Oh it isn't just look and feel. They are re-discovering everything. Just a week ago they were discussing how to solve the "string" problem. They realize they

Oh it isn't just look and feel. They are re-discovering everything. Just a week ago they were discussing how to solve the "string" problem. They realize they need a common cross platform string class. For most C++ developers stuff like this has been solved for a very long time. Even WebKit itself includes a free string class. Why wasn't it used from the start? All this re-solving of old issues is puzzling. Google talks about how they try to sell their products internally first (says Jeff Huber, the company’s senior vice president of engineering), "For many ideas, Google’s first and most important audience is its employees, and it typically tries products internally before releasing them." Why wasn't Chrome used internally? Google presents itself as a Linux shop, but why didn't Linux developers internally help on Chrome with their 20% time? Chrome isn't a new application, it is two a half years old. That should have been more then enough time to at least discover these basic issues. Why did Ben Goodger allow Chrome to create its interface code in a very non portable and Windows only way? As the "lead Chrome UI developer" he should have brought up these problem years ago.