Google to Launch Webkit Based Web Browser Called 'Chrome'

http://www.macrumors.com/2008/09/01/google-to-launch-webkit-based-web-browser-called-chrome/



Google announced today that they would be releasing a new open source web browser called Google Chrome. The new browser will be available for download as a beta starting tomorrow.

Google states that the reason for a new web browser is that the company believes that it "can add value for users and, at the same time, help drive innovation on the web." The new browser is said to be "streamlined and simple" and "clean and fast". The underlying rendering engine is based on Webkit which is also used by Apple's Safari.

Other features were revealed in a comic book that detailed the new browser. Features include:

- New JavaScript engine called V8 for faster performance
- "Special tabs" above the window, not below the address bar (see image above)
- Address bar auto-completion
- Opera-like "Speed Dial" with thumbnails of your most visited 9 websites
- Privacy mode
- Web apps can be launched in their own window without addressbar/toolbar

The entire comic book is published at AllThingsD.com.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/fresh-take-on-browser.html

http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080901/heres-the-google-chrome-browser-comic-book-hey-microsoft-kaa-pow/

that sounds like a good idea. i think it would be successful.

well, it's not going to help Apple's Safari, but it should still hurt Microsoft's Internet Explorer

i guess this is supposed to be out today. i think only for windows at first though

i'm a little suprized by this

why are you surprised? by the fact that it's windows only right now, or that google is releasing this at all?

wow, that was fast. we shall see how it does. i imagine that it would do pretty good though.

i've already read what some people had to say about it. mainly good things. but it's only out for windows at this point

dmxplosive wrote:why are you surprised? by the fact that it's windows only right now, or that google is releasing this at all?

by the fact of google using the new webkit

i don't see why you are surprised

i wonder when this will be available for mac and linux?

idk, probably soon

they said that they are working on the mac version. so probably soon. i wonder if people will use it over safari?