Google launches internet browser

Google launches internet browser

Google's new web browser is called Chrome
Google is launching an open source web browser to compete with Internet Explorer and Firefox.

Link to BBC report:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7593106.stm

Any thoughts? Classroom Usage?

Cheers,

Dorit

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Permalink Reply by David Kapuler on September 2, 2008 at 8:45am

When it gets to Mac I'll test it out, thanks for sharing.

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Permalink Reply by Dorit Eilon on September 2, 2008 at 8:57am

They are working on it...

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Permalink Reply by Neal Grigsby on September 2, 2008 at 9:00am

Here is a great comic-book introduction to the new browser created by Scott McCloud:

http://www.agglom.com/webslideshow/1876/Google_Chrome_The_Comic_Book

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Permalink Reply by Neal Grigsby on September 2, 2008 at 9:03am

Oh, here's the official, non-crashing link:

http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/index.html

Neal
www.tikatok.com

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Permalink Reply by Steve Hargadon on September 2, 2008 at 3:28pm

Well, the impact I think is bigger than just having another browser. It's the first salvo in creating the Web browser as the "operating system." While that may seem like just another tech trend, the end result is likely to be Internet devices which don't require significant hardware, since all of the applications are running on the Web. Potentially, this will reduce the physical cost of computing dramatically, allowing for much more use and far less maintenance.

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Permalink Reply by Dorit Eilon on September 16, 2008 at 7:26am

I was reading different articles about Chrome. Since I speak more than one language I wanted to get some perspective from other users in other countries. I agree with you that the impact will bigger than just having another browser. In addition to speed, multi screens...it could change the way we use computing.