Google releases Google Chrome

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Google Chrome: A New Take on the Browser

 

New Open Source Browser Combines Simple User-Interface with Sophisticated Technology

 

 

 

Last update: 3:00 p.m. EDT Sept. 2, 2008

 

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sep 02, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Google Inc. (GOOG:

 

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GOOG 466.26, +2.97, +0.6%) today launched Google ChromeTM, a new open source browser intended to create a better web experience for users around the world. Availableinbetain more than 40languages, Google Chrome is a new approach to the browser that's based on the simplicity and power that users have come to expect from Google products.

 

In the early days of the Internet, web pages were frequently little more than text. But today the web has evolved into a powerful platform that enables users to collaborate with friends and colleagues through email and other web applications, edit documents, watch videos, listen to music, manage finances and much more.Google Chromewasbuilt for today's web and for the applications of tomorrow.

 

"We think of the browser as the window to the web -- it's a tool for users to interact with the web sites and applications they care about, and it's important that we don't get in the way of that experience," said Sundar Pichai, Vice President of Product Management,Google Inc. "Just like the classic Google homepage, Google Chrome has a simple user interface with a sophisticated core to enable the modern web."

 

Making the web experience better for users

 

Google Chrome was designed to make it easy for users to search and navigate the web for the content they're looking for.

 

-- A combined search and address bar quickly takes users where they want to go,often in just a few keystrokes.

 

-- When users open a new tab in Google Chrome, they'll see a page that includes snapshots of their most-visited sites, recent searches and bookmarks, making it even easier to navigate the web.

 

Google Chrome was engineered todelivera seamless web experience for users. At its core is a multi-process platform thathelps provideusers with enhanced stability and security.

 

-- Each browser tab operates as a separate process; by isolating tabs, should one tab crash or misbehave, others remain stable and responsive, and users can continue working without having to restart Google Chrome.

 

-- Google also built a new JavaScript engine, V8,which notonly speeds up today's web applications, but enables a whole new classof web applications that couldn't exist on today's browsers.

 

Contributing to the innovation of browsers through openness

 

"While we see this as a fundamental shift in the way people think about browsers, we realize that we couldn't have created Google Chrome on our own," said Linus Upson, Director of Engineering, Google Inc. "Google Chrome was built upon other open source projects that are making significant contributions tobrowser technologyand have helped to spur competition and innovation."

 

To further advance the openness of the web, Google Chrome is being released as an open source project under the name Chromium. The intent is that Google will help make future browsers better by contributing the underlying technology in Google Chrome to the market, while continuing to develop additional features.

 

How to get Google Chrome

 

Google Chrome can be downloaded at www.google.com/chrome. It is being released in beta for Windows in over 100 countries in the following languages: Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified), Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Portugal), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish, Spanish (Latin America), Turkish, English (US), English (UK), Arabic, Czech, Danish, Hebrew, Hindi, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Indonesian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Filipino, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Serbian, Slovakian, Slovenian, Thai, Vietnamese, and Estonian.

 

Google Chrome for Mac and Linux users will be available in the coming months. For more information on the open source project, Chromium, visit www.chromium.org.

 

EDITOR'S NOTE: For screen shots or b-roll, visit www.google.com/chrome/press.

 

About Google Inc.

 

Google's innovative search technologies connect millions of people around the world with information every day. Founded in 1998 by Stanford Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google today is a top Web property in all major global markets. Google's targeted advertising program provides businesses of all sizes with measurable results, while enhancing the overall Web experience for users. Google is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. For more information, visit www.google.com.

 

Google and Google Chrome are a trademark of Google Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.

 

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tl;dr: Google has released an internet browser. Effects?

[Shiny]

Obviously it doesn't have a spell check because that article had a million mis-spellings.

 

 

 

 

 

It is pretty cool. But note to self. Mozzila eats Internet Explorer, has Safari for seconds, now Google Chrome for desert.

[BlueLancer]

Tried it, besides the few history functions, it offers nothing new to browsing.

 

 

 

Opera is already superior to both IE and Mozilla in terms of usability/speed/features, so unless you'd happen to be a huge Google fan... This browser is just a novelty item. It's like Apple's Safari for Windows.

 

 

 

Each browser tab operates as a separate process; by isolating tabs, should one tab crash or misbehave, others remain stable and responsive, and users can continue working without having to restart

 

 

 

That's the only actual improvement I see it has over Mozilla or Opera (which still hang up if 1 tab crashes due to buggy code on the site). Snapshots of favourite sites, etc.. Are old news, opera had them for years now...

[loi86]

Does it matter, it is all the same internet.

[BlueLancer]

True loi... In the end it doesn't matter at all.

 

 

 

It'd just be best if the usage of browsers was more distributed. As long as IE stays the most used browser, phishing scammers, virus writers, trojan CC# thieves, will continue writing code that can infiltrate the PC through Internet Explorer.

 

 

 

It goes against common sense to use IE, since almost all the malicious code found online is optimized to infect IE. Infections for other, superior browsers are practically impossible to make due to advanced anti-trojan/hidden install methods and content blockers, or have ceased to exist. I don't recall ever having hidden installs or other virus problems with Firefox/Opera

[Jimmyw3000]

:( it's only for vista. I'd try it out if it werent for that.

