The much awaited release of the google chrome bar is scheduled for a later day but the sneak peek as of what it does, how it looks etc should be seen and appreciated in the beta version thats coming out today. Just download the browser and check it out for yourselves
Google announced on Monday plans to unveil a version of its own Web browser, challenging Microsoft's dominance over Web browsing.
On Tuesday, a beta version of the browser, called "Google Chrome,'' will debut in more than 100 countries and offer features that make it easier and faster to browse the Web.
Monday's move escalates the rivalry between the Mountain View company and Microsoft, which recently released an updated version of Internet Explorer, used by a majority of Web surfers.
Google would not comment Monday on the launch, instead pointing to its blog posting.
"We believe we can add value for users, and, at the same time, help drive innovation on the web...this is just the beginning — Google Chrome is far from done,'' wrote Sundar Pichai, vice president of product management and Linus Upson, engineering director.
Microsoft, however, reiterated confidence in its product despite its rival's attempts to alter the Internet playing field.
"The browser landscape is highly competitive, but people will choose Internet Explorer 8 for the way it puts the services they want right at their fingertips, respects their personal choices about how they want to browse and, more than any other browsing technology, puts them in control of their personal data online,'' said Dean Hachamovitch, general manager of Internet Explorer.
Google, meanwhile, touted a "more powerful JavaScript engine, V8, to power the next generation
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of Web applications that aren't even possible in today's browsers.''
The Internet powerhouse's free new browser will be open source, allowing others to modify the code, and the company is still working on versions compatible with Apple's Mac, and the Linux operating system.
News about the browser came after Google prematurely sent a comic book to Google Blogoscoped that illustrated the browser — a gaffe acknowledged in the blog posting by the search company.
The browser could possibly thwart the increasingly popular Mozilla Foundation, the organization that runs Firefox Web browser and which has benefited from engineering help and money from Google. However, Google and Mozilla last week extended their agreement through 2011.
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Monday, September 1, 2008
Google Chrome bar
Our best search engine is out again with the best browser of the century probably, Google Chrome. The apperances seem to be awsome and the features implanted in it, tremendously awesome I should say.
Google, the sometime darling, sometime oligarchic scourge of the Internet "accidentally" let slip--via a 30-plus-page online comic book no less--that it has its own browser, "Google Chrome", in the works, and then later fessed up on its official blog that Chrome will launch in 100 countries tomorrow. Open source and, thanks to "Gears" integration, primed to work with Google's cloud computing suite, Chrome has the web buzzing.
I think everyone ought to calm down.
Yes a browser, which many people consider a substitute operating system --incorrectly by the way--is definitely a better move than the once rumored "Google OS". However it's not worth getting crazy about.
Already pundits are predicting the downfall of IE and even Firefox. Yes, I too like the sound of this browser. The detachable tabs sound sweet. The walled garden (or "sandbox") processes that shut down discretely and that prevent accidentally sharing damaging code sounds smart. Yet, for today at least, this is still vaporware with zero users.
Also, there seems to be the assumption that just because Google steps into the space it can own it. Must I remind you all of Google Talk? Does anyone use that AOL Instant Messenger competitor? Google obviously imagines that a popular browser product will float its chat, mail, cloud computing, and other offerings. Call me a skeptic
Overall, Chrome doesn't sound like it'll beak any new ground. The anti-phishing technology is important, but our testing shows that Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox are already pretty good front-line defenders for phishing attacks.
The customizability of tabs, allowing site and app developers to hide and show certain features sounds like a good idea, too, until you consider how average users will respond to the inconsistencies. Remember how users squawked when Microsoft moved the Home, Refresh, and Stop buttons on IE 7?
Innovation (or the lack thereof) aside, this is clearly a smart move for Google. The synergy among all its services is obvious. But, please folks, let's not throw a parade because Google is promising an open source approach. We do, in FireFox, have a very, very good open source browser today.
Here's how I see this all playing out.
Google releases Google Chrome beta tomorrow in 100 countries and people like it, but they like Firefox 3 more, which they've been using most of the year. The initial rush to get the browser should make it incredibly difficult for many people to actually try out Chrome, but even after the hoopla has had time to settle down, it'll be Firefox's market share that grows, not Chrome's.
