Originally posted on September 3, 2008 @ 7:18 pm
Endless months of speculation has finally become official.
Google is entering the browser market with a free web browser.
Google Chrome, a seven megabyte application is now available for download in over 122 countries and is available in 43 languages. The browser has version a for Windows, but the Mac and Linux versions are still in development.
According to Google engineers, what they wanted to build was not a content viewer but a window manager for web pages and apps.
One cool thing about Google Chrome is that it is going to be an open source application, so expect tweaks and improvements to come out very soon.
I’ve tried Chrome today and I have to say I am impressed with its speed. If the development towards the first official release continues, Chrome could become a strong contender in the browser market.