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#1 · Posted: 2 Sep 2008 09:52
Google Released their new browser named Chrome. This happened a week after Microsoft released the test version of IE-8.
Interesting things going on in the background. Microsoft tried to buy out Yahoo earlier this year. Google has been providing quite a bit of support to Mozilla Firefox, yet is now a direct competitor with them as well.
Then there are some lesser competitors such as Opera, Safari, and a small handful of others.
Internet Explorer still commands over 70% of the market share. It helps to be an early starter. It's very difficult to break into the browser market. Google is one of the few that has a chance of making a significant dent in market share.
Browser wars, eMail wars, search engine wars...all great for the consumer. Value in the form of cost (free in this case for now), capabilities, and stability.
Chrome is open source for now so improvements should come quickly.
Fun stuff 
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A8ch
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#2 · Posted: 2 Sep 2008 11:18 · Edited by: A8ch
A 38-page comic book presentation that describes all the features of Google Chrome is available here:
http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/index.html
You can also monitor Google's official blog http://googleblog.blogspot.com/ for information on where to download a copy.
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Vishal P. Rao
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#3 · Posted: 3 Sep 2008 00:41 · Edited by: Vishal P. Rao
Interesting! With them dominating virtually every field they set their feet on, I wouldn't be surprised if they achieve the same feat in this arena.
I just added a Poll to make the topic more interesting. I hope that's OK NS.
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A8ch
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#4 · Posted: 3 Sep 2008 03:26
Interesting indeed! Considering Google's track record, their footprint in cyber space and the brain power at their disposal, Chrome could take a serious bite out of IE's market share.
You can download Google Chrome here: http://www.google.com/chrome
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Swisscow21
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#5 · Posted: 3 Sep 2008 22:59
i like it its nice, but it will take them a few more updates before it gets me off firefox =D
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#6 · Posted: 4 Sep 2008 20:40
Vishal P. Rao: Interesting! With them dominating virtually every field they set their feet on, I wouldn't be surprised if they achieve the same feat in this arena. I just added a Poll to make the topic more interesting. I hope that's OK NS.
Yes, if anyone has a chance to make a dent, it's Google.
I won't try it right away because it will certainly be buggy. However, after the open source community works on it for a short while, it should be very impressive in record time.
Great idea on adding a poll. I'm glad you thought of that :)
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#7 · Posted: 5 Sep 2008 22:33
Newbie Shield: I won't try it right away because it will certainly be buggy. However, after the
Me too, I usually don't try out stuff immediately. Google's desktop search had a security flaw initially.
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MamAtWork
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#8 · Posted: 25 Sep 2008 18:33
I tried it, very very briefly. I was very much disappointed with it, given how much more impressive the other offerings are.
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workworkhome
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#9 · Posted: 25 Sep 2008 19:20
what are some of the major pros and cons to the Google broweser when compared with IE
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Loomis
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#10 · Posted: 25 Sep 2008 22:27
I love the google browser, its my main browser now. Its great for a internet marketer.
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Singapoor
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#11 · Posted: 16 Jun 2009 13:04
MamAtWork: I tried it, very very briefly. I was very much disappointed with it, given how much more impressive the other offerings are.
Ditto But that was ages ago, maybe they've improved since then. Actually, what am I saying... it's GOOGLE for goodness sakes, of course they have. Okay, I'll take another look. maybe.
I really can't say.
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campbell
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#12 · Posted: 26 Feb 2010 13:16
thats not a new news.. they released it and it is flopped from my point of view...
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