Return of the browser wars: Google release Chrome
Talk about stealing the other
guy's thunder: just days after Microsoft released Internet
Explorer 8 with its built-in Google-spy-killing InPrivate
function, Google has announced the release of its
very own browser.At the time of writing, the download link was still 404-ing, but release isn't scheduled till Tuesday US-time, so give it a few more hours. (The initial release is Windows only. Linux and Mac versions are to follow.) In the meantime you can read about Chrome's features and peruse a comic book detailing its rationale and development.
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Comments
Chrome downloaded quickly, installed easily & runs beautifully. Bye Bye Internet Explorer. I'm using Google more & more, Gmail is awesome. Google calendar is excellent. Come on Google, give us a fast, no frills, easy to use operating system, then we can really get rid of Microsoft.
Posted by: Steve | September 6, 2008 9:36 PM
It downloaded pretty fast for me!!!!
Posted by: Cesar Romero | September 5, 2008 1:55 AM
Really interesting to see Google do this! I'll be keen to try it out when the Linux version comes out.
I've just been trying another great little WebKit-based browser called Midori -
http://software.twotoasts.de/?page=midori
I've found it to be
*very* fast - well worth a look.
Posted by: Andy | September 4, 2008 10:35 PM
Wine wont install it either.
Also is has no java support at present. You get a messsage saying "no plugin is available to display this content"
Posted by: chris | September 4, 2008 6:08 PM
Google Chrome Installer takes forever (2nd day running so far). Is this a problem for anyone else?
Posted by: ruatuki | September 4, 2008 11:55 AM