Google to Launch New Web Browser
The Wall Street Journal reported on its website on Monday that Google plans to launch a web browser called Google Chrome soon.
Chrome will be launched in a challenge to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer; a browser which is often used, yet low quality.
The new browser will make it easier and faster for users to browse the Internet. It offers enhanced address-bar features and other elements which are not offered in any other available browser.
Although Google has been working on Google Chrome for two years, work on it increased after Microsoft launched Internet Explorer 7.
Many users will be happy to hear of Google’s plans, since IE is often considered to be low quality, slow, and not userfriendly. Although there are other, better browsers out there such as Mozilla Firefox, people still depend on IE because Microsoft connects its own browser to many other programs (and the lay-out of sites).
Google’s attempt to launch a browser of its own may very well force Microsoft to compete more on this issue, to improve its browser and to stop using it in connection with other programs and software so that the consumer has more choice.
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Michael, are you aware Microsoft is in the middle of working on IE8, Beta 2 is out now and it has a lot of improvements as well as features that aren’t in other browsers.
redfish; anything microsoft is, in my opinion, of questionable quality. I will be greatly surprised if the new IE works fast and good.
Actually one of the reasons Google is probably doing this is because Microsoft is building in a private browsing mode into IE8, which allows you to have a session where no personal information is saved. Google execs have expressed they’re upset by this because their ad model relies on sharing information between different websites, and this cuts into their revenue.
You need to look at Google’s Chrome and what it’s offering before making that statement.
Interested,
Yea I just re-read the features and Chrome has a similar browsing mode planned. Still Google did react negatively about IE8s InPrivate mode. I can’t help but think they believe they’re competing with Microsoft, and that if nothing else, their browser will be a good step because the default search engine will be Google.
you’d probably find that google tops in the default search engine as well given that their portion of the search engine traffic ranks tops for some time now.
Google doesn’t care about you going from A to B to C, what they do like and record is when you search on google for A, then search on google for B, etc. Or conversely if you are on A and A has Google advertising on it – which matches the content of the site.
Of course they would be competing with IE, most people use only one browser. I for one think anybody is nuts if they use Windows and/or Internet Explorer. But case in point, the company I work for has it’s timecard system that will only use IE – and for that matter, IE on Windows. All because of the server software, the timecard application software is also based on Microsoft. the seamless integration crap that is otherwise known as – you have no choice.
I couldn’t recommend enough that people try out Linux – Ubuntu has their new live CD version that you can check it out – without making any modifications to your system unless you choose to.