Google Chrome

Posted by Jeff Weisbein on September 1st, 2008

Google Chrome (beta) set to be released tomorrow (September 2nd, 2008) is Google’s very own web browser which is believed by some to take on Microsoft Windows.  While it very well may be aimed at Microsoft Windows and Internet Explorer, I also think Google is aiming at Mozilla Firefox as well.  Let’s take a look at some of the facts.

  • Google recently re-signed their advertising deal with Mozilla adding three (3) more years to the contract knowing full well they had this browser in the works.
  • Google is developing their own phone operating system with Android and we know that it includes the ability for applications.

That being said, my thoughts at the moment are as follows, Google Chrome will remain in beta for roughly 3 years and appear in its final stages just before the advertising deal with Mozilla is done and you will see Google Chrome on Android based phones as the browser of choice.

Does Google have a shot at taking out Internet Explorer?  Sure, they have a pretty good shot.  As for where the future of operating systems lies whether it be web based or not this could very well be the first step towards a web based operating system.

Do they have a shot at Mozilla Firefox?  Well, they do have a shot and they most likely can succeed if they allocate their resources correctly (which based on company past history they generally do very well).  I think they are giving themselves 3 years to take over the market and if all fails, well, there’s always another advertising extension with Mozilla.

The last thing Google needs now is a complete flop tomorrow.  I’m also interested to see if they can break the download record and beat out Firefox.

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media dude said,Reply to this comment

September 2, 2008 @ 7:59 pm

i’m willing to try it out just to see if it works more efficiently than FireFox… if it’s faster than Firefox, has tabs and isn’t IE, then i’ll use it

Jthrock said,Reply to this comment

September 3, 2008 @ 9:40 am

So far I am NOT impressed with Chrome. I got it last night around 11:00 and it just freezes a lot. I am watching youtube and it freezes. The whole idea of different processes is a FANTASTIC idea… if it worked. When I tried to get onto besttechie today it slowed the window greatly and I could not get to any other tab like it says it should. I was however, able to open one of my other programs that was open. Youtube is freezing the browser up…. I do not think I have a ram issue as I have 2 GB of ram running windows XP. So far, I am unimpressed by its major areas. One of the nice things though is it’s search abilities, when you do a ctrl+f it is just like firefox where you can search while scrolling but in addition to that it gives you the total number of finds. The dynamic tab integration works nicely. Also it does not correct spelling errors like firefox does. I can not right click and fix anything.

Overall, I am not totally impressed as I do not believe that they produced a product that does what they said it will do. We will see if they fix it. I will use it for a little while longer before going back to FF if I do not see improvement.

tom said,Reply to this comment

September 5, 2008 @ 5:39 am

Jthrock, I agree with you completely. Everything else seems to be working great, but every time I’m on Youtube, it freezes, which I find ironic. I then find that I have to pull up Firefox and continue browsing…

jmanoray said,Reply to this comment

September 28, 2008 @ 1:46 am

i have noticed, when if freezes:

simply right click the google chrome tab (on the blue bar at the bottom), and it un-freezes.

very odd, very annoying, but works for me.

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