For those who haven't heard yet Google Chrome is a web browser being released (or just released if the reports are correct). Chrome is basically Google's attempt at bringing the browser into the modern world. It has a number of features not yet really seen in the mainstream browsers out there such as Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Saferi.
A link to the official Google blog talking about Chrome.
Link to the comic book explaining Chrome. (Very very good.)
Ars Technica news posting with some more links.
So my opinion? First off I want to say I'm highly impressed by the comic. It gives out a lot of technical details about the browser in a extremely easily to understand format. It also really has me excited for the browser. So many of these concepts have been talked about but Google seems very serious about making these work. Also the way they're going to have each tab as it's own process will really go a long way in helping the memory fragmentation issues of other browsers *cough* Firefox still *cough*.
While it can come off as a bit "we're so nice" with the constant mentions of being open source and trying to spur the Internet as a whole I really do like Google's willingness to provide many of the advances coming with Chrome has open source APIs, etc. V8 being able to be used by other programs and browsers will be great, especially if it's performance improvement is to be believed.
I'll be one of the first to download and mess around with it. I really hope the UI is solid and usable.
A link to the official Google blog talking about Chrome.
Link to the comic book explaining Chrome. (Very very good.)
Ars Technica news posting with some more links.
So my opinion? First off I want to say I'm highly impressed by the comic. It gives out a lot of technical details about the browser in a extremely easily to understand format. It also really has me excited for the browser. So many of these concepts have been talked about but Google seems very serious about making these work. Also the way they're going to have each tab as it's own process will really go a long way in helping the memory fragmentation issues of other browsers *cough* Firefox still *cough*.
While it can come off as a bit "we're so nice" with the constant mentions of being open source and trying to spur the Internet as a whole I really do like Google's willingness to provide many of the advances coming with Chrome has open source APIs, etc. V8 being able to be used by other programs and browsers will be great, especially if it's performance improvement is to be believed.
I'll be one of the first to download and mess around with it. I really hope the UI is solid and usable.