Google will launch a Web browser called Chrome that will take on Microsofts Internet Explorer and apparently Mozillas Firefox, which the search giant essentially funds.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=9847&tag=nl.e539
Just what the world needs, Another Web Browser. :
Update: Google confirmed that Chrome will launch on Tuesday in a beta that will cover 100 countries
It is not just “another web browser”. If you read carefully what it does and what are benefits of using it over any other browser, you will see that advantages are plain enormous.
Bye bye Firefox? 
Hi Tech,
Here you can have the first screenshot:
http://valleywag.com/5044054/first-browser-screenshots-from-google
Download starts shortly from now, and will get more attention than the Flock start-up,
I’m anxious what is like security wise, and if NoScript will be brought aboard?
Or this is the victory of commercial drives over privacy and security.
With Google at the helm, it also means “Google under the radar” I assume,
“Resistance…is futile. You are…irrelevant. You will become one with The Borg”,
polonus
No I don’t think that will be the case, this is very early days and some of the stuff mentioned is already available in FF 3.0.1 and IE8 even.
No doubt it will put the cat amongst the pigeons, whilst add-ons are mentioned there will be no way it would have the same add-on support as firefox, which has thousands. Unless there is going to be some way they can port them to Chrome with the add-on authors consent ???
As one of the articles mentions it is more likely to hit the likes of Opera and Safari for windows and it could be a joint effort firefox/chrome to squeeze IE’s market share. Or that in the future perhaps firefox and chrome could merge.
So it is still very early days and much to speculate about, but certainly nothing to worry about.
Hi DavidR,
Some see it your way: http://gigaom.com/2008/09/01/mozilla-not-worried-about-google-browser/
The open source developer relies on the lucrative deal it has made with the Search Company.
Mozilla comments: "We’ll continue to compete in the browser world, and we’ll continue to do well. We’ll continue to produce a product that people choose, and trust and understand is theirs. We’ll continue to do this as part of our overall mission — building an Internet where individual, civic and social value are paramount.
Competition is seldom comfortable, but it forces us to do our best. Firefox 3 is a terrific product and there’s much more to come. We’re just beginning to touch the surface of what Mozilla can accomplish. The best is yet to come." So bye bye Firefox or Flock, it is a bit early to say this,
Here is the download link: http://www.google.com/chrome/eula.html
I have it installed to try…
polonus
Even as I post this, I can hear on the evening TV news they are pumping the new Google browser and it wasn’t a short piece either. So they certainly have got their message into the media and it isn’t even available yet.
Perhaps they are going for the most downloads in a 24 hour period record (held by firefox) ;D ;D
Hi DavidR,
It is available and I have downloaded it, I wait for reactions before I launch it. Yes download has begun, but you cannot confirm that because of your Internet connection. This the download site:
http://www.google.com/chrome
Logo of the browser see below, so you can now Google with Google!
polonus
I am planning to use it in Sandboxie, how will Avast web shield do with Google Chrome? :
Installed… but I’ll miss extensions, themes, configurability… 
Basic idea is good but they still need to walk a long way till they’ll catch Opera or Firefox.
I mean there is basically nothing you can set in it. There isn’t even ANY kind of bookmark editor.
I’m looking forward for new versions but i’m staying with Firefox.
But I must admit… it’s very very fast…
http://i37.tinypic.com/28u5kyp.png
gonna try it and see how it compares to firefox and such
hope my computer doesn’t turn into googleware ;D
Hi Dan,
There are no extensions like NoScript, ABP (off-course not), and Track-Me-Not (a to prevent Google from tracking you extension) will not be available for a long time. It has black- and whitelisting, a sandbox against malware, a panic button etc. Homepage in it is a riddle but I think it is Google search page by default.
Google was recently criticized with a report on privacy that had these conclusions:
[...]throughout our research we have found numerous deficiencies and hostilities in Google’s approach to privacy that go well beyond those of other organizations. While a number of companies share some of these negative elements, none comes close to achieving status as an endemic threat to privacy. This is in part due to the diversity and specificity of Google’s product range and the ability of the company to share extracted data between these tools, and in part it is due to Google’s market dominance and the sheer size of its user base. Google’s status in the ranking is also due to its aggressive use of invasive or potentially invasive technologies and techniques.
Google’s reaction to the report : “Privacy International is being supported by Microsoft”.
Giorgio Maone commented:
@The single impressive advance in GChrome which I can see is its “Task manager”: at this moment I’ve got an empty tab and a random MySpace page open, and this is what it shows:
Browser: 36MB / 1% CPU
New Empty Tab: 11MB / 0% CPU
Tab MySpace: 26MB / 0% CPU
Plug-in Shockwave Flash: 68MB / 5%
Damian
I am using “Chrome” right now with Avast and Webshield activated. So far no problems using this browser with WinXP, SP3. Will wait and see.
Yes but is the web shield actually scanning the content, check the detailed view, last scanned and scanned total fields ?
If not you would need to edit the avast4.ini and add the OptinProcess line.
[WebScanner]
OptinProcess=executableFileName.exe
David, can you be more specific? What is exactly the text to copy/paste?
I like it. I can go anywhere. It’s fast. It’s sandboxed so no need for Ashweb to scan it and slow things down! :