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Chrome is a common term that means the parts of application user interface that aren't representing the document (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_user_i

by Maakuth 10y ago

Chrome is a common term that means the parts of application user interface that aren't representing the document (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_user_interface#User_interface_and_interaction_design https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_user_interface#User_...). So window borders, menus, browser address bar, tabs and such. This is the meaning of the word used in Firefox.

iotscale 10y ago
I guess that was my only exposure to it with that meaning, so I had assumed it was something specific to Firefox. Many others were too, I remember some people suggesting that Google stole the name Chrome from Firefox on some forums back when it first came out. Yes, it sounds ridiculous, especially in the light of this knowledge, I know.
tiglionabbit 10y ago
Exactly. Which is why Google Chrome makes sense. If you think of the web app you're using as the primary application (Calendar, for example), instead of the browser, then the browser is just the chrome around it. And this is Chrome from Google (as opposed to the chrome from Firefox). And if you use Google in Chrome, it's the chrome around Google too. Since Google apps are web-based, they need Chrome, and since Google wants to give the best experience possible for their own apps, they'd like you to use the Google Chrome for Google. Ok I'm done.
- nailer 10y ago
  > If you think of the web app you're using as the primary application (Calendar, for example), instead of the browser, then the browser is just the chrome around it. This goes even more if you considered how complex browser UIs were getting. Here's IE6: http://static.myce.com/images_posts/2014/12/myce-internet-explorer-6.jpg http://static.myce.com/images_posts/2014/12/myce-internet-ex... Oddly enough, Netscape 6 / Mozilla Browser seems to have been one of the first browsers to start paring down the UI - this looks a lot like Google Chrome today: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7e/Netscape_6.1.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7e/Netscape_6.1.... Which makes sense as Netscape 4 was doing things like adding a 'Shop' button to the browser toolbar.

by Maakuth 10y ago

iotscale 10y ago

I guess that was my only exposure to it with that meaning, so I had assumed it was something specific to Firefox. Many others were too, I remember some people suggesting that Google stole the name Chrome from Firefox on some forums back when it first came out. Yes, it sounds ridiculous, especially in the light of this knowledge, I know.

tiglionabbit 10y ago

Exactly. Which is why Google Chrome makes sense. If you think of the web app you're using as the primary application (Calendar, for example), instead of the browser, then the browser is just the chrome around it. And this is Chrome from Google (as opposed to the chrome from Firefox). And if you use Google in Chrome, it's the chrome around Google too. Since Google apps are web-based, they need Chrome, and since Google wants to give the best experience possible for their own apps, they'd like you to use the Google Chrome for Google. Ok I'm done.

nailer 10y ago
> If you think of the web app you're using as the primary application (Calendar, for example), instead of the browser, then the browser is just the chrome around it. This goes even more if you considered how complex browser UIs were getting. Here's IE6: http://static.myce.com/images_posts/2014/12/myce-internet-explorer-6.jpg http://static.myce.com/images_posts/2014/12/myce-internet-ex... Oddly enough, Netscape 6 / Mozilla Browser seems to have been one of the first browsers to start paring down the UI - this looks a lot like Google Chrome today: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7e/Netscape_6.1.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7e/Netscape_6.1.... Which makes sense as Netscape 4 was doing things like adding a 'Shop' button to the browser toolbar.