A new browser enters the fray: Google Chrome

Word of a new open-source based browser leaked from Google yesterday. It will be officially introduced today. Google, by their own admission, hit the ‘send button’ a bit too early and details of Chrome appeared yesterday. Creatively, they outline the ideas behind and techniques used in Chrome using the metaphor of a comic-book.

When FireFox 3 launched in June, I wrote that it was good to see competition in the browser space as it would spur innovation and choice. Well, with Google now getting into this space it is going to get plenty interesting. The timing is of note. Microsoft are continuing to push the BETA development of IE8. Now with the arrival of Chrome it will be interesting to see what this does for the development and launch of IE8.

Now, not  every ‘ball’ that Google ‘swipes at’, do they hit out the ‘ground’, to use a baseball metaphor. OpenSocial and Android, whilst met with a lot of excitement and interest are still very much still just making their way.

September 2, 2008 | Filed Under Announcements, Miscellaneous, Technology 

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