Wednesday, September 3, 2008

8. Google Chrome VS Mozilla Firefox

I've been thinking, Google is slowly trying to be the next Microsoft. With the launch of Google Chrome, the world moves one step ahead towards browser+hardware platform. So, we can very well accept that in future, the need for Operating systems (read Microsoft Windows) will be eliminated.

So far, Google has been funding the Mozilla Firefox project. But with the launch of their own browser, which is a direct competition to Mozilla Firefox, their relationship with Mozilla is not going to last forever. Google recently hired two lead Firefox engineers and Mozilla is certainly not happy about it.

Microsoft, in the mean time, has been trying hard to make IE 8 super rich. But since the world seems to favor everything that Google does - IE 8 is going to see some good competition. Will Chrome put an end to Windows? Will Chrome end the good Firefox?

What do you think?

Answer!!

No, Microsoft is a toughest competitor. Googles one web browser can't challenge the kingdom of MS.
Also very few people know about such highly technical things, other still rely on MS.
MS will also be coming with so many new features, they are the masters in selling products to people. More than that, MS is been known to people for so many years, so marketing of their new products is not going to be tough for them.

About mozilla firefox, we can have 2-3 web browsers in our system .
So I guess, if good featuring from mozilla continues, it will survie.

Answer 2 !!

Mozilla still remains the favorite browser for lot of people like me. And I think it will continue to be so until Google comes up with some thing kick ass which even Mozilla cant beat.

As far as Microsoft is concerned, they may be feeling a bit left out but are surely gathering steam. Their Media Room initiative is gearing up for that big IPTV launch ( this is from a MS insider). This is just an example how Microsoft is trying to explore territories with no presence from its nearest competitors. For that matter even Yahoo! has collaborated with Intel for lot of initiatives in interactive media (including launching an IPTV again that will run by your Yahoo messenger account.)

Google's attempt at domination of the web world on the other hand will continue. Whether they can completely beat Microsoft or not is a question even Larry Page may not be able to answer.


Answer 3!!

I really do not think that Google and MS are competing on the same turf. If MS has its vast suite of applications, Google has its suite of web-based applications. Both of them need each other to survive, so what if there is some competition between the areas that overlap. e.g Desktop based search, IM, browsers, et al.

Answer 4!!

"Google Chrome is partly a defensive move as Microsoft is incorporating functionality in new browsers that may block the collection of ad targeting information," Stifel Nicolaus analyst George Askew wrote in a note Tuesday.

And google runs on advertisements. Google is manipulating the search engines to show the results it desires. It is trying to force everything its way!

Down with google! I am thinking switching to live for search after I did a quick search for the keyword "google chrome" on google and live, which confirmed my doubts about google.

Result will be offered soon!!

7. Google Chrome vs. Internet Explorer 8

San Francisco - They're back! Just when you thought the "browser wars" were over, with the two camps ??? Microsoft and Mozilla.org ??? settling in for a kind of intransigent d??tente, along comes Google to stir things up all over again. Clearly, Google is unhappy with the current state of browser geopolitics and feels it needs to roll its own in order to ensure a robust base for its myriad hosted applications (that is, Gmail, Google Docs, and so on).


To that end, Google has designed an almost completely new Web browser. In fact, other than the core rendering engine ??? which is based on the open source WebKit standard of Safari fame ??? everything in Google Chrome constitutes a rethinking of how you engineer a browser application. For example, with the current versions of Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer, individual Web page tabs are hosted in a single process ??? a model that is efficient (in terms of memory and resource consumption) but also prone to catastrophic failures: A single crashed tab can easily take down the entire browser application.

[ What's the secret to speedy Web apps? Tom Yager says, "Skip Google's Chrome, and jump straight to WebKit." ]

Chrome seeks to eliminate this problem by isolating each tab within its own application process, then leveraging the built-in memory protection capabilities of modern, preemptively multitasking operating systems to keep code and data in a failing tab from stomping on other processes. So now, when that buggy Flash applet on your favorite humor site goes belly up, it won't necessarily take down the entire browser ??? the processes running in other tabs will keep chugging along.

This is a big deal for Google, which is banking on wider adoption of its hosted application offerings and battling the perception that browsers are unreliable, especially when you start running multiple Web applications in a tabbed format. Nobody wants to trust their line-of-business applications to an unstable environment, so Google hopes that Chrome will provide the kind of robustness that can assuage customers' fears.

