It’s called Google Chrome.
It’s still in beta, and it’s pretty nice. I’m using it now. Some are saying that this is another step further on the road to operating systems like Windows being irrelevant. Some are worrying and comparing it to Big Brother. I think both perspectives have merit.
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I have to note that I heard exactly these same claims ten years ago, about Netscape. Remember how Netscape and Java were going to make the desktop OS irrelevant?
Of course the game has changed now; "web apps" actually means something useful in 2008, whereas in 1998 the big hot items were "push" technology and Active Desktop. And just because it failed once doesn’t mean it’ll fail twice, or that Google is just another Netscape Communications doomed to fizzle.
But I’ll believe it when I see it…
I thought the same thing back then; I knew too much about the abilities of then-current PCs and available network broadband.Â
By the way, have you noticed that Java is really coming into its own now? It was ridiculous 10 years ago to think it would replace traditional apps, but now it’s not ridiculous at all. The applications that require the most horsepower don’t necessarily use it, but most things people do these days don’t require massive horsepower in today’s terms.
Ah, Google has had a web browser in the pipeline. This explains why sites that use Google Analytics hang for 10+ seconds in Firefox…
JLBussey’s last blog post..They’re Starting to Change Color Already
I am told some has been copied some from Mozilla (which it looks like) because Mozilla is open source, and from Safari.
You may get a trojan warning from your anti-virus, but that is the Google Updater which uses protocols that of a trojan to communicate with its’ [Googles] server. But a fellow at my tech hangout says there is still a security risk.
However it won’t install on my system for some reason, but it looks nice from what I can see of it.
It doesn’t look anything like my copy of Firefox, which I’m pretty sure is the latest. But I would expect them to have used open source code for a lot of it, so I wouldn’t be surprised if it shares chunks of the same code.
Okay,
McK swallows the poisoned bait again..
He harve very poor opinion…
errrp … google.
If’n you wanna talk non-persons, marxism, commies and kapitalists fer a cause, silent Krystal-nacht all rolled into one — ergo — das ein google.
From Google headquarters— a couple of kilometers from one’s abode, their stated mission is:
" Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. "
Translation: We are going to get every digital byte of information off yorn
personalcomputer we are hack and turn it into our profit.From Google corporate Headquarters/culture statement erst this profound statement for the internet dorks (
us) dumb enough to go on the internet:" Nearest 24 hour donut shop is Krispy Kreme"
One day, ppls is gonna find out there jest ain’t no privacy.
Caveat Emptor
I got it working, but it is a bit hard to get used to.
Still I don’t think it is a safe browser. Here are some of the vulnerabilities from Zdnet.
Google Chrome vulnerable to carpet-bombing flaw
DoS vulnerability hits Google’s Chrome, crashes with all tabs
Security vulnerabilities are a fact of life; it’s one of the reasons there are constant updates to things like Firefox and IE. Since this browser is stll in beta, I’m not inclined to be all too concerned that it’s not a safe product. I am more interested in concerns that Google is tracking too much information.
After thinking it in Dean I can’t disagree. Tracking and storing information is what Google does.
I think a only fool would trust Google. Using a Google browser is like sending a rabbit to the store for a head of lettuce. The lettuce being your browsing habits.
Google on Chrome EULA controversy
Google’s new web browser Chrome is fast, shiny, and requires users to sign their very lives over to Google before they can use it. Today’s Internet outrage du jour has been Chrome’s EULA, which appears to give Google a nonexclusive right to display and distribute every bit of content transmitted through the browser. Now, Google tells Ars that it’s a mistake, the EULA will be corrected, and the correction will be retroactive.
So far, I hate it. But only because it crashes every time I try to go into the options menu.
That’ll probably be fixed in a later release, but it’ll still take a lot to get me off Firefox.
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