Archive for September 5th, 2008
Google Chrome Considered Harmful
Friday, September 5, 2008 9:38 No CommentsTweet Google Chrome Considered Harmful It appears that Google scored a PR success with their Chrome browser. In short, the promise is a web experience where web pages are allowed to behave more like desktop applications. This is done by boosting the abilities of common web pages in terms of performance, while also allowing ‘plugins’ [...]
Yager: Skip Chrome, Go Right to WebKit
Friday, September 5, 2008 9:36 No CommentsTweet Yager: Skip Chrome, Go Right to WebKit Google’s Chrome is based on advanced technologies like SquirrelFish enhanced Javascript. Even so, developers should just skip the browser framework and write Internet apps that use Webkit directly, according to Tom Yager at Infoworld. “The trouble is that browsers are designed for surfing, not as application platforms. [...]
New web browser from Google: Google Chrome Beta is ready to download!
Friday, September 5, 2008 9:33 No CommentsTweet New web browser from Google: Google Chrome Beta is ready to download! The news from Google dropped like a bomb while Firefox 3 is spreading like wild fire, and the gossips about the expected IE8 is everywhere. Yes, Google announced that they have started developing a new web browser that they nick-named Chrome. As [...]
Google Chrome Beta
Friday, September 5, 2008 9:31 No CommentsTweet Google Chrome Beta There’s a new web browser from Google called ‘Chrome’. I wouldn’t call ‘Chrome’ a catchy name. It can be downloaded from the Google website here. It’s a beta release and beta means this is a test version. If you are queasy with test software, then you probably want to avoid this [...]
Google Chrome Beta
Friday, September 5, 2008 9:29 No CommentsTweet Google Chrome Beta I’ve recently downloaded Google Chrome and it’s looking pretty sleek. Here are my impressions on the new browser. The first thing I noticed about the browser is its minimalist style and simplistic design. There’s no menu bar and no status bar. Tabs are placed where the menu bar should be. Another [...]
