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> Chrome is becoming the browser of the masses. Well it's clearely been targeting the masses since the beginning.
by stymaar 10y ago
> Chrome is becoming the browser of the masses.
Well it's clearely been targeting the masses since the beginning.
- darpa_escapee 10y agoWhen Chrome first came out it was applauded for things developers and powerusers cared about: a sandboxed multiprocess approach, a fast JavaScript engine, low memory footprint (this is hilarious in 2017), open-source, a task manager, etc. Remember this guy? [1] It's a 40 page comic book of stuff the masses would never care about. [1] https://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/big_00.html https://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/big_00.html
- Daviey 10y agoISTR they said they didn't care about browsers, but they wanted to show other browsers how they thought it should be done.. with no intent for long-term investment... But as a true weasel I have nothing to reference.