It appears to be back up and available! Woo! http://www.google.com/chrome
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 10:40 AM, Scott Berkun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The only substantive story so far here is how they've botched this launch. > The site was launched, then taken down a few hours later, with only a > generic 404 up at the moment - www.google.com/chrome. And although I > wasn't > cool enough to get one, apparently they mailed, in print form, comic books > promoting the launch. http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-09-01-n47.html. > This was planned for weeks in advance - something went wrong. > > Claiming a new era of browsers is a long stretch given this one has zero > market share, and the need for everyone to continue developing for IE and > Firefox - the impact of an amazing new browser is always muted by its lack > of standard status. It's a long slow road to gaining market share - even > Firefox, launching against a very vulnerable IE 6 in 2004, took about two > years to earn 12% share (And current stands at about 19%, according to > Marketshare.com - http://tinyurl.com/5selqw). > > And I'd bet much of Google's browser share growth will come at Firefox's > expense, not IE. > > Happy to see more entrants in the field and I'd love to get my hands on > this, but we're talking about vaporware at the moment, like reviewing a > move > before its in the theaters. Seems best to wait and see. > > And its always curious how little attention Opera (www.opera.com) gets, as > they've been the most innovative and adventurous browser company for years. > > > -Scott > > Scott Berkun > www.scottberkun.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark > Canlas > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 7:25 AM > To: Alex Jones > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] A New Browser: Google Chrome > > I'm surprised there hasn't been any discussion on this. > > Based on the material I've read so far, this could be the coming of a new > era for browsers. I hate to toss around the idea of something being the > breaking point or next gen, but I'm really sold on this idea. If this is > properly executed, it could bring performance back the number one factor in > application design. > > I've always held this tenet that UI responsiveness affects how the user > feels about a given application the most out of any other factor. And most > UI speed problems can be tied to performance. If Google can deliver the > performance gains they're talking about, the Web could evolve into a > platform for first class applications. > > My predictions for Chrome... The initial release will probably suck. A lot. > And there will be a lot of chatter in the blogosphere. People breaking it > apart, looking at the source, planning distros, finding bugs, nay-saying > it... But if it gets re-released continually, with incremental upgrades and > optimizations, I would go so far as to say that I could Firefox Firefox, or > supplant Firefox the way Firefox did to IE. > > A lot of products and their visionaries have had similar claims and come up > way, way short, but Google has a pretty nice track record of making useful > enough apps that make people pay attention (search, maps, mail). They're > large enough and smart enough to really mean it and follow through with it. > > It's a pretty exciting time. > > -Mark > > On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Alex Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Google plans to release a new browser soon, based on Webkit, but with > > a new JavaScript engine, which is expected to be significantly faster > > than most browsers. While there are a lot of questions about it and > > some interesting discussion points, I am curious to see how, or if it > > changes the way we design and develop Web apps. It will also be > > interesting to see how they design the interface and flows within the > > browser, having stated that one major goal is to streamline and > > simplify the UI. The beta Windows version is to be released today, with > Mac and Linux versions coming soon. > > > > Their announcement post: > > http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/fresh-take-on-browser.html > > > > An introduction to the browser in comic book form: > > http://books.google.com/books?id=8UsqHohwwVYC&printsec=frontcover > > > > Cheers, > > > > Alex S. Jones | User Experience Manager > > _________________________________ Pluck / Demand Media > > Direct: 512.519.3204 > > 200 Academy Dr., Ste. 120 > > Austin, TX 78704 > > www.pluck.com<BLOCKED::http://www.pluck.com> > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > > To post to this list ....... 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