Google appears to have soft launched this site
for Google Chrome, its open source browser, which is slated for release on Windows tomorrow.
The site provides the screenshot above, plus a set of demonstration videos that can’t actually be played because they have either been removed or set to private. We’ve uploaded the splash screens to these videos so you can at least get a fuzzy sense of what Chrome’s features look like.
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September 1, 2008 at 7:21 pm
I’m sure this will get a lot of press and a lot of people trying out Google’s new browser.
September 1, 2008 at 10:53 pm
Media is going to go into a frenzy sort of thing now…
September 1, 2008 at 11:36 pm
Nobody can beat FF..
huh
September 2, 2008 at 6:28 am
You do have to wonder how FF will react since google is its default homepage and they have a partnership of sorts… (Google partially funds them)
September 2, 2008 at 7:12 am
This is Google they can do what they wish
September 2, 2008 at 10:37 am
They’ll probably still sponsor FF. And I predict that they’ll merge the two browsers together sooner or later.
September 2, 2008 at 1:02 pm
that is still to be decided.
September 1, 2008 at 11:36 pm
Yeah, totally agree!
September 2, 2008 at 8:08 am
Why stop at a toolbar when you can build an entire browser to collect information?
September 2, 2008 at 9:09 am
That’s exactly what I was thinking.
September 3, 2008 at 9:39 am
Google is taking over the internet world!
September 1, 2008 at 7:21 pm
If i could bet on one thing, the new browser should be verrrrrry powerful. However, I don’t think it will become an opera killer, since I can access just about anything google with my default. Should be interesting. Great find shoe!
September 2, 2008 at 7:13 am
I think traditional browsers stand any competition.
September 1, 2008 at 7:21 pm
The link is now down and redirects to Google’s homepage
September 1, 2008 at 8:16 pm
you’re right!
If google didnt want people to see it early, why did they put the page up originally? :-S
September 1, 2008 at 10:54 pm
could be an internal test or something…
September 2, 2008 at 7:13 am
Well the cats out the bag now.
September 2, 2008 at 8:09 am
More like generating buzz… now people want to know more but they can’t get more!
September 2, 2008 at 10:37 am
Jim’s right… I’m all hyped up about it now and can’t wait to download it!
September 2, 2008 at 1:04 pm
it’s some kind of marketing they are doing now.
September 2, 2008 at 1:14 pm
either way it is good publicity
September 2, 2008 at 2:01 pm
link’s working fine for me.
September 1, 2008 at 7:22 pm
Wow, expected but still caught me by suprise, at least this is good: “we are making all of our code open source as well”.
Windows only (for now), might be my first reason to try boot camp hehe.
Storm
September 1, 2008 at 7:36 pm
I can’t wait too try this out tomorrow!
September 1, 2008 at 10:55 pm
It looks really nice. And anything by Google is gold. Me thinks Firefox has some competition.
September 2, 2008 at 1:14 pm
It will probably still take a while to get used to but will probably be good for the long term
September 3, 2008 at 9:18 am
not now
reports says that its crashing
September 1, 2008 at 7:37 pm
I wonder if it’s possible to crash googles servers if enough people are downloading like firefox download day, most likely not but anythings possible.
September 1, 2008 at 11:37 pm
I think they have plenty of serves!
September 1, 2008 at 8:14 pm
I’ll try it out, but i very much doubt it’ll come close to opera/FF
September 1, 2008 at 10:54 pm
might not come close… could just be better… with the kind of resources at googles disposable, come on you can expect micracles
September 2, 2008 at 7:15 am
I agree with you JumboCasher I just hope it is compliant so that we dont have to start coding for another browser
September 2, 2008 at 1:06 pm
yes, it would be pretty hard for Chrome to outrank Firefox with his first version. But, never say never, we’ll have to wait and see.
September 3, 2008 at 9:35 am
I think the quality Chrome will understand immediately.
September 1, 2008 at 8:38 pm
Can’t wait for the release. But maybe I should wait and see so that all the bugs get fixed after the first release.