[PumpkinPete112]

Im on google Chrome rigjht now and I like it, im not sure if im going to keep it yet though. I torn between this, Opera, and Firefox.

[Jernlov]

It's [cabbage].

 

 

 

I tried it for a maximum of 10 seconds and in that time it took me from completely calm to RAAAAAAAAAAAGE.

 

 

 

Also it's everywhere on /g/, making me RAGE even harder. <-- Disregard, it's getting deleted.

[Cyco_Reborn]

Doesnt sound amazing... And its only for Vista so im out.

[ClareJonsson]

This thread should be moved to Tech and Computers, also theres already a thread on it HERE.

 

 

 

Please note that this browser hasn't been released yet and it's still in Beta, also note that it's open source so no it's not only for Vista, it will be for all platforms including Linux and Mac.

[Ezz]

I tried it, looks pretty good, I'll stick to firefox until I hear more about it though.

[PhaperPlane]

Only works on Vista? Lies. Using it right now, works on XP SP2. :) I am liking it so far :

[ThurinEthir]

Just installed it, it's okay. It takes a bit getting used to, like everything else. I'll probably stick with Firefox for now simply because of the add-ons, and I'm not in the mood for change. Yet. Maybe I'll go with a new browser to go with the new school year.

[Rainy_Day]

It looks blande to me. I think I'll stick to Firefox. :P

[RSBDavid]

it sucks

[dsavi]

This is not just another browser. READ THE STUPID COMIC.

[gonpost]

Excuse me guys, but it's quite the improvement. There are a few bugs right now (i.e. I can't play runescape because it's not loading java).

 

 

 

However, it's like running Firefox in full screen mode all the time. There is no bar on the bottom of the page except when something's going on, like loading a page. Once it's done, the bar disappears. Things are pretty darn compact and tucked (not too far) away.

 

 

 

Overall I quite like it.

 

 

 

Not to mention, don't you wish you could go incognito? :ugeek:

 

 

 

EDIT: I still wish I had adblock...this is phail w/o it. Oh, and add-ons would be nice. Firefox still remains king I believe.

[megakiller32]

Just another step to the world conglomerate takeover of the world by Google.

 

 

 

Also did anyone see that new Sony book thing? Its disgusting. If it wipes out real life books, i'll commit suicide. :(

[Nadril]

Excuse me guys, but it's quite the improvement. There are a few bugs right now (i.e. I can't play runescape because it's not loading java).

 

 

 

However, it's like running Firefox in full screen mode all the time. There is no bar on the bottom of the page except when something's going on, like loading a page. Once it's done, the bar disappears. Things are pretty darn compact and tucked (not too far) away.

 

 

 

Overall I quite like it.

 

 

 

Not to mention, don't you wish you could go incognito? :ugeek:

 

 

 

EDIT: I still wish I had adblock...this is phail w/o it. Oh, and add-ons would be nice. Firefox still remains king I believe.

 

 

 

Yeah I wish I had my adblock. Other than that this is really nice...

[ThurinEthir]

Okay, decided I'm going to give it a good chance. Right now, the two things that annoy me are the lack of adblock, and that I have to use the normal Gmail. Not my uber-cool Firefox Gmail skin. But when the comic mentioned the V8 Team, I knew I was in. Why use Firefox when you could've had a V8?

[kemikalkadet]

I tried it out for an hour and it is nice and fast, it's not a firefox beater though.. more an IE replacement for the casual user. Lack of add-ons is annoying, and i dont really like the look of it.. maybe it'll be customisable in the future. It is damn fast though.

 

 

 

One thing i think would be quite useful for is as a replacement to the runescape client, using the webapp feature. You can create a direct link straight to the runescape app without that annoying sidebar that the rs client has, plus it runs through googles engine not IE. here's what it looks like:

 

 

 

[Nadril]

Lack of add-ons is annoying, and i dont really like the look of it.

 

 

 

Dude, you're critiquing it's lack of addons when it hasn't been out for even a day yet? :lol: Give people time to create =P

[llcoolguy972]

I feel like with a name like Google Chrome it should be a very sleek and sexy browser. And it's basically the opposite. At least it's just the beta. I have faith in you, Google. :

[Deathmath]

Tried it, besides the few history functions, it offers nothing new to browsing.

 

 

 

Opera is already superior to both IE and Mozilla in terms of usability/speed/features, so unless you'd happen to be a huge Google fan... This browser is just a novelty item. It's like Apple's Safari for Windows.

 

 

 

Each browser tab operates as a separate process; by isolating tabs, should one tab crash or misbehave, others remain stable and responsive, and users can continue working without having to restart

 

 

 

That's the only actual improvement I see it has over Mozilla or Opera (which still hang up if 1 tab crashes due to buggy code on the site). Snapshots of favourite sites, etc.. Are old news, opera had them for years now...

 

 

 

I agree although I like Mozilla more than Opera. (Although Opera is awesome) :thumbsup:

[PumpkinPete112]

I just started using Opera over Firefox for RS and im pretty impressed. I tried Google Chrome and i just don't like it. Its features are nice but it lacks the customizablity. I wont make a final judgement yet unti it's full realease when all the features will be included.