Back in April 2007 I wrote a blog post about all the hype around web 2.0. My opinion was "You can't call something Web version 2 without changing some infrastructure (Ie hardware), protocols (Ie http) and/or browsers."
Well today Google have launched a new browser, named Google Chrome!
If anyone knows anything about the Internet, where it is going and how to make it better this company does.
The browser is simple, well designed and has a new architechture to protect our computers from the nasties on the net. And I believe it (unlike when Microsoft make the same claim with every new release of their software). Each web site and plugin is in a process of its own, which is a kind of virtual box. Whatever happens inside that box only affects the box.
This is my shortest post ever because the software has been released within the hour. Get this browser now. Today the internet has changed. I need to add this browser is still in testing and is classed as Beta, but Google always do this. I'll bet a Google beta works better than any Microsoft final release!
I have never been so excited about the future for computing. What with the Apple iPhone which will be expanded into a laptop form building on the success of the touch interface, and now Google evolving the web browser which could morph into a replacement for Microsoft Windows.
Chris
Update: I use this for normal surfing, but there are more than a few sites that are not properly compatible with this browser. If you like a browser to store your logins for all the websites, Chrome is poor in this area. Unfortunately one still needs to use Internet Explorer for some tasks.
