Web Directions

The Google Browser

• In: Blog
• By:John
• September 2, 2008
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It appears that the long fabled browser from Google is indeed real, and will be com­ing soon to a desk­top near you. Soon it would seem as in tomor­row accord­ing to Google themselves.

There are plenty of posts round the the intar­webs about this, includ­ing a 38 page comic book intro­duc­tion to Google Chrome, by comic artist extra­or­di­naire, Scott McCloud.

Chrome is based on Webkit, the open­source browser engine found in Safari, the iPhone, Nokia S60, Android, and else­where as well appar­ently as using com­po­nents from Mozilla/​Firefox. It will have native sup­port for Gears, a toolkit that adds offline sup­port for web appli­ca­tions run­ning in browsers, a big step for­ward for browser based rich inter­net appli­ca­tions (Gears is cur­rently sup­ported in Firefox and Internet Explorer, with exper­i­men­tal sup­port in Webkit nightly builds).

A chance to see even more inno­va­tion and cross pol­li­na­tion in the browser space. Exciting times.

2 responses to “The Google Browser”:

1. • By:Gary Barber
   • September 3rd, 2008
   

   John

   I would be hav­ing a very good look at the Terms and Conditions on this browser. Is Google going EVIL?!

2. • By:john
   • September 3rd, 2008
   

   any links to dis­cus­sion of this Gary?

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