Google Chrome

Garp · 02-09-2008, 20:51

http://www.google.com/chrome/index.h...campaign=en-GB

Get it whilst it's hot!

Brand new web browser from Google. For the most part you're not going to see huge differences from a purely UI perspective, about the most radical is that you can move tabs in and out of a browser window, and potentially move embedded media devices off a page, though I'm yet to try that.
However under the bonnet are some very major and interesting radical re-designs of web browser technology. Chrome should be resistant to bloat, each tab is effectively a web browser on its own. If Chrome is bloated, close the tab and the bloat is gone. It' also has some major changes for how javascript is handled, so lots of pages with dynamic content should run a) faster and b) way more efficiently than in IE and Mozilla.
The main web page renderer is based on Webkit, the same thing Safari and Konqueror use, so should be pretty standards compliant.

It is still in Beta, and I get the feeling Google intend it to be a technical showcase, pushing out innovative ideas, and trying to challenge Microsoft, Opera and Mozilla to bring their browsers up to scratch. Big advantage on that score is it's 100% Open Source, so anyone can rip it apart and understand how it ticks, and then put it into use in their own code, provided they attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work).

Mac and Linux versions are yet to come but I imagine should be fairly swiftly on the heels of the Windows version

02-09-2008, 20:51	#1
Garp Preparing more tumbleweed Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hawaii Posts: 6,038	Google Chrome http://www.google.com/chrome/index.h...campaign=en-GB Get it whilst it's hot! Brand new web browser from Google. For the most part you're not going to see huge differences from a purely UI perspective, about the most radical is that you can move tabs in and out of a browser window, and potentially move embedded media devices off a page, though I'm yet to try that. However under the bonnet are some very major and interesting radical re-designs of web browser technology. Chrome should be resistant to bloat, each tab is effectively a web browser on its own. If Chrome is bloated, close the tab and the bloat is gone. It' also has some major changes for how javascript is handled, so lots of pages with dynamic content should run a) faster and b) way more efficiently than in IE and Mozilla. The main web page renderer is based on Webkit, the same thing Safari and Konqueror use, so should be pretty standards compliant. It is still in Beta, and I get the feeling Google intend it to be a technical showcase, pushing out innovative ideas, and trying to challenge Microsoft, Opera and Mozilla to bring their browsers up to scratch. Big advantage on that score is it's 100% Open Source, so anyone can rip it apart and understand how it ticks, and then put it into use in their own code, provided they attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work). Mac and Linux versions are yet to come but I imagine should be fairly swiftly on the heels of the Windows version __________________ Mal: Define "interesting"? Wash: "Oh, God, oh, God, we're all gonna die"?