Google Chrome Review
Top news on the internet this week is the beta release of Google’s new browser, Chrome. Google has designed this new browser to try focus on speed and simplicity. For the user, Google wants the browser to disappear and to focus on the actual applications and pages users are viewing, rather than on the border with its gadgets and tools. Google has rethought the Internet browser–some of its basic underpinnings are quite novel–but users will recognize some features as they exist in other, open-source browsers on the market today. Chrome is based on the open-source project Webkit, the same web rendering engine that is used by Apple’s Safari browser. If a page renders in Safari, it will render just fine in Google’s Chrome.
At the moment, only the Windows version of Chrome is available for download. Plans call for Mac OS X and Linux versions in the near future. That said, Google has released Chrome in 43 languages and in 122 countries.
I remember several years ago when google.com was first launched, it was mostly a techy thing that was underground and not common knowledge. Since then Google has emerged to be an internet giant and even old time guru’s such as Yahoo have taken a back seat. Google has indeed become the Microsoft of the Internet. Google has taken the internet to an entire new level, helped promote open-source development, etc the list goes on. Maybe I’m a bit strange but I guess I just tend to love the little guy and with Google’s mass growth, buying out popular websites (such as youtube), It gave me the impression that Google was without doubt trying to gain a monopoly over things which turned me off quite a bit.
The rumor of Google creating a browser has been around so long that it was finally dismissed and forgotten about like an old urban legend. When I heard that they had indeed released Chrome I had my concerns to say the least. Nevertheless I had to give Chrome a try to at least check it out and see for myself.
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