No, it's clearly not doomed. Google wants people to use their services, and to use browsers that are up to scratch to do so. They also want to influence web st

No, it's clearly not doomed. Google wants people to use their services, and to use browsers that are up to scratch to do so. They also want to influence web standards so that they can build better products. This is why they built Chrome. Firefox helps them to achieve these goals by being another alternative to IE, and having similar views about evolving web standards.