Could this be the Firefox-killer?
In the world of mp3 players, the phrase everyone wants to apply most is “iPod-killer” – a device so ingenious that it (finally!) ends Apple’s domination.
I think I may have just stumbled upon a ‘Firefox killer’: Google’s brand new, open-source browser Chrome. Tell your grandkids: you heard it here first.
My first reaction was “oh yeah, sure, like we need another browser.” I figured it was a lame attempt to get in on another market, with nothing new to offer except, perhaps, simplicity. But this comic book convinced me that they really do have something new to offer. They’ve re-done browsers from the ground up, and made some really sensible decisions to adapt to how the web has changed. (I can’t explain the technomagical mumbo-jumbo – find out more here)
I’m not ready to throw out Firefox just yet, but I have been sufficiently stunned to give Chrome a run. What are your first impressions?
(I’m no privacy-freak, but I’m starting to get worried: google indexes the files on my computer, scans my emails, knows my calendar, tracks the visitors to my blog, and now watches my browsing…)
September 3rd, 2008 at 5:50 pm
September 4th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
Comments
September 3rd, 2008 at 1:19 pm
“Tell your grandkids: you heard it here first.” pfffft your like 2 days behind if your readers are reading my blog as well muahahah
September 3rd, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Its pretty awesome.
We’ll have to wait until the add-ons roll out to know for sure.
Re: privacy – I think that too sometimes!
September 3rd, 2008 at 1:32 pm
yea theres a few features missing that wont convert me over yet such as toolbar links, roboform2go support and a portable version so i can take it on the move.
September 3rd, 2008 at 5:55 pm
VK – haha sorry! I didn’t realise you were actually blogging again! I haven’t been reading. But now I am. Looking good, btw.
(Jokes!)
Luckily no-one reads your blog
I’ll only miss toolbar links, I think. But yeah, will be interesting to see how add-ons go. I hope we get some creative ones.
It would be cool to have a Thunderbird-esque gmail app build in… or would it?
September 3rd, 2008 at 6:06 pm
‘Barth attributed the heftier memory appetite of Chrome to its multi-process tabbing model, where each tab is actually a separate iteration of the browser. “It’s use of that model, which, according to Google, helps isolate failures and protect complex Web applications, [that] means that it will always use more memory than Firefox, IE 7 and similar, single-process browsers,” he said.’
from here. That will count against it. I wonder if they will release a version without this ‘feature’?
September 3rd, 2008 at 6:08 pm
with most computers having at least 2gb of ram these days i dont think it will become an issue
September 3rd, 2008 at 7:24 pm
most new computers, in your area. My computer, only a couple of years old, has 240mb RAM, less than the memory demands of Chrome (and a 1.4gHz single-core processor). Public schools, poorer families, struggling companies – they could well have worse computers still.
Given the bloatware that is firefox, not to mention IE, and the usual simplicity of google, I was really hoping for a lightweight product. It’s already an issue.