It’s been 3 years since Chrome was born. Oh boy, time flies!! We are on v.15 on dev channel and we have Chrome OS and Chromebooks now. This has been an awesome journey. I have personally benefited from Chrome and Chrome OS. I have this blog which makes my days brighter and relaxed, and many…
Ben Goodger, a former Mozilla developer who now works at Google on the Chrome team, thinks that autoupdate is one of the most important Chrome features. Autoupdate is one of Chrome’s killer features. It is magical because it continuously updates an entire development platform invisibly, frequently. Supporting it has driven how we structure our development…
Now you no longer have to wait until your favorite site adds a Google +1 button. If you use Chrome, you can install an extension that lets you +1 any Web page. The extension is developed by Google and it acts just like a +1 button: it shows the number of +1′s and it becomes…
Almost three years after its announcement, Native Client is almost ready for prime time. It’s enabled in Chrome 14, which is now in beta and will reach the stable channel in less than a month. Native Client is a very complex framework that allows browsers to run native compiled code in a sandbox. Google’s goal…
It’s always a bad sign for a platform when developers start jumping ship. Seems like that might be just what’s happening with Firefox. See, for years, there was this extension known as Firebug. If you’re a web developer or programmer, you’ve probably at least heard of the plugin. Apparently, it’s one of the best out…
The month of June saw continued market share gains for Google’s Chrome browser as new Chrome OS powered Chromebooks launched in the US. The Chromebook launch will expand to Europe in July across 6 countries. June also saw the release of Chrome 12 to support the Chromebook launch, which included some significant new security and…
In the pre-chrome era, the best way to make your browser more Google friendly was installing the Google Toolbar for Firefox or IE. But when Google launched their own browser, it changed everything. Their love for a Google friendly browser made them switch to Chrome, but they were surprised to know that Google will not give them…
I’m writing this post on a Google CR-48 that I have used since December 2010. I’m happy to report that the device has improved over the past few months. Each software update has brought better performance and stability. I like the CR-48, but do I like it enough to pay $350-$499 dollars or more (see subscription…
