Google takes the browser war one step further with Google Chrome

But I asked myself, “What’s the point of a new browser, in an already crowded place?”. And especially when firefox has begun to stretch it’s empire as a world class open source software, do I really need another browser? So, I quickly ignored any further thoughts about it until I came across this comic book released by Google itself. First I thought it might be a one page cartoon targeting non-technical users, but, I was wrong. Google has done a remarkable job in finding a new (or rather old) way to advertise their product. As we all know pictures speak louder than words, this comic book also speaks very loudly. (Ofcourse about Google Chrome). After reading the comic book yesterday, I quickly searched for the download link, only to know that it will be available for download only from September 03, 2008.

Some of the interesting things I noted from the comic book were:

- Multithreaded tab control, which means more swifter browsing and less bloating.
- Windows task manager style information to know which tab/page “eats up” more memory.
- Faster Javascript engine with advanced garbage collection to make Web 2.0 pages load much much faster.
- Address bar inside each tab.
- “Detachable” tabs. Yeh, they promise you can just detach your tab from one Google Chrome browser window to another.
- Fully open source.
- Built in google suggest in address bar.
- On startup, displays the “most visited” 9 pages as the welcome page.

So what do you think I would have done? I was itching my hand to download and try this new product. And I did so today from Google Chrome download page. I have already started using it, but haven’t explored all it’s “promised features” yet. But the browser looks promising. Let me come back after digging deep into Google Chrome. Till then, stay tuned!

Sources: James