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The tech news the last few days promoted the arrival of Chrome – a browser from Google. If you are a windows user, you can download Chrome<\/a> now. Mac users will have to wait (you can sign up for information).<\/p>\n

I downloaded Chrome and took a look. My first reaction was – nice browser, it seems to work. I have been trying to read some things online to try to determine what I am missing. Why spend the time and money to generate another browser. There are a few things you notice from the demos. You can type anything into the web address window and if the entry is not a web address the browser assumes you want to search. That is a little different. I think it is called the “omnibox”.<\/p>\n

The Google folks must have anticipated that “the differences” would not be obvious so they commissioned a comic book<\/a> to explain things. As I understand some of the technical details, the present advantage lies in independence of processes (one page can crash and this will not influence another page), a new implementation of javascript, and a more socially-based method of debugging (using automated feedback from willing users). The independence thing is technically interesting – each “tab” kind of works like another browser. I can’t really say my browser crashes frequently, bit perhaps this will be a larger issue as we move beyond viewing pages and on to more demanding apps.<\/p>\n

From other sites, I get the feeling this venture also has to do with a browser that can be trusted to support the “cloud apps” that Google sees as the future. In offering users a browser, Google knows there will be a browser that works well with other Google products.<\/p>\n

The missing piece at present seems to be “plugins”. The comic books describes some of the issues with plugins, but plugins and other add-ons offer the features I like the most in Firefox. Plugins in some form must be on the way.<\/p>\n

What could be wrong with another browser? Have you ever had the experience that a function you want to perform (e.g., Yepshot) is only available on another browser? The occasional annoyance aside, I think it is a good thing that there are multiple competitors in any field.<\/p>\n

Now, if Google could just get their Mac version finished so I could invest enough time to really see how things work.<\/p>\n

I wonder if the IE for the Mac will ever resurface.<\/p>\n

The Chrome story<\/a> according to Wired.<\/p>\n

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