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I don't recall the early perception of Chrome being anything like that. Wasn't the innovation pretty obvious with separate processes for each tab? And I recall

by tgb 7y ago

I don't recall the early perception of Chrome being anything like that. Wasn't the innovation pretty obvious with separate processes for each tab? And I recall people being excited to see Google "finally" get in the browser game, which had been anticipated for a good while.

ethbro 7y ago
Chrome was essentially launched on V8. At that time, full JavaScript webapps were still pretty slow. Neither MS, Mozilla, or Apple had a strategic interest in accelerating them by an order of magnitude. And V8 begat Node.js, for better or worse.
chimpburger 7y ago
Chrome was initially perceived as innovative and more cutting edge than Firefox and IE, for its modern UX and superior architecture. It was objectively faster in benchmarks https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2008/09/hands-on-with-chrome-googles-browser-shines-mostly/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2008/09/hands...