Google's Open Source Browser: Google Chrome

[kalpik]

Google Blogoscoped posts an interesting comic book created by Scott McCloud that illustrates the features of Google Chrome, an open source browser based on WebKit. As usually, all the rumors related to Google are true and "Google Browser" is no exception.


Google Chrome has been built in a time when browsers no longer render mostly web pages, but full-blown web applications. That's why browsers need to be more powerful, more stable and more secure. One of the problems of the existing browsers is that a web page can lock the browser and there's no way to isolate that tab and close it. Google Chrome uses a new process for each tab. "We're applying the same isolation you find in modern operating systems," says Arnaud Weber. Each process is sandboxed to prevent malware from affecting your computer.

The new browser has a JavaScript virtual machine built by the V8 team from Denmark that generates code dynamically and has a better garbage collector.

Google Chrome's UI is inspired by Opera: tabs are displayed above the address bar, the address bar combines previously typed URLs with search results and suggestions and there's a homepage that includes frequently visited sites, recently closed tabs, bookmarks and searches.

More at source.

[iMav]

Quite a few twits were happening about it a few hours back.

[victor_rambo]

It nice that it uses the WebKit engine to render. Else it would not be welcomed by web developers.

[iMav]

It's kinda funny that no one accuses Google of "copying" even though they have features like Speed Dial of Opera; p0rn mode like that of Safari & even an auto-fill address bar feature that is kind of a mix of Firefox 3 & IE 8's.

[ray|raven]

An Open Source browser using Webkit , sweet.

Hoping Google will maintain nix versions too.

[skippednote]

Hope its as good as ff 3

[Hitboxx]

I guess I'll play the wait and watch game. Imagine Google now sitting on your hard drive , too much to ask.. tsk.tsk. data mining..

Technologically, it is a good thing.

[kalpik]

Google Chrome to launch tomorrow.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/...n-browser.html

Some leaked screenshots: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/01...google-chrome/

[Garbage]

Update: Google giveth and Google taketh away - the Chrome site is now down.

[naveen_reloaded]

now lets the war deepen...

google has real potential with thier service...

[Charan]

They know what we search for .. they have our emails .. they even know what videos we see.. we even host ou webpages in their servers.. now with this browser .. they will now know what we browser. .. our privacy at stakes guys.. think abt it.

[MetalheadGautham]

Originally Posted by Charan

They know what we search for .. they have our emails .. they even know what videos we see.. we even host ou webpages in their servers.. now with this browser .. they will now know what we browser. .. our privacy at stakes guys.. think abt it.

good point.
thats the thing which was worrying me when I saw this.

If people Blog on google (blogger), socialize on google (orkut), keep their multimedia on google and watch them (youtube), do office work on google (docs), have fun with widgets on google (igoogle), send email on google (gmail), share pictures on google (picasa), navigate on google (maps), study geography on google (earth), have a web presence on google (pages), code on google (code), stay mobile on google (android) and the ability to do all this comes from google (chrome), google really will take over computing.

[fabler]

hi guys,

its really amazing and open source.its gonna rock.

see the following link for news.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/...n-browser.html

see news on wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome

and also see following link for chrome comic.

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

and see its screenshots here.

http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-09-02-n72.html

-fabler

[thewisecrab]

Originally Posted by Charan

they will now know what we browser. ..

Is that mistake intended?
But yes, they should come out with a statement regarding privacy atleast

[ray|raven]

^Chill down guys , its supposed to be completely open source , people will know if there's smthing that steals data in there.

[Charan]

@ray|raven its not abt open source.. but its abt google taking over our online life.. virtually everything is now stored is google server

[ray|raven]

^That part i do agree , i was referring to the part where you were saying google would know what we are browing.

[abhinav_bipnesh]

Yeah and google privacy statement also include that they may collect the data which can be have your personal data also. So we have to be somewhat careful while using it.

[moshel]

well to all those who feel that google is taking over your online life....if u feel so then stop using google products. no one enforces it on you.

whatever services that google offers, like email, social networking, watching videos, to name a few are available with other developers too.

at the end of the day, google is a company whose aim is to maximise profit and for that aim they have to keep on adding new products to their kitty.

All i mean to say is, google is doing wat any company in a right mind would do, jump on the ongoing trend and use it to their own advantage.

anyways on topic: this news is good. lets see what chrome has in store for us. btw i read that its released in abt 100 countries only. anybody here got their hands on it???

[mavihs]

i'm surelly going 2 try it out!!!

[iMav]

Chrome is a IE 8 rip off!

InPrivate; tabs as processes! Auto-fill & URL suggestions. Address bar a mix of IE 8 & FF 3's awesome bar. Speed dial of Opera.

So much for innovation.

[Garbage]

Downloaded... Still have to try it....

People, download it from http://www.google.com/chrome

[Charan]

@manan I didnt get the tone in which you said that but we dont want another borwser war.

[iMav]

The password save menu is the same as that of firefox 3. Appears on top with 2 options, click on one and it dis-appears into the top. Google could have done better.

[Indyan]

Google said in the press conf that they borrowed some code from Mozilla. Since both the products are Open Source I dont see what's wrong with it. In fact sharing code is supposed to be one of th biggest benefits of OSS.

Anyway, anyone managed to get the direct dload link? I cant possibly download the installer on my slow connection without a dload manager. Guess I will have to wait till tomm morning - gonna dload it from the college cyber.

[Charan]

WTH!! its available only for windows?

[iMav]

@Indyan try this: http://lin.cr/18o

The point is that if IE were to come out with anything remotely similar to anything Opera or FF or Safari the whole internet comes together and starts calling Microsoft incapable of innovation and a copy-cat. But when Google does the same, it's the best thing that could have happened!

@Charan other versions under way. Coding for Windows is simple, easy and hassle free.

[navjotjsingh]

Download its offline full installer from http://rapidshare.com/files/14212985..._installer.exe

[iMav]

First 10 minutes with Chrome:

Chrome is a shameless copy.

The speed dial - Opera

The address bar - IE 8 + FF3

Incognito - Safari & IE 8

Tabs as separate processes - IE 8

The name Chrome - Microsoft's codename for a multimedia browser years back.

Chrome consumes less memory (really very less) as compared to the resource hog - Firefox 3.

[navjotjsingh]

Originally Posted by iMav

@Indyan try this: http://lin.cr/18o

That link still points to 475KB installer.