While not totally a surprise, Google announced (somewhat accidentally) not too long ago that it will launch an open source Web browser later today, named Chrome. (Screenshots have also leaked.) Quite literally, every site on the Web is talking about it, because when Google jumps, we all need to say “how high?”
Google’s rationale for launching a new Web browser is that today’s Web sites—YouTube, Facebook, Picnik, Twitter, Photosynth, SmugMug, and so on—are more than just a Drudge Report-style collection of text links; browsers need to evolve to make using these rich Web sites and Web applications as easy as possible. Hence, Chrome.
It’s scheduled to come out later today, while TechCrunch is covering it from A to Z.
I’ll reserve judgment till it comes out. Maybe they’ll do a east-to-west time zone release—I’d get it before the rest of the guys (Peter, Biggs, Doug, Devin, Matt, etc) in the states!
With the tab bar above the address bar and what obviously looks like a “speed dial” clone for new tabs. Clearly the Opera browser is their biggest influence. Makes one wonder why they just didn’t buy Opera and save themselves and save themselves a lot of development.
Plus that bookmark star on the edge of the address bar looks like the one from Firefox 3. Even if this does come out I’m definetely not gonna get it
How I can download it?
I don’t understand why you other posters are so critical of this before it even comes out. Yes the interface looks like it is a jumble of other browsers put together, but what else could you want from a browser interface?
The real changes that were made were behind the scenes. It sounds like they have completely redesigned the way the browser interfaces with the web and the OS. I for one am very excited about this and cannot wait to download it and try it out.