September 2, 2008 at 1:08 pm
I’m too anxious to see what they did to wait until all bugs gets fixed.
September 1, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Google just stabbed Firefox creators in the back. I guess no more funding.
September 1, 2008 at 10:57 pm
i think google can handle both together!
September 2, 2008 at 12:31 am
mozilla may move to yahoo or microsoft that will benefit the biggies n even they might be thinking of this
September 2, 2008 at 1:10 pm
What if these two will merge together in the future ? Or, this one could finally became a serious competitor to Firefox.
September 2, 2008 at 4:29 pm
I believe i read somewhere they have agreed another 3 years of funding with firefox. I may have been dreaming
September 1, 2008 at 9:13 pm
looks good to me
September 1, 2008 at 9:20 pm
Let us say a prayer for web standards…
September 2, 2008 at 12:03 am
i second that.. but I am sure goog wil adhere to the standards.
September 2, 2008 at 1:16 pm
I will go ahead and third that. it hope their apps still work cross browser.
September 1, 2008 at 9:50 pm
I really want to try this out.
September 1, 2008 at 10:22 pm
Interesting. Their newsletter today talked about new features in Google maps.
September 1, 2008 at 10:46 pm
How long before this turns into a person web OS? It will not matter soon what computer you are on. All you will need is the Google web browser and you will be able to do everything you need.
September 2, 2008 at 7:16 am
This is a controversial question. I am not sure that everything is so good and easy.
September 2, 2008 at 7:17 am
Yip thats exactly were they are going with this, its brilliant and there will be a solution for the OS in the time to come.
September 2, 2008 at 1:17 pm
That is what I was wondering. Seems they will have more control over the sites if they own the browser… It could be good for end users though. I don’t want ads on everything though.
September 1, 2008 at 10:55 pm
This looks slick!
September 1, 2008 at 11:15 pm
Ahh yes, Google Chrome! Of course.
Reminds me of a scene from Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels… remember, where they’re introducing the villains… [ in a cockney accent] “Now this is Google. And Google doesn’t just have their thumb in a few pies, they have their thumb in every tech pie there is.”
Now of course, I’m not suggesting that Google is a villain; just that they have their thumb in a lot of pies. It was just the first metaphor that sprang to mind…
They’ll have their own satellite soon. And a colony on mars before NASA…
September 1, 2008 at 11:21 pm
Cool, shoe I just wanted to tell you that your blog theme is looking messed up and images are over riding the text in sidebar!
September 1, 2008 at 11:22 pm
EDIT: OK, its fixed now, thank god!
September 1, 2008 at 11:38 pm
How can Firefox develop when GG bringing us their own browser?
September 2, 2008 at 12:32 am
firefox is ultimate no worries about that
i dunt think google will catch up that
September 2, 2008 at 7:18 am
This is Google we are talking about, they can do anything they wish and the benefit to them is having all the apps nicely packaged into the browser it makes perfect sense now that it is out or on the cards.
September 2, 2008 at 12:03 am
sweeet! can’t wait. i love how google sponsors initiatives like this, i think it fosters competition and results in cooler products for us.
September 2, 2008 at 12:42 am
This is a great advancement for Google in their ever growing field but I honestly believe that Mozilla’s Firefox will never be beat out. Sure it has it’s up and downs but I guess we can’t say for sure until it’s actually released.
Also Gossip, this is what will encourage further development of Firefox, because competition only leaves room for improvement and further advancement. To Mozilla, they only see this as a chance to better their service and to beat out Google.
September 2, 2008 at 1:11 am
google really is going after microsoft
i like ff
i see no point for another browser player
September 2, 2008 at 7:17 am
Same, but they have made some changes that set chrome apart from the rest – tabs as separate processes etc
September 2, 2008 at 1:36 am
How cool is that..
