Google Chrome, Google’s Web Browser: Is it Real?
September 3rd, 2008 by admin
Earlier today I came across an article on Google Blogoscoped written by Philipp Lenssen called Google Chrome, Google’s Browser Project. Lenssen cites a series of comic book like illustrations he received in the mail that was drawn up by Scott McCloud.
The post on Blogoscoped highlights a number of features, including:
- An open source platform including Google Gears integration
- JavaScript Virtual Machine called V8
- Special tabbed browsing functionality
- Autocompleting & search powered address bar (similar to FF3?)
- Incognito mode where “nothing that occurs in that window is ever logged on your computer”
- Ability to launch web applications in browser windows
- Advanced privacy / malware / phishing protection
Until I see anything along the lines of a beta level release, I will be cautiously optimistic on Chrome. Google Chrome, assuming the name is in fact real, would make sense though as a logical extension of Google’s web based services. (more…)
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