Google introduced a new web browser called Chrome that will go head-to-head against Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, Mozilla’s Firefox, Apple’s Safari and others.
The Chrome browser will be a Webkit-based browser like Safari and will have its own JavaScript engine. The browser will be available online soon at
Google.com/chrome.
Chrome is an open-source browser, meaning others can create Web-based applications as well make improvements in the browser.
TechCrunch's Michael Arrington said Chrome appears to be competing against other browsers, but it's really just going up against Microsoft Windows. More specifically, Google wants to have all today's computer applications run via a Web browser, so an operating system like Windows won’t be necessary. The new JavaScript engine will make applications on the Web much faster.
Arrington said:
Chrome is nothing less than a full on desktop operating system that will compete head on with Windows. Expect to see millions of web devices, even desktop web devices, in the coming years that completely strip out the Windows layer and use the browser as the only operating system the user needs.
With
Google Gears, applications can be run offline and data can be stored in backups.
Here is a comic demo illustrating the Chrome browser, including showing how it's going to run and the various things users can do with it.
Some features of the Chrome browser:
1.) Chrome is different than Mozilla Firefox because tabs appear at the top.
2.) Google said in its blog that unlike other browsers, if one tab crashes, the other tabs keep working.
3.) They have improved the speed of browsing and are trying to keep it very secure.
4.) Chrome also provides private browsing like Safari and the new Internet Explorer.
5.) Chrome has a powerful JavaScript engine (V8) to power the next-generation of Web applications that aren't even available yet.
6.) Chrome is currently only available for Windows, but Google will also release Chrome for Mac and Linux soon.
7.) Chrome will be available in 100 countries.
Mozilla’s CEO John Lily told Om Malik that he is
not afraid of Chrome from a competition standpoint.
The question now becomes: Do we need another browser?
Update: The browser is now available for download.
Here is the download link for the Chrome Browser (thanks to Atroxodisse)
