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crispy

crispy

NEWSWIRE

Philadelphia, PA

SEP 01, 2008 04:54 PM

At Google, we have a saying: "launch early and iterate." While this approach is usually limited to our engineers, it apparently applies to our mailroom as well! As you may have read in the blogosphere, we hit "send" a bit early on a comic book introducing our new open source browser, Google Chrome. As we believe in access to information for everyone, we've now made the comic publicly available -- you can find it here. We will be launching the beta version of Google Chrome tomorrow in more than 100 countries.

So why are we launching Google Chrome? Because we believe we can add value for users and, at the same time, help drive innovation on the web.

All of us at Google spend much of our time working inside a browser. We search, chat, email and collaborate in a browser. And in our spare time, we shop, bank, read news and keep in touch with friends -- all using a browser. Because we spend so much time online, we began seriously thinking about what kind of browser could exist if we started from scratch and built on the best elements out there. We realized that the web had evolved from mainly simple text pages to rich, interactive applications and that we needed to completely rethink the browser. What we really needed was not just a browser, but also a modern platform for web pages and applications, and that's what we set out to build.

On the surface, we designed a browser window that is streamlined and simple. To most people, it isn't the browser that matters. It's only a tool to run the important stuff -- the pages, sites and applications that make up the web. Like the classic Google homepage, Google Chrome is clean and fast. It gets out of your way and gets you where you want to go.

Under the hood, we were able to build the foundation of a browser that runs today's complex web applications much better. By keeping each tab in an isolated "sandbox", we were able to prevent one tab from crashing another and provide improved protection from rogue sites. We improved speed and responsiveness across the board. We also built a more powerful JavaScript engine, V8, to power the next generation of web applications that aren't even possible in today's browsers.

This is just the beginning -- Google Chrome is far from done. We're releasing this beta for Windows to start the broader discussion and hear from you as quickly as possible. We're hard at work building versions for Mac and Linux too, and will continue to make it even faster and more robust.

We owe a great debt to many open source projects, and we're committed to continuing on their path. We've used components from Apple's WebKit and Mozilla's Firefox, among others -- and in that spirit, we are making all of our code open source as well. We hope to collaborate with the entire community to help drive the web forward.

The web gets better with more options and innovation. Google Chrome is another option, and we hope it contributes to making the web even better.

So check in again tomorrow to try Google Chrome for yourself. We'll post an update here as soon as it's ready.


- Googleblog

I'm more than happy with my Firefox, but since Google already owns about 73% of my soul, I will almost definitely check this thing out tomorrow.

FreakPirate

FreakPirate

Canada
November 2002

SEP 01, 2008 04:58 PM

I'll probably check it out but I doubt it'll drag me away from Firefox.

gdarklighter

gdarklighter

San Diego, CA
August 2005

SEP 01, 2008 07:35 PM

Reading their comic about Chrome, it sounds impressively promising. They're using Webkit as their rendering engine, which is the same one used by Apple in Safari, and, if I recall correctly, Nokia's newer high-end phones. It also looks streamlined for AJAX apps, and since those are popping up all over the place, it could compete with the big three. I'll check it out tomorrow.

TAFKASP

TAFKASP

Oakland, CA
June 2003

SEP 01, 2008 07:48 PM

hooray, more shit to test for.

Roethke

Roethke

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

SEP 01, 2008 08:39 PM

I suspect that I am the only person whose first thought was to make a "Burning Chrome" referrence.

There, geekery for the day satisfied.

FreakPirate

FreakPirate

Canada
November 2002

SEP 01, 2008 08:47 PM

How long until someone complains that something on SG doesn't work with their new browser?

gdarklighter

gdarklighter

San Diego, CA
August 2005

SEP 01, 2008 10:28 PM

FreakPirate said:
How long until someone complains that something on SG doesn't work with their new browser?


Won't be me. I don't have Windows at home, and even if Websense didn't block SG, my manager would probably frown on it.

zenFish

zenFish

Vancouver, BC
August 2004

SEP 01, 2008 10:33 PM

Ugh, another browser?

Fuck off already.

gdarklighter

gdarklighter

San Diego, CA
August 2005

SEP 01, 2008 10:39 PM

zenFish said:
Ugh, another browser?

Fuck off already.


Why exactly is this a problem? Nobody's forcing you, and competition helps to drive innovation.

motorfirebox

motorfirebox

Pittsburgh, PA
March 2004

SEP 01, 2008 10:41 PM

SuicidePuppies said:
hooray, more shit to test for.


ugh, no kidding.

Roethke said:
I suspect that I am the only person whose first thought was to make a "Burning Chrome" referrence.

There, geekery for the day satisfied.




;P

zenFish

zenFish

Vancouver, BC
August 2004

SEP 01, 2008 11:28 PM

gdarklighter said:

zenFish said:
Ugh, another browser?

Fuck off already.


Why exactly is this a problem? Nobody's forcing you, and competition helps to drive innovation.



Yes, because having IE around for so long helped us out with STANDARDS.

I don't make cash off making websites, but when I make them... I would like it to be as painless as possible.

Accuser

Accuser

Scottsdale, AZ
October 2006

SEP 01, 2008 11:41 PM

Coming Soon: Google Blood!

We all use blood every day, so we decided to see if we could improve it. Google Blood still has the red blood cells you're familiar with, but they're scented with vanilla to keep you smelling great all day. (Additional scents will be made available as beta continues.) White blood cells are useful as well, but sometimes they cause problems. We've reworked them and, while there are bugs in every program, we're pretty sure we cured leukemia. Lastly, we reprogrammed platelets to host your favorite mp3 player, so now you can have your iTunes with you wherever you go without the need for headphones.