September 2, 2008 at 1:49 am
One thing Google learned early is to not play around, go for the jugular and finish the job fast. This could very well be the fatality for Microsoft if this pans out to be as big as everything else that google has done to date.
Only Time Will Tell…
September 2, 2008 at 2:19 am
A google browser, hmmm… Well I have a good feeling about this, Google most definitely delivers excellently in everything they produce. I think this browser will have several tricks up it’s sleeves that will surprise us all and push the benchmark of browsers. Let’s wait and see…
September 3, 2008 at 9:38 am
I agree that Google makes good things. However, I think that the browser can get not a good.
September 2, 2008 at 2:38 am
I wonder how many people went to GoDaddy first to see if googlechrome.com was available?
September 2, 2008 at 7:16 am
I checked for “chromebrowser.com” sadly that was taken too
September 2, 2008 at 12:52 pm
That was the first thing I did
chromebrowser.com is taken as well
September 2, 2008 at 4:03 am
It looks great to me
September 2, 2008 at 4:33 am
That must be interesting. Currently, the link is down though.
September 2, 2008 at 4:45 am
EXCELENT.. congratulations Google…
September 2, 2008 at 5:05 am
Google wants to take over the world, I tell you!
September 2, 2008 at 6:28 am
Nope, only the internet..
September 2, 2008 at 7:23 am
What else reaches such a broad spectrum as the Internet. Its the closest to the world that
September 2, 2008 at 12:56 pm
As I see they manage their company damn well so that shouldn’t be a negative perspective.
September 2, 2008 at 5:21 am
They’ve added a comic explaining what sets their browser apart:
http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/
September 2, 2008 at 12:58 pm
it’s very informative…thanks for the link
September 2, 2008 at 7:24 am
Hi, you have a nice blog ! Good work
September 2, 2008 at 7:37 am
I want to see how this new tool works, the Google dominates!
Cumps
September 2, 2008 at 7:49 am
Peek = a secret look
Peak = the top of a mountain
September 2, 2008 at 10:36 am
Maybe it’s a play on words? Chrome is going to be the “peak” of all browsers.
September 2, 2008 at 8:08 am
Looks like the soft launch page and everything else related to Chrome has been pulled, seems odd considering the effort they went thru to get exposure.
September 2, 2008 at 8:21 am
здесь русские есть?
September 2, 2008 at 8:51 am
I love google. I do. But I hate that mac versions are always ‘to follow’. I accept reality that Windows dominates, but really – why not work on both and release BOTH” at the same time
September 2, 2008 at 10:22 am
Chrome looks like it will have some great security measures in place (sandbox isolation of processes). It’s user interface could be an improvement too (but Firefox is already so easy and intuitive). I can’t wait to try it out.
September 2, 2008 at 10:35 am
This is definitely going to be huge. Google does it again by taking something we take for granted and improving it many times over!
September 2, 2008 at 11:31 am
This is awesome but will it render as beautifully as Safari? Yippppeeee…. just one more web browser for web designers to design for, how fun for them.
Google usually simplifies a process so I am excited to see how this idea turns out.
September 2, 2008 at 1:01 pm
google messing with web standards in their new browser is a nightmare I don’t want to dream.
September 2, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Not sure if I am going to try this out. I love everything Google but I really like my IE7. I know I know. I should use Firefox.
September 2, 2008 at 2:02 pm
just downloaded and installed it, definitely very slick. one of the best features is the ‘most visited’ home screen, but I am one of those paranoid guys that deletes all browser data every time I close it so not very relevant for me.
September 2, 2008 at 2:28 pm
I’m using it now, it seems pretty cool
September 2, 2008 at 2:42 pm
Now you can download Google Chrome. Here’s the link to the download page: google.com/chrome/index.html?hl=en&brand=CHMG&utm_source=en-hpp&utm_medium=hpp&utm_campaign=en
September 2, 2008 at 3:27 pm
“We are so, so happy with Google Chrome,” mumbled Mozilla CEO John Lilly through gritted teeth. “That most of our income is from Google has no bearing on me making this statement.” – http://notnews.today.com/?p=57
September 2, 2008 at 3:30 pm
you can not add 2 same bookmarks
September 2, 2008 at 3:34 pm
Installed pretty quickly, looks great and first thoughts so far is that it’s pretty good. I really like the “Inspect Element” freature when you right click on the page, it’s handy when you are debugging and need to do find something in a huge page.
