> when Google gets big enough [..] it's going to take Chrome in its own direction Hasn't Google already taken Chrome in its own direction? Chrome includes lots

> when Google gets big enough [..] it's going to take Chrome in its own direction Hasn't Google already taken Chrome in its own direction? Chrome includes lots of non-standard technologies like Flash, NaCl, Pepper, Chrome Apps, and soon a Dart VM. Google believes these technologies are good, but no other browser does, and not even WebKit. Maybe those are good and useful technologies, that is a separate matter. I'm just pointing out that Google is already well in the process of taking Chrome in the direction Google feels is best, regardless of what the rest of the web thinks.