Comments on: Will Google Renew the Browser Wars of the 1990′s? http://www.searchenginejournal.com/will-google-renew-the-browser-wars-of-the-1990s/7732/ Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:19:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Software Testing Training http://www.searchenginejournal.com/will-google-renew-the-browser-wars-of-the-1990s/7732/comment-page-1/#comment-1090220 Software Testing Training Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:44:58 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/will-google-renew-the-browser-wars-of-the-1990s/7732/#comment-1090220 Thanks for Article...... Good Article Writing Software Testing Training http://www.qacampus.com Our Software Testing Partner http://www.cresech.in Thanks for Article……

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]]> By: Bruce Townsend http://www.searchenginejournal.com/will-google-renew-the-browser-wars-of-the-1990s/7732/comment-page-1/#comment-1085685 Bruce Townsend Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:19:26 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/will-google-renew-the-browser-wars-of-the-1990s/7732/#comment-1085685 You are absolutely right to put Chrome in the context of Google's overall strategy and business model. Being open source, it sits well with the freedom of information ideal, and it's Microsoft-independent as well. If open source continues to grow, Linux becomes more widely used on the desktop, open source software becomes mainstream etc, Chrome will benefit. Google are clearly targeting the mobile platform, and have already said that elements of Chrome will be incorporated into Android. So Chrome could help Google become the Microsoft of mobile. Chrome's protected tabs make it much more suitable than IE for running web apps, because one application crash won't bring down the whole browser. So it's ideally suited for using applications like Google Documents and Spreadsheets. That also makes it a good platform for delivering targeted advertising, because those applications have the potential to help Google identify your particular areas of interest, and push out relevant adverts. All in all it's the ideal platform for Google to push out free information, supported by advertising. Whether users will buy into it on a large scale remains to be seen. You are absolutely right to put Chrome in the context of Google’s overall strategy and business model.

Being open source, it sits well with the freedom of information ideal, and it’s Microsoft-independent as well. If open source continues to grow, Linux becomes more widely used on the desktop, open source software becomes mainstream etc, Chrome will benefit.

Google are clearly targeting the mobile platform, and have already said that elements of Chrome will be incorporated into Android. So Chrome could help Google become the Microsoft of mobile.

Chrome’s protected tabs make it much more suitable than IE for running web apps, because one application crash won’t bring down the whole browser. So it’s ideally suited for using applications like Google Documents and Spreadsheets. That also makes it a good platform for delivering targeted advertising, because those applications have the potential to help Google identify your particular areas of interest, and push out relevant adverts.

All in all it’s the ideal platform for Google to push out free information, supported by advertising. Whether users will buy into it on a large scale remains to be seen.

]]> By: Kieran Hawe http://www.searchenginejournal.com/will-google-renew-the-browser-wars-of-the-1990s/7732/comment-page-1/#comment-1085677 Kieran Hawe Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:04:09 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/will-google-renew-the-browser-wars-of-the-1990s/7732/#comment-1085677 There is no reason for the majority of web users to switch to chrome. Chrome is fast and has the "cool" factor but in the end the non-techs will stick with IE cause that is all they know and the techs will bounce from FF (and all their plugins) to Chrome. FF should be more worried about Chrome then MSFT There is no reason for the majority of web users to switch to chrome. Chrome is fast and has the “cool” factor but in the end the non-techs will stick with IE cause that is all they know and the techs will bounce from FF (and all their plugins) to Chrome.

FF should be more worried about Chrome then MSFT

]]> By: Mike http://www.searchenginejournal.com/will-google-renew-the-browser-wars-of-the-1990s/7732/comment-page-1/#comment-1085676 Mike Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:17:51 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/will-google-renew-the-browser-wars-of-the-1990s/7732/#comment-1085676 I agree, I don't think Chrome will shake up the market that much right now. Only geeks, webheads, and early adopters like us are downloading it right now. Microsoft's bundling strategy is a pretty tough one to beat. While I love lots of Google's products and their intentions behind Chrome, I'm frustrated that web developers have yet another browser for which to develop. With all the browser vendors, versions, and platform combinations out there (not even including WAP browsers), it's quite a time-consuming & expensive effort. But hey, maybe web developers should thank Google for this, since it's a great form of job security, yea? hehe. I agree, I don’t think Chrome will shake up the market that much right now. Only geeks, webheads, and early adopters like us are downloading it right now. Microsoft’s bundling strategy is a pretty tough one to beat.

While I love lots of Google’s products and their intentions behind Chrome, I’m frustrated that web developers have yet another browser for which to develop. With all the browser vendors, versions, and platform combinations out there (not even including WAP browsers), it’s quite a time-consuming & expensive effort.

But hey, maybe web developers should thank Google for this, since it’s a great form of job security, yea? hehe.

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