Google Chrome: discuss

Robby Russell — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:40:00 -0500

I’m sure that most of you heard the news that Google is releasing a new web browser named Chrome. Their comic for the announcement was very refreshing and entertaining read. Granted… nobody that I know has seen it (as of today)...

For me, I’m really interested in seeing what they’ve done to hopefully improve some of the short-comings of the user experience through their interaction design process. For example, tabs containing their own url/search fields sounds refreshing (I really dislike the hierarchy currently). Also, I’m really looking forward to their dashboard-like default page.

From a web development standpoint, it definitely raises questions about what we’ll be able to do in the coming year(s).

What are your initial thoughts on this? Discuss…

Update: Gary came across this amusing quote from a response by a representative at Microsoft.

“The browser landscape is highly competitive, but people will choose Internet Explorer 8 for the way it puts the services they want right at their fingertips … and, more than any other browsing technology, puts them in control of their personal data on-line,” Hachamovitch said. (read article on CNN)

I’m really not sure what that even means. Don’t we already have our online services at our fingertips? I suspect CNN interviewed the wrong person.. because this person said nothing.

Update #2: Only a PC version available… OSX / Linux are in development. Oh well…

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