New Chrome Browser from Google

The new Google Chrome is out! This is a new browser from Google, which is going to battle against Internet Explorer and Firefox. Last time Google and Microsoft were battling, Google came on top with superior search engines. The interesting question now is whether Google will be able to take the lead against Microsoft's Internet Explorer.

Chrome promises better performance, better integration with applications such as Gmail and Google Docs (obviously) and features coming from all known browsers. You can read more about it in the Chrome comics http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/#

This is how my blog looks like from Chrome:

When I tried to access my hotmail account throught Chrome, I got the following warning:

Upgrade your web browser

We recommend that you upgrade your web browser so you can get the most out of Windows Live Hotmail. Upgrading should only take a few minutes. To get started, choose one of the browsers below:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer
• Mozilla Firefox
• Apple Safari

If you don’t want to upgrade right now you can still continue to Windows Live Hotmail, but some parts of it may not work and it may not be displayed properly.

Could it be that this is how Microsoft is dealing with the new rival?

Summary of the first day (it just came out yesterday) - very promising, but need to be further explored.

Have you heard about the Mojave experiment?

When I first heard about this, I couldn't think about anything but the Matrix ("Do you know what's the Matrix?") or the "Dharma initiative" from Lost. Well, it has nothing to do with either of them. Basically it is just another commercial of Microsoft for the notorious Windows Vista.

So what's it all about? Microsoft claims to have done the following experiment: They interviewed more than a hundred non-Vista users that have heard about Vista and did not like what they heard. They were asked to grade Vista (giving an overall 4.4 grade on average). Then they were shown "the next Microsoft OS" codenamed "Mojave". Most of them were very impressed and liked what they saw and gave the overall 8.5 grade on average. It was then they were told that actually what they saw was Vista and nothing else.

I said Microsoft claims this. I am not accusing Microsoft of anything, but it is still a commercial and probably not a lot more. You can see for yourself in http://www.mojaveexperiment.com/

And now the punch line – looking at the website and at all the screens shown (as seen above) does again make me think about "the Dharma initiative" – so maybe there is more here than meets the eye?!?