自言自语:
目前下定论为时过早,没有任何 Google 用户声称拿到了真实的”Chrome”产品。当然也就无从评价其性能或者特点。很多人觉得”Chrome”会和 Microsoft 的 Internet Explorer 8 相较高下;另一方面,我们也不得不想到日益成长的 Mozilla Firefox。请不要忘记 Google 本身还和 Mozilla Firefox 有着良好的合作关系 —— 至少表面上看起来 Google 仍在大力推行它的 Google Toolbar 插件捆绑 Mozilla Firefox。到底”Chrome”是一个怎么样的存在,我们只能继续等待进一步的消息 —— 话说 Google 的 Fans 们正在日益具有狗仔队的特质,可怜的 Fans 们……(当然也可能是狗仔队拥有了 Google Fans…谁知道呢?)
最先得知 Google 宣布将推出 Chrome 浏览器消息的是 All Things Digital Blog 的 Kara Swisher,先前她也有一手消息证实 Google 版浏览器即将现身。
这次看来已经不是谣言,据说最快周二就会开放下载;又据说 Google 官方 Blog 有人太快按下send按钮,把一篇介绍这个全新开源浏览器的漫画给发了出去。
以下是Google Blog(US)的宣布全文:
A fresh take on the browser
9/01/2008 02:10:00 PM
At Google, we have a saying: “launch early and iterate.” While this approach is usually limited to our engineers, it apparently applies to our mailroom as well! As you may have read in the blogosphere, we hit “send” a bit early on a comic book introducing our new open source browser, Google Chrome. We will be launching the beta version of Google Chrome tomorrow in more than 100 countries.
So why are we launching Google Chrome? Because we believe we can add value for users and, at the same time, help drive innovation on the web.
All of us at Google spend much of our time working inside a browser. We search, chat, email and collaborate in a browser. And in our spare time, we shop, bank, read news and keep in touch with friends — all using a browser. Because we spend so much time online, we began seriously thinking about what kind of browser could exist if we started from scratch and built on the best elements out there. We realized that the web had evolved from mainly simple text pages to rich, interactive applications and that we needed to completely rethink the browser. What we really needed was not just a browser, but also a modern platform for web pages and applications, and that’s what we set out to build.
On the surface, we designed a browser window that is streamlined and simple. To most people, it isn’t the browser that matters. It’s only a tool to run the important stuff — the pages, sites and applications that make up the web. Like the classic Google homepage, Google Chrome is clean and fast. It gets out of your way and gets you where you want to go.
Under the hood, we were able to build the foundation of a browser that runs today’s complex web applications much better. By keeping each tab in an isolated “sandbox”, we were able to prevent one tab from crashing another and provide improved protection from rogue sites. We improved speed and responsiveness across the board. We also built a more powerful JavaScript engine, V8, to power the next generation of web applications that aren’t even possible in today’s browsers.
This is just the beginning — Google Chrome is far from done. We’re releasing this beta for Windows to start the broader discussion and hear from you as quickly as possible. We’re hard at work building versions for Mac and Linux too, and will continue to make it even faster and more robust.
We owe a great debt to many open source projects, and we’re committed to continuing on their path. We’ve used components from Apple’s WebKit and Mozilla’s Firefox, among others — and in that spirit, we are making all of our code open source as well. We hope to collaborate with the entire community to help drive the web forward.
The web gets better with more options and innovation. Google Chrome is another option, and we hope it contributes to making the web even better.
So check in again tomorrow to try Google Chrome for yourself. We’ll post an update here as soon as it’s ready.
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