September 2, 2008 at 3:58 pm
Yeah i’m really quite impressed with alot of the features, i’m not sure if there available on other browsers but here are just a few that i like:
Incognito mode (basically stealth mode, i know ie8 now has it this).
Taskbar manager with the nerd mode (memory break down including other running browsers).
Most visited sites page.
Create application shortcuts (create desktop, quick launch)
I’ve got to say, for a new release it seems to offer some very nice features, that i’ve personally not found in other browsers, i’ve not looked, so they may be in there somewhere.
I can’t wait till more developers start getting their into it. Go google!
September 3, 2008 at 1:11 am
Agreed. Very slick for a first release. I’m impressed with the speed most of all. Page loads seem to be much better w/ this vs. opera or ff. As far as I’ve seen, it hasn’t broken any of my sites. Woohoo! it’s at least moderately standards compliant.
September 2, 2008 at 3:37 pm
I’m not raring to try it out. I doubt it’ll do anything to fill the space that Firefox occupies in my heart.
September 2, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Firefox imo is getting too bloated
I did a test running the three browsers and the same msn.com webpage:
Chrome 0.2.149.27 56,020k
IE 7.00.6000.16386 93,644k
Firefox 3.0.1 70,428k
I’ve not got around to upgrading to IE8 as you can see.
September 2, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Google is the Darkside, they want to take over the galaxy!
September 2, 2008 at 4:34 pm
I just don’t see myself downloading another browser!!
September 2, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Next time they start building an OS…
Or reinvent the wheel or sth. …
September 2, 2008 at 4:56 pm
I am going to stick to firefox for now. I just don’t feel like changing up browsers on release because I have bad memories switching over to Vista so quickly.
September 2, 2008 at 7:18 pm
Chrome will be most used browser within 2 years lol google are taking over the net.
September 2, 2008 at 8:22 pm
Jeremy, just drove down to LA to meet with Warner Brothers. (my ‘real job’ is video systems engineering, an senior techical project management), that is until I hit a home run on that skin care campaign…
Saw your post once I got net-connected. Did you know that Google just broke The Firefox SEO ranking capabilities? In fact none of my ranking tools are working for Google. Evidently, Google wants it’s social networking plans to include not only your YouTube habits, but also they want to target ads based on the social sites you visit… hmmm another pre-Christmas Google-slap to the Affiliates out there?
“It seems like Google implemented a feature (which is transparent to searchers) but really messes up tools that are used to check your rankings in Google.
From the forums in cyberspace…
“WebPosition Gold, as well as other ranking report tools (scraper based tools – including the SEO Firefox plugin) have been impacted.
“Some are predicting the end of reporting on Google rankings is near!”
Google does not want us to know HOW their social features affect search rankings.
Why? Because they WILL be the basis for their new search algorithms.
Google is already integrating your Google profile with local search.
Google is already integrating YouTube with your Google profile.
We already know that Google has integrated your Google Reader, Gmail, a Friends list and your profile.
Google will know everything about us, what we like and be able to deliver bullseye advertising everytime.
What is in this for you and me?
The greatest viral marketing engine on the planet and just by using it you will build advantage on your competition.
Respectfully, Nicholas
September 2, 2008 at 11:47 pm
Downloaded it, installed it. pretty slick, nice and quick, really clean..
user agent is Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/525.13 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/0.2.149.27 Safari/525.13
September 3, 2008 at 9:40 am
Hmmm…..