Next up: Google Cold Fusion

gdarklighter

gdarklighter

San Diego, CA
August 2005

SEP 01, 2008 11:53 PM

zenFish said:

gdarklighter said:

zenFish said:
Ugh, another browser?

Fuck off already.


Why exactly is this a problem? Nobody's forcing you, and competition helps to drive innovation.



Yes, because having IE around for so long helped us out with STANDARDS.


That's bullshit. The HTML spec preceded IE by a few years, and Mosaic and Netscape (which, if I recall correctly, had the largest market share before the browser wars) both beat IE to market. The only thing IE's stranglehold on the market did was allow proprietary technologies like ActiveScript become a de facto standard that actually reduced accessibility.

BlastProcessing

BlastProcessing

USA
OLD SKOOL

SEP 02, 2008 12:37 AM

Roethke said:
I suspect that I am the only person whose first thought was to make a "Burning Chrome" referrence.

There, geekery for the day satisfied.



It was hot, the night we installed Chrome.

motorfirebox

motorfirebox

Pittsburgh, PA
March 2004

SEP 02, 2008 01:55 AM

Accuser said:
Coming Soon: Google Blood!

We all use blood every day, so we decided to see if we could improve it. Google Blood still has the red blood cells you're familiar with, but they're scented with vanilla to keep you smelling great all day. (Additional scents will be made available as beta continues.) White blood cells are useful as well, but sometimes they cause problems. We've reworked them and, while there are bugs in every program, we're pretty sure we cured leukemia. Lastly, we reprogrammed platelets to host your favorite mp3 player, so now you can have your iTunes with you wherever you go without the need for headphones.

Next up: Google Cold Fusion


you only think that's a joke.

i, for one, welcome our ubiquitous, easily-searchable overlords.

Bob

Bob

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

SEP 02, 2008 06:32 AM

SuicidePuppies said:
hooray, more shit to test for.



1....but at least I don't have to get another parallels or VM to run it on my machine.

Morgan

Morgan

SUICIDEGIRL

Illinois, USA

SEP 02, 2008 09:21 AM

Live Firefox or Die!

Pip

Pip

Framingham, MA
OLD SKOOL

SEP 02, 2008 10:07 AM

What time is it being released? I've been searching for it most of the morning.

Pip

Pip

Framingham, MA
OLD SKOOL

SEP 02, 2008 10:11 AM

crispy

crispy

NEWSWIRE

Philadelphia, PA

SEP 02, 2008 10:12 AM

Pip said:
What time is it being released? I've been searching for it most of the morning.


I remember seeing 7pm GMT somewhere ... I think that's 2pm our time.

d20

d20

San Francisco, CA
September 2003

SEP 02, 2008 10:22 AM

with regards to bitching about supporting yet another user agent: you guys did read the comic, right? i'll gladly support a Webkit-based client that pre-tests each build by rendering a broad sample from google's cache of the entire internet (and space, and three other dimensions).

i'll also gladly use a client with an architecture like Chrome's. as much as i love JS and XML, i've developed for Firefox, and it's heinously ugly. oh sweet god in heaven with a feline tail it's fucking ugly in there. if Chrome delivers even a fraction of the memory efficiency and stability they've promised, i'll convert the second Firebug gets ported over. Chromebug ahoy!

side note: apparently only the windows build will be available today. get your VM's ready tongue

Quirky

Quirky

Birmingham, AL
October 2005

SEP 02, 2008 10:36 AM

Morgan said:
Live Firefox or Die!



Firefox is made of cache dump fail compared to Epiphany.

TAFKASP

TAFKASP

Oakland, CA
June 2003

SEP 02, 2008 10:51 AM

d20 said:
with regards to bitching about supporting yet another user agent: you guys did read the comic, right? i'll gladly support a Webkit-based client that pre-tests each build by rendering a broad sample from google's cache of the entire internet (and space, and three other dimensions).



true. and while i appreciate that i probably won't have to do as many (if any), Chrome-specific hacks to make things display properly, i don't know of any serious site that would just leave it up to Google to test their pages for them, or leave it up to their sampling to reveal how their own sites would display. (after all, Google maps still gives me the wrong directions from time to time. smile)

so, while it may not be so much about supporting a new user-agent in terms of browser-specific fixes (which I'll admit is usually the bulk of the burden of cross-browser development), it still means time having to go over pages in that browser oneself. for example, having just done a site-wide redesign of my company's site, having to tediously go through every single page to check for visual oddities, I can tell you that Google's random sampling testing would not have benefited my workload one bit, in that regard.

now, if they have some sort of plan of marketing this thing directly to users using older versions of IE, in attempt to make them obsolete, then i will personally kiss the feet of every single developer on that team.

Pip

Pip

Framingham, MA
OLD SKOOL

SEP 02, 2008 11:29 AM

I can't wait for my baby-mobile to get sandboxed!

This comic is a riot, and if I weren't a geek it would make me NOT try this browser.

Edit:
Now there really is an internet jail, hooray!

Lyingstones

Lyingstones

Albuquerque, NM
September 2003

SEP 02, 2008 11:35 AM

Roethke said:
I suspect that I am the only person whose first thought was to make a "Burning Chrome" referrence.

There, geekery for the day satisfied.



nope. that was my first thought as well. the second was that i love you now for beating me to it.

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