It’s a browser Jim, but not as we know it

Those folks at Google continue to be pretty busy, although if you look closely it’s not hard to see much of their activity [Docs, Apps, Wave, OS, etc] coming together behind the common thread that is their web browser, Chrome. Chrome is a very fine browser already, despite it’s present shortcomings such as not being available [properly] for the Mac. However, one issue that Google face in their drive to offer everything the mass-market computer user needs through a humble browser is to educate people as to what exactly a browser is. Of course, we in web development [and to some extent our clients who run web and mobile sites] use multiple browsers and often understand the pros and cons of each, but to the average computer user a browser is at best a means of saving bookmarks and at worst is “The Internet”.

Google’s answer? Create a website that explains exactly what a browser is, how it’s role will increase in our day-to-day activity and, without too much disguise, why therefore you should choose Chrome for your browser.

7th October 2009

Ben Childs

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