Showing posts with label webkit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label webkit. Show all posts

Wednesday, 3 September 2008

Google Chrome browser SHORT review

Surfing the web by using GBrowser...
Fast, indeed. Uses Webkit, so webpages are displayed correctly... More or less.
Used memory is very low. That could be a great advantage on not very fast machines.
It is a BETA: it is not possible to manage bookmarks... No plug-ins. No extensions.
I think Google released this browser with the aim of provide a fast browser for netbooks and implement some optimization (and integration) with Google Apps (Google Gears).
It cannot replace Mozilla Firefox, now.

Official Google Blog: Google Chrome now live

Tuesday, 2 September 2008

Google Chrome

... Unexpected news from big G ...
Google Chrome will be released as Beta version within few hours from now.
Some features I caught on the net seem to be:
  • optimized "Task - Process" management
  • optimized JavaScript engine
  • uses WebKit (as Safari and the Android Browser)
  • designed from scratch, based on nowadays needs
  • optimized Garbage collector
  • (?) maybe based on VMs
Here you can read a clear and easily readable document, explaining why Google is releasing that browser.