September 3, 2008 at 6:26 am
I’m using Chrome as we speak. It’s already better than FF. It’s quicker, smoother, everything seems to load fluid… great browser. Also, the simplicity and look I think will be it’s biggest asset, like Google’s search engine; the look of simplicity allows them to dominate I think, people like simplicity. This browser is class.
September 3, 2008 at 7:18 am
It is little buggy + Cant be compared with firefox lacks certain options
September 3, 2008 at 8:39 am
haha saw the ceo talking about the web browser on the news pretty crazy
September 7, 2008 at 2:56 pm
Already has a 3 – 7 percent share. Goes to show how influential a link on Google.com is.
September 3, 2008 at 9:46 am
I started using Google Chrome today.. so far – amazing. I love it.
September 3, 2008 at 10:33 am
i’m willing to try it out just to see if it works more efficiently than FireFox… if it’s faster than Firefox and isn’t IE, then i’ll use it
September 3, 2008 at 11:35 am
It’s really fast, that’s for sure.
September 7, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Pretty much the only upside right now.
September 3, 2008 at 7:09 pm
Jeremy, Chrome looks like a great way to extend the indexing of web surfers / users like Google Desktop did.
Now they will integrate data from YouTube videos and what you are watching, with GMail, and Chrome will tie Google’s social maketing statistics to serve the user with ‘relevant ads’. A freaking ‘VIRAL-Marketing’ home run for Google, and you? Respectfully, Nicholas
September 4, 2008 at 10:15 am
I LOVE it, soo much faster than either IE or firefox!
September 4, 2008 at 4:38 pm
I have been playing around with a browser called Flock (flock.com). It is supposed to make it easier to add things to your blog if you find something interesting on a site you want to include. I would be interested in other people’s opinions on this browser and if it is really useful or not.
It seems that many browsers are created equal as far as what they can do but for some reason I have a problem with IE just closing itself without warning and it is based on some plug-in that is installed. I read that Flash is giving more browsers problems these days.
Maybe the Google browser will solve this?
September 5, 2008 at 1:12 am
Can’t wait to try it out- actually tried to download it but it didn’t install right for some reason…
September 7, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Only works on Vsta/XP
September 5, 2008 at 1:39 pm
Google of the early 2000’s is much like Microsoft in the 1990’s getting a complete monopoly in the internet market. I wonder which company will be the leading internet tech player of the 2010’s..
September 8, 2008 at 8:42 am
What people should oppose — strongly — is the guy across the street having one.I’ve made pretty clear what I think of that position, and I think that on that (if not on much else), the gun blogging community as a whole is pretty well in agreement.What I’m curious about now, though, is what the South Florida Sun-Sentinel editorial board thinks of that position in light of this information:
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September 9, 2008 at 5:21 am
it will be awhile before google chrome can take over , personally I use both firefox and IE , IE is for everyday browsing it’s just much more efficient and works a lot faster in my computer than firefox.. I use firefox and I like it mainly because of the add-ons.
September 15, 2008 at 7:51 pm
Chrome is the HOTNESS!
October 9, 2008 at 12:49 pm
i really like chrome…the problem….it still doesn’t work for mac. the other commenter was right that windows still dominates but google has the resources to put teams on this thing. well, it seems that that way. Luckly i have parallels. But since Google is trying to be innovative why not start with mac first? if it is a difficulty issue then once the mac version is available then the pc side will come through pretty quickly.
March 3, 2009 at 2:37 pm
Looks like everone has an opinion on their favourite browser however bear in mind IE 6/7/8 + firefox are enough headaches for webdesigners to deal with let alone Chrome – Google might be a bit late convicing designers to do even more work – chris – web design cheltenham
April 8, 2009 at 2:48 pm
Google chrome is very fast.
October 27, 2009 at 6:11 pm
really great!!! Also waiting for Chrome os!!!
December 4, 2009 at 6:44 am
google chrome is the best
December 12, 2009 at 3:59 pm
whaouuuu, waiting for chrome os, sooon!!! lol
December 22, 2009 at 3:37 am
Medias are going to go into a frenzy sort of thing now…