Googles just launched their new open source web browser called Google Chrome and it is already making a good impression on lots of internet users. Chrome is undoubtedly fast, feature-rich, stable and highly usable.
Google’s in-house innovations (the multi-threaded engine, Javascript handling and task manager, mainly) make up a tiny portion of the user experience. The rest of the interface features, usage mechanics and touted features have clear and very public parentage—in one of Chrome’s four largest competitors. says Gizmodo
Below is a list of Chorme’s features that is “inspired” by other browsers:
1. Incognito Mode – Safari, IE 8, Firefox w/ extension already have this feature also known as porn mode
2. Smart Address Bar – Firefox, IE 8 already got it although Chrome’s address bar is slightly smarter than FireFox’s
3. Custom Panel Start Page – Opera, Firefox w/ extension. Chrome’s home page is dynamically generated, but clearly took conceptual and aesthetic cues from Opera.
4. Tab detachment/attachment – Opera and Safari have this. Safari includes a tear-away feature by default, complete with a snazzy animation. Opera can handle tear-aways AND reattachments, in a nearly identical manner as Chrome.
5. Resizable Text Boxes – Safari, Firefox w/ Extension already got this. Google’s version in Chrome is functionally identical to Safari’s earlier version of the feature
6. Domain Highlighting – IE 8 got it. When IE 8 beta was out it have a feature where the root domain name was always highlighted, which helps users keep track of what site they’re on.
7. Pseudo Full Screen – Safari have this. This feature was found as a default first, strangely, in Safari for Windows.
Google has taken time to acknowledge the debt it owes to other browser projects, but that will be little comfort to the Firefox, Opera, Safari and IE teams if Chrome rises to success on their features. Google has taken the best ideas from the best products, given them a new name, some new guts and a PR monsoon. And, no matter how you feel about it, they’ve done it well. [via Gizmodo]
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