Double-stuff browsers
Of course, few technology ideas are truly original, and the case of the multiprocess, tabbed browser is no exception. In fact, Google can't even claim to be the first to market with this model ??? Microsoft beat it to the punch by a week when it released its own take on multiprocess browsing in the form of Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2.

Like Chrome, IE 8 uses multiple, discrete processes to isolate and protect each tab's contents. However, while Chrome takes a purist approach and literally launches a new process with each opened tab, IE 8 uses more of a hybrid model: It creates multiple instances of the iexplore.exe process but doesn't specifically assign each tab to its own instance. Thus, a look at Task Manager under Windows will show an equal or greater number of Chrome instances than running tabs, whereas IE 8 will generate a fewer number of instances ??? for example, six copies of iexplore.exe to support 10 discrete tabs ??? and share them among the running tabs.

How these two variations on a theme will hold up in the real world remains to be seen. My take is that Google's purist approach will ultimately prove more robust, but at a cost in terms of resource consumption. In fact, both Chrome and IE 8 stretch the limits of current PC hardware by gobbling up enormous amounts of RAM while saturating the system with lots of concurrent execution threads.

This new development ??? browsers chewing up more memory than their host OS ??? is something I documented in my Enterprise Desktop blog earlier this week. At the time, I was shocked by how bloated IE 8 had become, consuming 332MB of RAM to render a simple 10-site/10-tab browsing scenario. Then I evaluated Google's Chrome and my expectations were reset yet again. Not only did the "fresh start" Chrome use nearly as much RAM (324MB) as the legacy-burdened IE 8 during peak browsing loads, it actually out-bloated IE 8 over the duration of the test, consuming an average of 267MB versus. IE 8's 211MB (you can read more about these test scenarios at the exo.performance.network blog).

Clearly, these are products targeted at the next generation of PC hardware. With nearly 20 percent of a 2GB PC's memory consumed by Web browsing, and with IE 8 spinning more than 170 execution threads on Vista to complete the same aforementioned 10-site scenario (Chrome spins a much more conservative 48 threads), we'll need to rethink our ideas of acceptable minimum system requirements. At the very least, you're going to need multiple processing cores and many gigabytes of RAM to support this new, more demanding take on Web-centric computing.

To be fair, I must mention that both IE 8 and Google Chrome are still in the beta stages of development. Chrome, in particular, is in its first public test release cycle, while IE 8 is only now being made available in a "feature complete" form (previous IE betas were notably short on innovation). And it's also important to consider all of the nonarchitectural changes that these browsers bring to the table ??? most notably, enhanced rendering performance and usability.

Lean or luxurious
As with any Beta release, I'm loathe to discuss performance characteristics beyond a simple "they seem a lot faster than IE 7" type of empirical observation (though others are reporting that Chrome clobbers the competition, especially when it comes to JavaScript execution). However, usability is fair game, and here it becomes a classic debate between fans of the "kitchen sink" approach and purists in the "less is more" crowd.

Internet Explorer 8 is the "kitchen sink" browser. In addition to carrying forward the legacy of Microsoft's much-maligned ActiveX architecture, IE 8 adds a host of new capabilities, including Web Slices, which are sections of a Web page that are isolated and reproduced in a separate, updatable mini window; Accelerators, which are basically context menu options that activate common Web services such as dictionary lookup or translation; and InPrivate Browsing, aka "porn mode," which lets you surf without leaving behind a browser or search history, cookies, temporary files, and other evidence of where you've been. Microsoft has also revamped the address bar to provide better auto-complete suggestions and expanded the dedicated Search field to include images and other rich media as part of the drop-down results set.

Google Chrome is definitely from the "less is more" school. The browser's UI is Spartan compared to IE 8's and has no dedicated Search box, instead combining search and auto-complete suggestions as part of a single, unified address superbox. New tabs open to reveal thumbnail views of frequently visited sites (IE 8 offers a similar view but focuses on recently closed tabs) and can be dragged into, out of, and between Chrome windows, allowing you to isolate, combine, and reorganize tabs on the fly (something you really need to experience firsthand to appreciate). And in a sign of the times, Chrome features its own take on "porn mode" (dubbed Incognito), where cookies and history data are deleted as soon as the tab is closed.

