Google is back at it with yet another evolution of the web experience. They've joined the growing market of web browsers with their very own, from-scratch creation, Google Chrome. You can check out Google's own presentation of the Chrome browser earlier today by heading to this site. It comes in video form for both Windows Media Player and Real Player.
The browser was accidentally announced yesterday via a web comic that they didn't intend to be sent out when it was, but Google quickly owned up to it and posted about Chrome on their blog. Of course, you can now download Chrome as its beta is now available, but if you want to know more, you can also learn about it; it even includes brief videos showing off Chrome's touted features.
And of course, a quick word on why they're doing it:
A fresh take on the browser
At Google, we spend much of our time working inside a browser. We search, chat, email and collaborate in a browser. And like all of you, in our spare time, we shop, bank, read news and keep in touch with friends - all using a browser. People are spending an increasing amount of time online, and they're doing things never imagined when the web first appeared about 15 years ago.
Since we spend so much time online, we began seriously thinking about what kind of browser could exist if you started from scratch and built on the best elements out there. We realized that the web had evolved from mainly simple text pages to rich, interactive applications and that we needed to completely rethink the browser. What we really needed was not just a browser, but also a modern platform for web pages and applications, and that's what we set out to build.
Has anyone installed it yet? If not, you may want to give it a try. Head over to the Google Chrome page to get started!
