Google Chrome Browser Beta (Windows only) to Launch September 2nd

[mandy]

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...

full announcement: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/f...owser.html
Google Chrome comic: http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/

This is a straight shot over the bow of Microsoft, which has tightly integrated its Live Search offering into its dominant Internet Explorer browser (and which, surprise, is in turn tightly integrated into Windows). It also makes for an awkward relationship with Mozilla, whose Firefox browser Google basically funds...

Unlike other modern web browsers, which can only run one process at a time, Google Chrome will give each tab its own process. This speeds up overall performance and saves the entire browser from crashing when one tab causes problems.

The multi-process design requires more memory allocation up front but less memory over time as users tend to multitask. It also prevents your computer from slowing down after you browse for an extended period of time and open/close lots of tabs...

full article: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/01/no-...a-cartoon/

[amy]

download: http://tools.google.com/chrome/?hl=en-US

[regic]

(Windows only)

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[amy]

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You're not missing anything.  I'm unimpressed by it so far.

[mandy]

Privacy concerns:

Google's newly released Chrome browser is facing a backlash over its data collection and privacy practices...

The shine on Google's Chrome browser is dulling a bit as users discover some features that could affect their privacy. The Omnibox, Google's smart address bar, records and stores what you type into it if the default settings are left alone. Google also made changes to its end user license agreement copyright provisions in response to privacy concerns...

full article: http://ecommercetimes.com/story/Heads-Up...64387.html

[bailey.rein]

I tried using Google Chrome for a couple of days... I had to go back using Mozilla Firefox... the reason is that.. I cannot install add ons on it and that add ons is vital to my work...