Google Chrome Runs The Internet Gauntlet
First impressions generally favorable, though questions arise...
11:38AM Wednesday Sep 03 2008 by Karl Bode
Google's new browser,
Chrome, has been out for less than one day, and has spent much of that time being run through the Internet gauntlet. Early tests show that the browser is faster than IE and Firefox at running Javascript (something the Firefox team
disputes), and beats both of those browsers in the
Acid3 test. On the flip side, the beta product is already dealing with
early security vulnerabilities, while questions are being raised over whether Chrome's
terms of service are too broad:
By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services.
Wired News meanwhile sits down with the Chrome development team to discuss why the search giant jumped head first into the browser (and technically the web OS) wars.