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Posted by KaiLee on Sep-02-2008 09:11:

Google's New Web Browser

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Google is launching an open source web browser to compete with Internet Explorer and Firefox. The browser is designed to be lightweight and fast, and to cope with the next generation of web applications that rely on graphics and multimedia. Called Chrome, it will launch as a beta for Windows machines in 100 countries, with Mac and Linux versions to come. "We realised... we needed to completely rethink the browser," said Google's Sundar Pichai in a blog post. The new browser will help Google take advantage of developments it is pushing online in rich web applications that are challenging traditional desktop programs.

Google has a suite of web apps, such as Documents, Picasa and Maps which offer functionality that is beginning to replace offline software.

"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," Mr Pichai, VP Product Management, wrote.

The launch of a beta version of Chrome on Tuesday will be Google's latest assault on Microsoft's dominance of the PC business. The firm's Internet Explorer program dominates the browser landscape, with 80% of the market.

Those already in the browser space were quick to respond to the news.

Writing in his blog, chief executive of Mozilla John Lilly was sanguine about the new rival.

"It should come as no real surprise that Google has done something here � their business is the web, and they�ve got clear opinions on how things should be, and smart people thinking about how to make things better."

Chrome will be a browser optimized for the things that they see as important, and it�ll be interesting to see how it evolves," he wrote.

He welcomed the competition and said collaboration between Mozilla and Google on certain projects would continue.

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7593106.stm

Nerds....discuss!
I like the new Firefox but can't get these random links to stop popping out under the address bar when I type in an address. Tried to find a way to fix it in preferences but no luck.

Posted by Playa24_7 on Sep-02-2008 11:37:

Niiiiice

This should be interesting to try out and see what Google can do with their own Browser.

Posted by exstasie on Sep-02-2008 13:01:

should be good!

I was looking through the comic book thing that they made to promote Google Chrome earlier this morning...

Gotta wait though as they are still currently working on the OSX version

Posted by Cosmic Fur on Sep-02-2008 13:28:

LOL, they named it the same as the set of UI elements *in* Firefox???

http://developer.mozilla.org/en/Chrome_Registration

Jesus fucking Christ, Google, why didn't you just name it Gecko?

Posted by malek on Sep-02-2008 14:57:

stupid... more browsers are just making website building more costly.

Posted by Anas Attia on Sep-02-2008 18:24:

im all for it!!
firefox aint perfect

Posted by spolitta on Sep-02-2008 18:48:

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Originally posted by Anas Attia
im all for it!!
firefox aint perfect

FF is so perfect, words can't describe.

Posted by Jer on Sep-02-2008 20:42:

quote:
Originally posted by spolitta
FF is so perfect, words can't describe.

I just installed Chrome & earlier in the week, I installed IE8 Beta 2 - I'd have to say that both are REALLY impressive!

Posted by Silky Johnson on Sep-02-2008 20:44:

Lol @ incognito (a.k.a PORN) browsing feature.

http://www.google.com/support/chrom...wer=95464&hl=en

Yeah sure, "To plan surprises like gifts or birthdays..."

Posted by KaiLee on Sep-02-2008 20:48:

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Originally posted by Anas Attia
im all for it!!
firefox aint perfect

I like the old version better....this new one is getting on my nerves!

Posted by Orko on Sep-02-2008 20:53:

Using it right now.

Fuck it's fast.

Posted by Intangible on Sep-02-2008 21:25:

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Originally posted by Orko
Using it right now.

Fuck it's fast.

+1!!!!!!!!

Posted by zydus on Sep-02-2008 22:01:

Just started using it myself. I thought that candy blue would annoy me, but the minimalist ui is brilliant. Full screen on win vista, it doesn't even look like a browser at first glance.

No menu toolbar.
No title bar.
Thumb nailed favorites.
Web-app shortcuts (tried with gmail pretty nifty, but not much use yet)

Oh and like its been mentioned, its running javascript like a champ...aka its f*kin' fast!

If they can get some sort of Firefox like extension support going, I can see quite a few people moving over.

Javascript benchmark results: Chrome is 1.75 times faster than firefox.

For non-geeks: Almost all your favorite websites extensively use javascript.

Posted by Porky on Sep-03-2008 01:49:

quote:
Originally posted by Anas Attia
im all for it!!
firefox aint perfect

it's closer to perfection that that pile of sluggard shite called IE...

quote:
Originally posted by spolitta
FF is so perfect, words can't describe.

quote:
Originally posted by KaiLee
I like the old version better....this new one is getting on my nerves!

the only thing i hate about firefox3 is that there's a memory leak with the program. after browsing for an hour i look in task manager (xp) and it's eating up almost 400mb. i have to manually close the program and end the firefox.exe process to bring my system back to normal. anybody else notice this?

Posted by Abercrombie on Sep-03-2008 02:18:

just DL'd it and taking it for a spin...

Posted by VDub on Sep-03-2008 02:23:

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Originally posted by Abercrombie
just DL'd it and taking it for a spin...

Me too...

Its a hell of alot faster than FF...

Even the page scrolling on the touch pad is fast...too fast...

I'll give it a week...

It's kinda weird...

Posted by Anas Attia on Sep-03-2008 03:31:

I don't want to jump the gun on this one... but i think im in love!!!

Browsers should be completely different than what the are now, this is def the right progression. Some technical work is still needed and i guess... MORE personalization/extensions like on Firefox would be nice too

Posted by Anas Attia on Sep-03-2008 03:33:

OMG THIS SHIT IS SO FAST!

Posted by malek on Sep-03-2008 03:37:

ok most stuff don't work proprely in facebook... uhg.

I must say this browser is blazing fast!

Posted by VERTiG0 on Sep-03-2008 03:46:

I how the name is a bit of a jab toward Firefox.

Posted by Anas Attia on Sep-03-2008 04:05:

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Originally posted by VERTiG0
I how the name is a bit of a jab toward Firefox.

ha ha oh yea

Posted by Search&Rescue on Sep-03-2008 04:24:

I like how you can set the browser options/preferences to opening multiple pages on start-up.
I open my browser and whoosh! My university portal, hotmail, TA, facebook, etc. all open up as separate tabs.

Posted by kotsy on Sep-03-2008 04:24:

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Originally posted by Search&Rescue
I like how you can set the browser options/preferences to opening multiple pages on start-up.
I open my browser and whoosh! My university portal, hotmail, TA, facebook, etc. all open up as separate tabs.

you can do that with Firefox

Posted by Porky on Sep-03-2008 04:27:

i love how the browser completely maximizes your desktop space

1. useless 'windows' title bar..replaced with tab bar
2. status bar only shows up when 'thinking'
3. all my firefox icon hotbuttons easily transferred over

= 15% more desktop browsing pixels

Posted by Search&Rescue on Sep-03-2008 04:30:

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Originally posted by kotsy
you can do that with Firefox

Firefox only gives you three options:
1. Show your home page (a single page)
2. Show a blank page
3. Show windows and tabs from last time (when the browser was shut)

Essentially, Chrome allows you to have multiple homepages

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