Google Chrome, One Year Later
It's now a year later and all the mysteries have not been solved. But we do have answers to some of the more pressing questions. For one, it seems that, while Google and Mozilla's relationship has become slightly strained since the Big G entered the browser business, they haven't become enemies. Mozilla still generates most of its revenue through its deal with Google to make it the default search provider in Firefox, and Google still offers Firefox as an option in its Google Pack of software (though its default is now Chrome). Google has also so far steered clear of overtly incorporating other Google services into Chrome, thus saving itself from accusations of anti-competitive practices. Of course, that hasn't stopped the company from prominently advertising its browser on the Google homepage when you visit it in IE or Firefox.
Thus far, Google has also prevented Chrome from becoming a casualty of its poor follow-through, as have Notebook and Talk. Chrome has seen three major releases in its first year. (By comparison, it took longer for both Microsoft and Mozilla to push one major release out the door.) But with Chrome OS on the horizon, some of Google's attention may be diverted from Chrome and to its push into the Netbook sphere.
There are, however, major gaps still waiting to be filled. A year later, Linux and Mac users are still playing with a beta version of the browser. Another obvious home for Chrome would be Google's mobile platform Android, but little is known about such a move.
Chrome is still young, and slowly building a user base, so we'll just have to wait to see how this one pans out. But one thing is for certain; the browser world is a better place thanks to increased competition from Google. Hit up the read link for answers to a few more questions that Technologizer posed at the time of Chrome's birth. [From: Technologizer]
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fastharryDOTcom said 5:36PM on 9-03-2009
Google Chrome works for me....
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kf said 11:26PM on 9-03-2009
Out off all the browsers I have used I think Chrome gave me the fasted browsing experience. I only use Firefox more often because of ad-block. Which is a great convenience.
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cg0def said 6:35AM on 9-04-2009
It really amazes me how little Chrome has progressed in the past year. I know there are a tone of projects that Google is toying with ( Wave comes to mind) but still if they are to be taken seriously they really need to put some effort into it. The extension framework was promised for 2.0 and they are currently working on version 4 so google is slowly becoming worst than MS. A mac and linux version was also promised to come around version 2 if I am not mistaken but that is still not a reality. To be totally honest Safari actually is a lot more polished browser even on Windows. Plus they have a web inspector which is better than the Google implementation. The only thing that chrome has going on for it is the multiple processes. It might seem like a great idea on paper but in reality most browsers don't really crash as much as they used to. And when they do it's annoying but not a huge deal. But the last one might change if google build an OS on top of chrome ...
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Brian said 9:03AM on 9-04-2009
I use Chrome at work and at home. Working in software technical support, I talk to hundreds of people each week. The nearly exclusive reason most people don't want to switch from FireFox to Chrome is they don't want to leave behind Adblock and NoScript.
Maybe it's because I've always had a fast computer, but I've never had a problem leaving the ads turned on. I don't understand the popularity of those plug-ins. Chrome is very clean and stupid simple. I'm glad Sony is preloading the browser on their new computers. I couldn't imagine a better browser for big-box buyers, with no add-on toolbars, security by obscurity, and very good compatibility.
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