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> (Ironically [the Firefox UI bits] were called “chrome” before Chrome even existed.) Not ironic, intentional. Chrome was made by former Firefox engineers, an
by evmar 6y ago
> (Ironically [the Firefox UI bits] were called “chrome” before Chrome even existed.)
Not ironic, intentional. Chrome was made by former Firefox engineers, and the name was a joke about exactly this. I remember struggling to come up with a better name for the app other than this code name and then they eventually launched it with it anyway.
- flas9sd 6y agoI followed that lead and read into your chrome notes, narrowing down between "first post" 2008 and "the end" 2012 - .. massive. Thanks for chrome on linux!
- worker767424 6y agoIt's not even a codename. > The visible graphical interface features of an application are sometimes referred to as chrome or GUI https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_user_interface#User_interface_and_interaction_design https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_user_interface#User_...
- evmar 6y agoI meant that the internal code name of the Google browser project was "chrome", under the assumption it would change when it was time to release.