Re: Google Chrome

[Simon Coulter <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 21/09/2008, at 6:29 AM, Maurice O'Prey wrote:

> I just wondered what peoples first impressions of Google Chrome  
> Beta are?
> Checkout the element inspector (right click on any element in a web  
> page).
>
> http://www.google.com/chrome
>
> This could be a very interesting one... (for everyone)

I investigated it weeks ago. Watched the videos and the cute cartoon.  
I like the idea behind it. IE is pile of crap and causes more cost to  
IT than necessary--typical of so much Microsoft software. I like that  
it uses the same rendering engine as Safari--very fast. I like the  
separate process per tab idea plus much else in their design. If they  
can create a consistent, programmable, cross-platform browser without  
all the crap of IE and excess of Mozilla then good luck to them.  
Might be what is needed to create proper web applications without the  
current mess of browser differences. Just support Chrome. Too earlier  
to tell yet because it seems to be a work-in-progress.

It's not yet available for MacOS X so I didn't bother downloading it.  
Life's too short to spend any more time in Windows than necessary.

NOTE: Safari has an element inspector too--probably the same one  
since they are both built on WebKit.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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