It's an interesting question, Andrei. I'm not sure I'm prepared to make that prediction yet.
But I would ask, how much do you think this decision is based on purely strategic considerations, say the dominance of a major competitor in the browser market. I've read several pieces of analysis which seem to indicate that Microsoft's Internet Explorer, as the de facto gatekeeper tool that actually enables people to access Google, has been identified by them as a strategic obstacle to be overcome. One has to speculate that said conclusion is part of the decision to release this browser. I wonder -how- much of that influenced the decision Or am I being too cynical here? On the other hand, I think that the ability to sandbox-off webapps, put them into prizm like dedicated windows, and protect the browser in general from individual site/app crashes is useful. I don't know that I agree that Google needs to choose between either browser or app platform, mostly because an app-platform without a robust browsing facility would seem very limited. I think they can do both, as they are trying. As for success? Who knows. As a Mac user, I've only installed Chrome on my windows virtual machine. My initial use was very pleasant, and if it were available on OSX I probably would attempt to use it as my primary browser in order to see what kinds of UI nits come up. I can't wait to hear about how other's will feel about daily use of Chrome. -Damon Dimmic User Experience Guy SitePen, Inc (Dojo Forever!) ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
