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Chrome: is Google losing it?

• bdfh42 18y ago
  but no bad for an early beta though. Chrome will come to the fore when the first applications that rely upon JavaScript compilation for performance come along - the browser is waiting for the first "killer app". Remember that processor speed increases are no longer a given - we need to develop ways to execute more code in the browser despite that, as then we can deliver the very rich browser based applications that (for the moment) are just a twinkle in a developer's eye.
• gaius 18y ago
  Chrome is not a general purpose browser. It's a desktop client for AJAX applications. It's more like NeWS than it is like Netscape. Use it for what it's for and it's fine.
• schtog 18y ago
  It solved the "elephant int he room"-problem wih browsers, that the whole thing crashes when one tab crashes. Each tab having its own process is great. I miss some features from Firefox and I still use Firefox but Chrome defineately has potential. And like bdfh42 said, it's waiting for a killer app.
• aaronjerling 18y ago
  Surely taking the best of a lot ideas and putting them into one browser is a good thing. That's how processes become streamlined and businesses flourish.
• TrevorJ 18y ago
  To address the original point, I don't think Chrome is a sign that Google is losing the elusive "it". Google has a bunch of less-than-popular initiatives out there. Sometimes, they roll new products out not as an end-game but as a means to some other non-obvious goal.
  • schtog 18y ago
    The non-obvious goal being world-domination and the end of Microsoft.
• lacker 18y ago
  So... do you like the browser or not? Forget whether it is "innovative", the question is are you happy as a user.