Overall, both IE 8 Beta 2 and the Chrome Beta look like compelling options. Each pushes the boundaries of Web application robustness while consuming gobs of resources and generally ignoring legacy hardware (in other words, systems more than 18 months old). Chrome will no doubt receive most of the attention, if for no other reason than it's from Google and, thus, "newer" and "cooler" than IE (not to mention, potentially more stable). However, I wouldn't count Microsoft out quite yet. The company still has the upper hand in overall browser share, and if nothing else, IE 8 is designed to appeal to Microsoft's user base by extending and enhancing what they already know. And, of course, IE 8 will eventually ship as part of the next Windows, a fact that virtually guarantees Microsoft's influence will continue to be felt in the next phase of the Web's evolution.

6. Download CHROME!!

Download CHROME!! from the link given Below

http://www.google.com/chrome/eula.html?hl=en

5. Where can I find information about other browsers?

There are a number of other browsers to choose from. Find out about some of the more widely used browsers at the websites listed below:

4. What's inside Google Chrome?

Google Chrome contains many features that can be leveraged by webmasters to deliver a better end-user experience. Google Chrome comes with Gears built in, which allows webmasters to take advantage of APIs such as offline storage. In addition, Google Chrome allows your web application to look and feel like a "desktop" application, as users can launch Google Chrome in a mode with a minimalist UI, featuring nothing but a title bar.

Google Chrome also uses a brand new JavaScript engine (V8), which is much faster than existing JavaScript interpreters. This means you can create more complex and more intensive AJAX applications with fewer speed and processing constraints. Finally, Google Chrome is built on top of WebKit, so Google Chrome users will benefit from the CSS3 features being added to WebKit as those features are released.

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

3. Chrome Features

1. Address bar

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In Google Chrome, you can get anywhere on the Web with one box. The address bar that sits at the top of the normal Google Chrome window simplifies your Internet experience by doubling as a search box. You can also use it to bookmark websites and stay aware about the security of a website.

Search

Watch a video on how to use the address bar.

Type your search query in the address bar, and it automatically suggests related queries and popular websites, based on your input. (Google Suggest is the default service that provides auto-suggestions unless your default search engine uses an alternate service.)

Autosuggestions

You can use common search booleans in the address bar. Pick up other tips on doing quick searches.

Visit a webpage

If you know the specific web address you're trying to access, type it directly in the address bar. Press Enter on the keyboard or click the arrow icon to load the webpage. As you type, Google Chrome also automatically searches your browsing history and shows you the number of matches at the bottom of its drop-down menu.

navigation box

It may be hard to stop a webpage from loading because of the browser's speediness. When loading a webpage, the arrow icon at the end of the address bar turns into an 'x.' Click the icon to stop the loading process.

You can copy a URL, right-click the address bar, and select Paste and go to quickly open the website.

Create a bookmark

If you come across an interesting webpage that you'd like to access again in the future, click the star icon star icon on the browser toolbar to create a bookmark. A bubble confirming the addition of the bookmark appears.

  • To tweak the bookmark's name, edit the text in the 'Name' field.
  • Use the 'Folder' drop-down menu to choose where you want to store the bookmark. Learn more about organizing bookmarks.
  • To tweak the bookmark's URL, click the Edit button.
  • If you accidentally clicked the star icon, you can quickly revert your action by clicking the Remove link. Learn more about deleting bookmarks.

create bookmark

Website security

If Google Chrome detects that the website you're trying to access will securely transmit data using SSL, you'll see the following:

  • The background color of the address bar changes to gold.
  • The 'https' in the URL appears in green for websites with SSL-secured connections established.
  • A lock icon lock icon appears at the end of the address bar.

If a SSL-secured connection cannot be established, then you'll see an alert icon alert icon at the end of the address bar, among other possible browser warnings. You can click the icon to open the 'Security information' dialog box and see more information.


2. New Tab page

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When you open a new tab, Google Chrome preloads it with useful information. With one click, you can get to the web resources you use most often. To open a New Tab page, click the + icon next to the last tab.

You can also use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+T to quickly open the New Tab page.

Watch a video on the basics of the new tab page.

most visited thumbnails

Links to websites you visit the most

Chances are you visit some websites on a regular basis. The New Tab page provides image thumbnails and links for those websites automatically.

Right-click a website to access options to open it in another new tab, in a new window, or in incognito mode. Click the Show full history link at the bottom of the page to see your entire browsing history in Google Chrome.

recently closed tabs

Recently closed tabs

Links to tabs that you've just closed are stored in case you accidentally close something. Up to three links are displayed.

recent bookmarks

Recent saved websites

The most recently created bookmarks appear on the page for easy access.

search engines

Search engines that you use often

Google Chrome saves a list of search engines that you've encountered while browsing the Internet. Search boxes for the ones you frequently use automagically appear on the page for easy access. You can search their websites directly from this page.




