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Knipps · 09-01-2008, 05:59 PM

Some of you might've seen the comic book promoting Google Chrome and although I'm not sure what to make of it, it's real.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/...n-browser.html

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At Google, we have a saying: “launch early and iterate.” While this approach is usually limited to our engineers, it apparently applies to our mailroom as well! As you may have read in the blogosphere, we hit "send" a bit early on a comic book introducing our new open source browser, Google Chrome. As we believe in access to information for everyone, we've now made the comic publicly available -- you can find it here. We will be launching the beta version of Google Chrome tomorrow in more than 100 countries.

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.

This is just the beginning -- Google Chrome is far from done. We're releasing this beta for Windows to start the broader discussion and hear from you as quickly as possible. We're hard at work building versions for Mac and Linux too, and will continue to make it even faster and more robust.

We owe a great debt to many open source projects, and we're committed to continuing on their path. We've used components from Apple's WebKit and Mozilla's Firefox, among others -- and in that spirit, we are making all of our code open source as well. We hope to collaborate with the entire community to help drive the web forward.

The web gets better with more options and innovation. Google Chrome is another option, and we hope it contributes to making the web even better.

So check in again tomorrow to try Google Chrome for yourself. We'll post an update here as soon as it's ready.

Posted by Sundar Pichai, VP Product Management, and Linus Upson, Engineering Director

sweetbmxrider · 09-01-2008, 10:50 PM

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We also built a more powerful JavaScript engine, V8,

i'm sorry but

sounds sweet and can't wait to try it!

enRo · 09-02-2008, 11:47 AM

****in' ****, just when you thought Budweiser smothered their name all over everything, now everything is getting ****in' Google-fyed. Hell, in 5 years, i can picture seeing "Googleweiser" on the shelf of my local liquor store, or Coca-Google on the soda shelf... maybe even Googex smothered all over some rubbers (kinda catchy)

Knipps · 09-02-2008, 11:50 AM

yeah, a lot of web developers were complaining that now they have something new to code for.. that and how google likes to advertise everywhere so it'll almost be "voluntary spyware"

WildBillyT · 09-02-2008, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Knipps

yeah, a lot of web developers were complaining that now they have something new to code for.. that and how google likes to advertise everywhere so it'll almost be "voluntary spyware"

Yes. Now I have something ****ing new to code for. Whoopee. The IE/Firefox/Opera/Konquerer/Safari/AOL deal wasn't enough.

But at least they are using an iterative/sprial design to the software, unlike some others that are built using crappy waterfall techniques.

BigAls87Z28 · 09-02-2008, 04:50 PM

Soooooooooooo....what is this?

Frosty · 09-02-2008, 05:08 PM

Eh, it's not bad. I think the tweaked version of FireFox is still a little faster.

GP99GT · 09-02-2008, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28

Soooooooooooo....what is this?

they call this a "web browser"

you use it to see the "internet", also known as the "world wide web"

BigAls87Z28 · 09-02-2008, 05:50 PM

So its like IE?

Frosty · 09-02-2008, 06:01 PM

Yes

GP99GT · 09-02-2008, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28

So its like IE?

No, its like Firefox...cause IE sucks

jims69camaro · 09-04-2008, 09:02 PM

it's not dropping me nearly as much as firefox was. i'll give it a shot.

jims69camaro · 09-05-2008, 12:56 PM

and, of course, you guys are familiar with the anti-google, right? it's called blackle, believe it or not. it's the "green" google, or maybe just more green... or, i don't know. they say it saves energy because it's black. now, if we could only make the rest of the black things on this earth as energy conscious (like all of the black car seats that appear to attract heat, or all of the blacktop as the streets, or all of the rooves (i know they're not all black))...
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