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Google Has A Solution For Internet Explorer: Turn It Into Chrome

Chrome Frame is a new browser plug-in developed by Google to give you a Chrome browsing experience inside of Internet Explorer. Let me restate that slightly to make it more clear: Chrome Frame turns IE into Chrome.

Yes, it’s both hilarious and awesome (or hilariously awesome, if you will) that Google seems to dislike IE so much that it has spent its own time improving it. Google claims its goals are noble. Talking to Group Product Manager Mike Smith and Software Engineer Alex Russell, they tell us that they simply want to make a more seamless web experience for both web users and developers. That said, they are only targeting one browser, IE, right now.

via Google Has A Solution For Internet Explorer: Turn It Into Chrome .

I wasn’t worried about Google Chrome’s terms of service, but …

I wasn’t worried about this in the first place (see comment 42 in http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/does_google_have_rights_to_all.php), but now it’s official.

Official Google Blog: Update to Google Chrome’s terms of service
So for Google Chrome, only the first sentence of Section 11 should have applied. We’re sorry we overlooked this, but we’ve fixed it now, and you can read the updated Google Chrome terms of service. If you’re into the fine print, here’s the revised text of Section 11:

11. Content license from you
11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services.

And that’s all. Period. End of section.

Google Chrome’s Achilles’ Heel: Windows

It’s a layer on top of Windows, which is great, but underneath … it’s still Windows!  Ccheck out what happens when you unsuspectingly click on Options > Under the Hood > Change Proxy Settings.

That’s right, it’s the familiar, and hideous,  Internet Properties dialog frow Windows.

 

Google Chrome Slower than Firefox so far

It lost this race with my Wordpress “Press It” button, which loaded faster in Firefox despite a 5 sec hind start.

Official Google Blog: Google Chrome now live

Via Google Chrome

Ok, this is fun … my first post via  Google Chrome.