Interesting strategy, Google

[nulldevice]

Lots of hullabaloo over Chrome.   It's kind of fascinating.

Here's how it looks to me (and, apparenlty, the guys over at CNet, so apparently I'm not a complete idiot for seeing this)...

The point is not marketshare.  Or really even adding a new browser to the mix.  Google seems well aware that this app will probably only gain a minimal sliver of

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[connexion]

"Now all we need are people to start designing useful web pages and apps, and we're golden."

Reminds me of my problem with telly-vision and HD: why would I need even better hardware when the content's still crap?

Regarding Chrome, I installed it yesterday but, despite it being faster than Firefox (starts substantially faster, runs slightly faster) I'm sticking with Mozilla for now. Simply because Chrome doesn't provide the same level of costumization, at least for now, with a variety of useful add-ons.

Example: MySpace viewed in Chrome vs. FF3 with AdBlocker is an eye-sore of publicity, etc. I also don't like Chrome's "9 website" startpage concept. Admitedly, it can be useful for a lot of people but I'd rather do my own opening page.

Spot on with your analysis, by the way. Incidentally, there was an article on Slashdot today about IE8 being a memory hog and sucking more resources than WinXP...

[beeporama]

why would I need even better hardware when the content's still crap?

As far as I'm concerned, HDTV was invented for Planet Earth, isn't that good enough? (Video games are gravy.)

nulldevice, do you have a CNet link where they share your observations? (Which I think are quite clever...)

[nulldevice]

Um, lemme search for that. I heard the CNet guy on NPR so I'm not entirely sure where the article he cited is.

[nulldevice]

Ahh, here tis:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10030717-2.html?tag=txt

[audiate]

Just for the leapfrogging in JavaScript rendering speeds, it will be worth it for all browser users for Google to be in the game.

I thought the recent JS leapfrogging between Safari and Firefox was getting interesting, but this kicks it up a notch.

[suibhne_geilt]

IE and Mozilla have always been subject to creeping featurism, while neglecting what most users really want - a clean, fast browsing experience.

Haven't you pretty much summed up all consumer-level software in general right there?

[nulldevice]

Some are worse than others.