3. Application shortcuts

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Watch a video on how to create and use application shortcuts.

Many websites, such as email services, operate like actual programs, similar to those on your computer desktop.

Open these websites just like any other programs on your computer. Create an application shortcut for the website you're on:

  1. Click the Page menu page menu.
  2. Select Create application shortcuts.
  3. In the 'Google Gears' dialog box, select the checkboxes where you want shortcuts to be placed on your computer.
    • Desktop
    • Start menu
    • Quick launch bar
  4. Click the OK button.
When you double-click a shortcut icon, the web application opens in a special streamlined window that gives you as much working room as possible. Learn more about application windows.

4. Tabbed browsing

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Watch a video on how to use tabs.

Google Chrome tabs gives you the greatest flexibility to manage the websites you're browsing. You can take advantage of many keyboard shortcuts for Google Chrome windows and tabs. Click one of the links below to learn how to browse the Internet with tabs.

Open a new tab

Click the + icon next to the last tab. Or do the following:

  1. Click the Page menu page menu.
  2. Select New tab. To open a new window instead, select New window.
The new tab is automatically placed as the last tab to the right. However, if you click a link that opens in a new tab from an existing tab, the new tab is positioned next to the tab you're currently in so that related tabs are grouped together.

Google Chrome puts a brand new tab to use by filling the page with useful information. With one click, you can get to the web resources you use most often.

Find page loading information

  • When you load a webpage in a tab, a slow-spinning gray circle on the tab lets you know that Google Chrome is connecting to the website servers. The circle turns blue and spins faster once loading is in progress. Once the webpage is completely loaded, the icon changes to the website's graphic. While loading, webpage status information also appears in a shaded box at the bottom left of your browser window.
  • When you download a file, an arrow appears on the tab to signify a download in progress.

Go back and forth during your browsing session

Like other browsers, Google Chrome lets you jump between different webpages you've visited within the current tab.

  • Use the forward and backward arrows on the browser toolbar to go to webpages you just visited.
  • Click and hold either of the arrows to see a drop-down menu of more webpages from your current browsing session. Select Show Full History to access the History page, where you can view all the webpages you've ever visited while using Google Chrome in standard mode.
  • Reload a webpage by clicking the circular button next to the arrows on the browser toolbar.

Rearrange tabs

To change the order of the tabs displayed, simply click the tab you wish to relocate and drag it to its new location.

Move tabs to a different window

You can move tabs to either a brand new window or another open window.

  • To move a tab into a new window, simply click and drag the desired tab out of the browser window. If successful, you see a thumbnail of the tab that you are moving.
  • To move it to a different window, drag the tab from its original window to the top tab bar in its destination window. The tab should pop in automatically.

move tab

Duplicate a tab

To open the same website in a new tab of a new window, while keeping the original tab open, right-click the tab and select Duplicate.

Close tabs

The easiest way to close a tab is to click the x icon in the tab (or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+W). Alternatively, right-click a tab to see more options:

  • Close other tabs: Close all tabs except the tab that you've right-clicked.
  • Close tabs to the right.
  • Close tabs associated with this tab: If you click a link that opens in a new tab, those two tabs are now associated. Selecting this option close all associated tabs, but leaves the original tab open.
Closing the last tab open also closes the window.

Tabs and applications operate independently, so if one tab malfunctions and crashes, it doesn't affect non-related webpages opened in other tabs or the overall responsiveness of Google Chrome. Learn how to force a tab or window to close.


5. Task Manager

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Watch a video on how to use Task Manager.

Use the Task Manager to get details about a specific process running in Google Chrome, or to force a misbehaving tab or application to close. To open the Task Manager, follow these steps:

  1. Click the Page menu page menu.
  2. Select Developer.
  3. Select Task manager.
You can use the keyboard shortcut Shift+Esc to quickly open the Task Manager.

For each active item in Google Chrome, you can monitor the amount of memory taken up, the amount of CPU used, and the network activity (bytes sent and received).

To force a misbehaving webpage or application to close in Google Chrome, select the webpage, then click the End process button. Try reloading the tab to see if the error persists.

Sometimes multiple websites might share a single process, depending on how you opened them. Clicking the End process button displays an 'Aw, Snap!' message in all associated tabs.

6. Incognito mode

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Watch a video on how to use incognito mode.

