Hi All,
I've seen this on a few sites & blogs this morning, and thought I'd share.
The browser wars have just gotten a lot more interesting...
Google are going to release a web browser based on webkit, the same engine used by the OSX browser Safari, among others.
- A windows beta will be available tomorrow 
Google sent a comic book out to journalists explaining what it's all about.
The comic does a fantastic job of explaining things, well worth a look.
Google announcement
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/...n-browser.html
Discussion and article here:
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-09-01-n47.html
Scans of the comic are up here .
http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/
Screen shots:
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-09-02-n72.html
Taken from:
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/...n-browser.html
So why are we launching Google Chrome? Because we believe we can add value for users and, at the same time, help drive innovation on the web.
All of us at Google spend much of our time working inside a browser. We search, chat, email and collaborate in a browser. And in our spare time, we shop, bank, read news and keep in touch with friends -- all using a browser. Because we spend so much time online, we began seriously thinking about what kind of browser could exist if we started from scratch and built on the best elements out there. We realized that the web had evolved from mainly simple text pages to rich, interactive applications and that we needed to completely rethink the browser. What we really needed was not just a browser, but also a modern platform for web pages and applications, and that's what we set out to build.
On the surface, we designed a browser window that is streamlined and simple. To most people, it isn't the browser that matters. It's only a tool to run the important stuff -- the pages, sites and applications that make up the web. Like the classic Google homepage, Google Chrome is clean and fast. It gets out of your way and gets you where you want to go.
Under the hood, we were able to build the foundation of a browser that runs today's complex web applications much better. By keeping each tab in an isolated "sandbox", we were able to prevent one tab from crashing another and provide improved protection from rogue sites. We improved speed and responsiveness across the board. We also built a more powerful JavaScript engine, V8, to power the next generation of web applications that aren't even possible in today's browsers.
Google releasing a browser - Google Chrome. Beta out tomorrow!
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