved from mainly simple text pages to rich, interactive applications and that we needed to completely rethink the browser. What we really needed was not just a browser, but also a modern platform for web pages and applications, and that’s what we set out to build.
On the surface, we designed a browser window that is streamlined and simple. To most people, it isn’t the browser that matters. It’s only a tool to run the important stuff — the pages, sites and applications that make up the web. Like the classic Google homepage, Google Chrome is clean and fast. It gets out of your way and gets you where you want to go.
Under the hood, we were able to build the foundation of a browser that runs today’s complex web applications much better. By keeping each tab in an isolated “sandbox”, we were able to prevent one tab from crashing another and provide improved protection from rogue sites. We improved speed and responsiveness across the board. We also built a more powerful JavaScript engine, V8, to power the next generation of web applications that aren’t even possible in today’s browsers.
We’ll keep everyone updated as to when the download link will be made available to over 100 countries worldwide (for Windows and Mac users)… As for now, click here to check out the Google Chrome comic strip…