For times when you want to browse in stealth mode, for example, to plan surprises like gifts or birthdays, Google Chrome offers the incognito browsing mode. Webpages that you open and files downloaded while you are incognito won't be logged in your browsing and download histories; all new cookies are deleted after you close the incognito window. You can browse normally and in incognito mode at the same time by using separate windows.

Browsing in incognito mode only keeps Google Chrome from storing information about the websites you've visited. The websites you visit may still have records of your visit. Any files saved to your computer will still remain on your computer.

Example: If you sign into your Google Account on http://www.google.com while in incognito mode, your subsequent web searches are recorded in your Google Web History. In this case, if you want to make sure your searches are not stored in your Google Account, you'll need to pause your Google Web History tracking.

Changes made to your Google Chrome bookmarks and general settings while in incognito mode are always saved.

To turn on the incognito mode, follow these steps:

  1. Click the Page menu page menu.
  2. Select New incognito window.

A new window now opens with the incognito icon incognito icon in the top left corner. You can continue browsing as normal in the other window.

You can also right-click any link and select Open link in incognito window.

Google Chrome displays this warning if the web address listed in the certificate doesn't match the address of the website Google Chrome is attempting to access.

Background information

When you connect to a website that uses SSL to transmit data, the server which hosts that website presents Google Chrome and other browsers with a certificate to verify its identity. This certificate contains information such as the address of the website, which is confirmed by a third party organization that your computer trusts. By checking that the address in the certificate matches the address of the website, it's possible to verify that you're communicating with the website named on the certificate, and not someone pretending to be that website.

7. Possible reasons why you're seeing the alert

  • Your server communications are being intercepted by someone on the Web who is presenting a certificate for a different website. This would cause a mismatch.
  • The server may be set up to return the same certificate for multiple related websites, including the one you're attempting to visit, even though that certificate isn't valid for all of those websites. For example, the certificate may tell us that the web address should be http://www.cucumbers.com, but we can't verify that this is the same website as http://cucumbers.com.
If you're absolutely sure that the two websites are the same, you can choose to open the website by clicking the Proceed anyway button. In general, it's best to take precaution and click the Back to safety button, which returns you to the last webpage you visited.

7. Bookmarks: Create bookmarks

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Watch a video on how to bookmark your favorite pages.

Chances are you visit some websites on a regular basis. If you're on a website, you can tell that it's bookmarked if the star icon star icon on the address bar is highlighted. You can create bookmarks in several ways. Click a link below to learn more about each method:

Click the star

If you come across an interesting webpage that you'd like to access again in the future, click the star icon star icon on the Google Chrome toolbar to create a bookmark. A bubble confirming the addition of the bookmark appears.

  • To tweak the bookmark's name, edit the text in the 'Name' field.
  • By default, the bookmark is filed in the bookmark folder that was most recently used. Use the 'Folder' drop-down menu to choose where you want to store the bookmark. Learn more about organizing bookmarks.
  • To tweak the bookmark's URL, click the Edit button.

If you accidentally clicked the star icon, you can quickly revert by clicking the Remove link in the bubble. Learn more about deleting bookmarks.

undo bookmark

If you're on the History page (Ctrl+H), you can also click the star icons that appear next to the links of websites you've previously visited to create bookmarks for them.

Manually add the web address

If you know the web address that you want to bookmark, you can right-click the bookmarks bar (Ctrl+B) and select Add page. Provide the following information in the 'Edit Bookmark' dialog box, then click the OK button.

  • Name: Type a label for the webpage you'd like to bookmark.
  • URL: Type the specific web address for the webpage.
Select the appropriate location for the new bookmark from the folder list. Click the OK button when you're done. Learn more about organizing your bookmarks.

Drag a link to the bookmarks bar

You can quickly create a bookmark for any link on the webpage you're on by clicking and dragging it to the bookmarks bar.

Import bookmarks from other browsers

Learn how to import bookmarks from Internet Explorer or Firefox. After importing, folders and bookmarks on your Firefox bookmarks toolbar or Internet Explorer links bar are placed on the Google Chrome bookmarks bar directly (Ctrl+B). All other items are filed in the 'Other bookmarks' folder at the end of the bookmarks bar.


8. Basic Settings: Import browser settings

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By default, Google Chrome copies your browsing history, saved websites, and passwords from your default browser when it installs.