Google Chrome, does however, gain instant popularity and notoriety among the web cognoscenti, but average users are still with the IE 7 that came with their Vista desktops or the Firefox browser their somewhat techier friends downloaded for them.
Firefox's market share reaches 30 percent by May 2009.
Meanwhile IE 8 Beta 2 (in my experience, a buggier beta than the developer edition) goes full release later this year, but does not inspire. The Firefox "Awesome bar" still beats IE's updated address bar and Google's Omnibox address bar's promise of more fluid response is no head-turner.
By May 2009 Google Chrome has a whopping 1 percent of the market. By mid 2010 Firefox has 50 percent of the market, IE 45 percent, and Google Chrome and Opera are fighting over the scraps.
In Google Chrome big news? Sure. Any time the world's leading search engine company exhales or develops a hangnail, it's news. A full-blown-product in a key, albeit free, category is important. Yet this one won't be a game changer.
Like I said, don't get too excited about Google Chrome.
Check out more on google chrome here
Download google chrome here
Google, the sometime darling, sometime oligarchic scourge of the Internet "accidentally" let slip--via a 30-plus-page online comic book no less--that it has its own browser, "Google Chrome", in the works, and then later fessed up on its official blog that Chrome will launch in 100 countries tomorrow. Open source and, thanks to "Gears" integration, primed to work with Google's cloud computing suite, Chrome has the web buzzing.
I think everyone ought to calm down.
Yes a browser, which many people consider a substitute operating system --incorrectly by the way--is definitely a better move than the once rumored "Google OS". However it's not worth getting crazy about.
Already pundits are predicting the downfall of IE and even Firefox. Yes, I too like the sound of this browser. The detachable tabs sound sweet. The walled garden (or "sandbox") processes that shut down discretely and that prevent accidentally sharing damaging code sounds smart. Yet, for today at least, this is still vaporware with zero users.
Also, there seems to be the assumption that just because Google steps into the space it can own it. Must I remind you all of Google Talk? Does anyone use that AOL Instant Messenger competitor? Google obviously imagines that a popular browser product will float its chat, mail, cloud computing, and other offerings. Call me a skeptic
Overall, Chrome doesn't sound like it'll beak any new ground. The anti-phishing technology is important, but our testing shows that Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox are already pretty good front-line defenders for phishing attacks.
The customizability of tabs, allowing site and app developers to hide and show certain features sounds like a good idea, too, until you consider how average users will respond to the inconsistencies. Remember how users squawked when Microsoft moved the Home, Refresh, and Stop buttons on IE 7?
Innovation (or the lack thereof) aside, this is clearly a smart move for Google. The synergy among all its services is obvious. But, please folks, let's not throw a parade because Google is promising an open source approach. We do, in FireFox, have a very, very good open source browser today.
Here's how I see this all playing out.
Google releases Google Chrome beta tomorrow in 100 countries and people like it, but they like Firefox 3 more, which they've been using most of the year. The initial rush to get the browser should make it incredibly difficult for many people to actually try out Chrome, but even after the hoopla has had time to settle down, it'll be Firefox's market share that grows, not Chrome's.
Google Chrome, does however, gain instant popularity and notoriety among the web cognoscenti, but average users are still with the IE 7 that came with their Vista desktops or the Firefox browser their somewhat techier friends downloaded for them.
Firefox's market share reaches 30 percent by May 2009.
Meanwhile IE 8 Beta 2 (in my experience, a buggier beta than the developer edition) goes full release later this year, but does not inspire. The Firefox "Awesome bar" still beats IE's updated address bar and Google's Omnibox address bar's promise of more fluid response is no head-turner.
By May 2009 Google Chrome has a whopping 1 percent of the market. By mid 2010 Firefox has 50 percent of the market, IE 45 percent, and Google Chrome and Opera are fighting over the scraps.
In Google Chrome big news? Sure. Any time the world's leading search engine company exhales or develops a hangnail, it's news. A full-blown-product in a key, albeit free, category is important. Yet this one won't be a game changer.
Like I said, don't get too excited about Google Chrome.
Check out more on google chrome here
Download google chrome here
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