The Google Chrome Hype What's It All About?
- By Sabina Kucz
- Published 10/28/2010
- E-Commerce
- Unrated
A new open source browser has been developed by Google called Google Chrome. It has been developed with the intention to increase speed and to provide greater stability and security than current browsers yet maintaining simplicity and ease of use.
On the 2nd of September 2008 a beta version was released in 43 different languages which can be downloaded onto most PCs using Windows, however, Mac OS X and Linux versions are currently still in development. This can be downloaded at http://www.google.com/chrome
The official announcement was scheduled for 3rd September 2008 and was to be sent to journalists and bloggers with a licensed comic explaining the features of and motivations for the new browser. European copies had been shipped early and thus the early unexpected release of Google Chrome was born. Google has since made the comic available on Google Books http://books.google.com/books?q=google+chrome and referenced it on its official blog along with an explanation for the early release.
Chrome automatically tracks users' favourite Web pages for easy access and can save them in "Tabs" at the top of users' home pages. By not attaching cookies, it also lets users hide searches they don't want others who might use their computer to see.
A tab labelled "Incognito" allows users to hide a search on, say, toe fungus, so that anyone who uses that same computer won't catch sight of the previous search. Even so, such phantom searches won't impede Google's blockbuster advertising business, which is based on collecting data about user searches. Although the searches will remain hidden from others who use the same computer the search is conducted on, advertisers will still be able to track the searches on the Web.
The Chrome browser, has similar features to IE (Internet Explorer) that allow users
to delete some or all Internet files and cookies after browsing.
Another Chrome feature is its so-called multi-process architecture, which lets Web pages continue to function even if one goes down. Right now, "one application can take a whole browser down," Googles Vice president of product management, Sundar Pichai said. "Not in Chrome. Even if something is happening in one tab, the other tabs are still responsive. This makes it more stable too, and the browser doesn't slow down because one app is slow."
Chrome will periodically download updates of two blacklists and warns users when they attempt to visit a harmful site. Google also notifies the owners of listed sites who may not be aware of the presence of the harmful software.
Each of the tabs in the Chrome browser is sandboxed to prevent malware from installing, this prevents the malware from writing or reading files in each individual tab creating greater security as presently the malware can read sensitive information in each tab.
Chrome replaces the browsers home page which is displayed when a new tab is created with a tab page. This shows thumbnails of the nine most visited web sites along with the sites most often searched for, recent bookmarks and recently closed tabs.
The Omnibox is the URL box at the top of each tab, based on the one in another browser called "Opera". It includes auto-complete functionality but will only auto-complete URLs that were manually entered, search suggestions, popular pages and text search over history.
Tabs are the primary component of Chrome's user interface and as such have been moved to the top of the window rather than below the controls. This subtle change is in contrast to many existing tabbed browsers which are based on windows containing tabs.
Like most large software projects, Google Chrome will be tested before release using several test methodologies, so do be aware that this is the beta version but have fun all the same!
On the 2nd of September 2008 a beta version was released in 43 different languages which can be downloaded onto most PCs using Windows, however, Mac OS X and Linux versions are currently still in development. This can be downloaded at http://www.google.com/chrome
The official announcement was scheduled for 3rd September 2008 and was to be sent to journalists and bloggers with a licensed comic explaining the features of and motivations for the new browser. European copies had been shipped early and thus the early unexpected release of Google Chrome was born. Google has since made the comic available on Google Books http://books.google.com/books?q=google+chrome and referenced it on its official blog along with an explanation for the early release.
Chrome automatically tracks users' favourite Web pages for easy access and can save them in "Tabs" at the top of users' home pages. By not attaching cookies, it also lets users hide searches they don't want others who might use their computer to see.
A tab labelled "Incognito" allows users to hide a search on, say, toe fungus, so that anyone who uses that same computer won't catch sight of the previous search. Even so, such phantom searches won't impede Google's blockbuster advertising business, which is based on collecting data about user searches. Although the searches will remain hidden from others who use the same computer the search is conducted on, advertisers will still be able to track the searches on the Web.
The Chrome browser, has similar features to IE (Internet Explorer) that allow users
Another Chrome feature is its so-called multi-process architecture, which lets Web pages continue to function even if one goes down. Right now, "one application can take a whole browser down," Googles Vice president of product management, Sundar Pichai said. "Not in Chrome. Even if something is happening in one tab, the other tabs are still responsive. This makes it more stable too, and the browser doesn't slow down because one app is slow."
Chrome will periodically download updates of two blacklists and warns users when they attempt to visit a harmful site. Google also notifies the owners of listed sites who may not be aware of the presence of the harmful software.
Each of the tabs in the Chrome browser is sandboxed to prevent malware from installing, this prevents the malware from writing or reading files in each individual tab creating greater security as presently the malware can read sensitive information in each tab.
Chrome replaces the browsers home page which is displayed when a new tab is created with a tab page. This shows thumbnails of the nine most visited web sites along with the sites most often searched for, recent bookmarks and recently closed tabs.
The Omnibox is the URL box at the top of each tab, based on the one in another browser called "Opera". It includes auto-complete functionality but will only auto-complete URLs that were manually entered, search suggestions, popular pages and text search over history.
Tabs are the primary component of Chrome's user interface and as such have been moved to the top of the window rather than below the controls. This subtle change is in contrast to many existing tabbed browsers which are based on windows containing tabs.
Like most large software projects, Google Chrome will be tested before release using several test methodologies, so do be aware that this is the beta version but have fun all the same!