Currently, you can only import settings from Firefox or Internet Explorer. To manually import information from these browsers, follow these steps:

  1. Close any other browsers that you're running.
  2. Open Google Chrome.
  3. Click the Tools menu tools menu.
  4. Select Import bookmarks & settings.
  5. Select the browser from which you'd like to import data from the drop-down menu at the top.
  6. Deselect the items that you don't want to import:
    • 'Favorites/Bookmarks': Webpages you've saved in the selected browser.
    • 'Search engines': Alternative search options that you've saved in the selected browser.
    • 'Saved passwords': Passwords stored in the browser you've chosen for websites you've visited.
    • 'Browsing history': A list of all the websites you've visited while using the selected browser.
  7. Click the Import button.
Importing information into Google Chrome doesn't remove the information from the other browsers.
After importing, folders and bookmarks on your Firefox bookmarks toolbar or Internet Explorer links bar are placed on the Google Chrome bookmarks bar directly. All other items are filed in the 'Other bookmarks' folder at the end of the bookmarks bar. Press Ctrl+B to toggle the display of the bookmarks bar. Learn how to further organize your bookmarks.

9. Downloads: Downloading a file

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Watch a video on how to download and open files.

When you download a file from a website, the downloads bar appears at the bottom of the tab where you can monitor the progress of your downloading file. The file button indicates how much time remains for the download. An arrow appears in the tab to signify a download in progress.

Click on the following links to learn how you can interact with the downloads bar.

Pause or cancel a download in progress

  • To pause a download without canceling it, go to the Downloads page (Ctrl+J) and click the Pause link next to the download.
  • To cancel a download completely, click the arrow next to its button in the downloads bar and select Cancel.

Open a downloaded file

After the file's download is completed, click the file button in the downloads bar. You can also click this button while the download is in progress so the file opens as soon as it's downloaded. The file's now listed as the newest link on your Downloads page.

To make sure that files of its type always open immediately after they're done downloading, click the arrow next to its button in the downloads bar and select Always open files of this type. Learn more about setting auto-opening preferences.

downloads bar

To open the folder on your computer containing the downloaded file, click the arrow next to its button in the downloads bar and select Show in folder.

Move a download on your computer

Copy a downloaded file to a different folder on your computer by dragging its button from the downloads bar to the desired folder window that's open on your computer.

Customize your download location settings to download files to the same folder every time or specify a different location for each download.

If you move the original file from its initial download location, instead of copying it, the 'Show in folder' option no longer works for that particular download.


2. Whats special in chrome? Why google built a browser?

A fresh take on the browser

At Google, we spend much of our time working inside a browser. We search, chat, email and collaborate in a browser. And like all of you, in our spare time, we shop, bank, read news and keep in touch with friends - all using a browser. People are spending an increasing amount of time online, and they're doing things never imagined when the web first appeared about 15 years ago.

Since we spend so much time online, we began seriously thinking about what kind of browser could exist if you started from scratch and built on the best elements out there. We realized that the web had evolved from mainly simple text pages to rich, interactive applications and that we needed to completely rethink the browser. What we really needed was not just a browser, but also a modern platform for web pages and applications, and that's what we set out to build.

So today we're releasing the beta version of a new open source browser: Google Chrome.

On the surface, we designed a browser window that is streamlined and simple. To most people, it isn't the browser that matters. It's only a tool to run the important stuff - the pages, sites and applications that make up the web. Like the classic Google homepage, Google Chrome is clean and fast. It gets out of your way and gets you where you want to go.

Under the hood, we were able to build the foundation of a browser that runs today's complex web applications much better . By keeping each tab in an isolated "sandbox", we were able to prevent one tab from crashing another and provide improved protection from rogue sites. We improved speed and responsiveness across the board. We also built V8, a more powerful JavaScript engine, to power the next generation of web applications that aren't even possible in today's browsers.

This is just the beginning - Google Chrome is far from done. We've released this beta for Windows to start the broader discussion and hear from you as quickly as possible. We're hard at work building versions for Mac and Linux too, and we'll continue to make it even faster and more robust.

We owe a great debt to many open source projects, and we're committed to continuing on their path. We've used components from Apple's WebKit and Mozilla's Firefox, among others - and in that spirit, we are making all of our code open source as well. We hope to collaborate with the entire community to help drive the web forward.

The web gets better with more options and innovation. Google Chrome is another option, and we hope it contributes to making the web even better.

But enough from us. The best test of Google Chrome is to try it yourself.

1. Google Chrome (BETA) for Windows

Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.

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