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Google developed Chrome because making the web as a viable application platform is in their best interest. They tried working with Mozilla for Firefox 2 develop

by whopa 17y ago

Google developed Chrome because making the web as a viable application platform is in their best interest. They tried working with Mozilla for Firefox 2 development, but realized that Mozilla is a dysfunctional project with questionable leadership and insular development practices, so working with them really wasn't tenable. Hence, Chrome. And honestly, process-per-tab, a proper security model, and plugins running as a separate process so the buggy Flash plugin doesn't bring down your browser are things that Firefox is considering copying from Chrome, not the other way around.

tedmielczarek 17y ago
"They tried working with Mozilla for Firefox 2 development, but realized that Mozilla is a dysfunctional project with questionable leadership and insular development practices, so working with them really wasn't tenable." No, they realized that the Mozilla project could not be bent to Google's whims, so they took their ball and went home. Mozilla has quite a healthy development community and welcomes outside contributors.