So, Another Browser

[mpettitt]

This time it's Google going for the new browser crowd, and they launched it with a comic. Yes, really.

It's called Chrome, and is based on Webkit (the same as Safari and Konqueror, essentially) but with a very, well, minimalist set of chrome wrapped round it. No side bars, status bars, large titlebars or even dedicated toolbars for controls - it's a

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[fleeblewidget]

So now google want us to do everything we do on computers using their technology?

I've been saying for years they were evil and up to no good. Now I feel vindicated.

[mpettitt]

This in entirely normal behaviour for a technology company:

• Microsoft - write DOS, kill competitors to Office, start bashing Unix servers, make browser by buying in tech, flail
• Apple - build computer, kill PC desktop publishing for a while, start waving at Windows machines, make browser by buying in tech, flail
• Google - write search engine, kill competitors (remember Altavista?), start bashing MySQL for being too slow, make browser by buying in tech, flail

It's not a bad browser, as browsers go, but I'm now waiting for Firefox with the Chrome javascript engine bolted in - Vroomfox or something, I suspect... When that appears, I will be happy - I like fast JS!

Oh, and I wasn't actually intending to sound like a Vogon psychiatrist...

[fleeblewidget]

That's an awesome little summary.