Google goes to war armed with a new web browser, Google Chrome
After single-handedly winning the online search wars, Google appears to be poised to now enter the browser wars. A comic book fashioned document has appeared online at the unofficial Google Blog, Blogoscoped. The 38 page scanned document details on open source browser project called, Google Chrome. It apparently will have many features of the most recent versions of Firefox, Opera, and even IE 8, including an incognito mode similar to IE 8’s InPrivate mode, tabbed browsing, and awesome Javascript support. Google confirmed the beta project on its blog and announced that it will launch the Windows XP version tomorrow in 100 countries. The whole comic book approach to introducing features is novel and throwing a new browser into the mix is just plain exciting; as long as Google remembers these three words, “No World Domination”. Look for a Mac OS X and Linux version in the near future.
UPDATE: It’s available today.
I downloaded it last night and i’m liking it. not as customizable as firefox, but i’m sure it will come.
Wow, downloaded and been Chroming for a lil while now, and I have to say… I’m liking it. Browser has a great look and feel to it, and it’s pretty quick to boot. I think Google has a winner on it’s hands.