08 Dec 09 Google Chrome Browser Plugins Now Available!

Like Mozilla Firefox Plugins, Google Chrome web browser now has a slew of great browser plugins available called Google Chrome Extensions.

I have steadily been using more Google Chrome as of lately, I find it better and faster for some sites than Mozilla Firefox.

With the new plug-ins, I think the popularity of Google Chrome will definitely rise.  And of course, all the better before Google Chrome operating system is officially released.

There’s already hundreds of Chrome extensions available, I predict this number will get rather larger in the next 6 months or so.

Kudos to Google Chrome team for creating such great browser and extensions! Tags:browser, chrome, Chrome Development, Chrome News, google chrome extensions

24 Nov 09 Ubuntu Working With Google Chrome!

Ubuntu, one of my favorite linux distributions and probably one of the widely used linux operating systems, has just partnered with Google for creating Google’s new Chrome operating system.

Sources at Canonical tell me that Canonical’s Ubuntu developers have been working with Google’s Chrome team since before Google announced its netbook operating system plan in July 2009. The company decided to go public with its involvement after Google announced today that they were open-sourcing the Chrome operating system.

I think this is a smart move on Google to work with such talented group of people who made Ubuntu.  Personally, I think there will come a day when most people use Ubuntu while Windows becomes obsolete.  (or Google Chrome OS)

Google Chrome OS has really been intended for lower-performance hardware such as netbooks, smartphones and alike so I don’t think they will be competing much against Ubuntu itself but add value to the mobile niche.

Chromium is the open source version of Chrome OS, you can find it here.  (although you can’t really install it on any physical computers yet as it requires a BIOS change but you can try virtual machines like VMWare for demo.) Tags:Chrome News, google chrome, ubuntu

12 Jun 08 Google Chrome Comic Sold for $372!

The Australian’s copy of Google Chrome Comic was sold for $372.  ($454.99 AU) – calculator

The seller will be donating all profits to charity.

What I wonder most is if Google will start selling their comic book as Chrome gains in popularity.

Perhaps, that was the genius, the Google Chrome Comic book got everyone interested and Google secretly may have paid easily couple million dollars for this “comic” marketing effort.  (maybe not but it’s like it hits you later)

Here’s the excerpt from the closed auction:

One copy of the official Google Chrome copy book sent to bloggers and members of the press prior to the launch of Google’s Chrome browser.

I received mine late as they sent it to my PO Box, meaning it couldn’t get to me via courier.

An online copy of the comic book is available on Google here.

This is a limited edition print, and is not publicly available from what I’m aware. With Google Chrome quickly gaining marketshare, the book that launched a Google browser will only increase in value with time.

I’ve briefly flicked through the book, but it hasn’t been shared around, so consider the condition mint.

Given it wouldn’t be fair to profit from something sent to me directly, all proceeds after costs (ebay + paypal costs) will be donated to charity, split 50/ 50 between Beth Kanter and Beyond Blue.

via valleywag Tags:auction, beth kanter, bloggers, calculator, charity, Chrome News, comic book, condition mint, ebay, excerpt from, genius, google browser, launch, limited edition print, marketing, million dollars, popularity, proceeds, profits

11 Jun 08 Google Chrome Now Out of Beta!

It’s an amazingly fast-start for Google Chrome to get out of beta to say the least.  Google has just announced that Google Chrome is ready for real consumers on real computers by cutting off their “beta” sign from the new browser.

Since we first released Google Chrome, the development team has been hard at work improving the stability and overall performance of the browser. In just 100 days, we have reached more than 10 million active users around the world (on all seven continents, no less) and released 14 updates to the product. We’re excited to announce that with today’s fifteenth release we are taking off the “beta” label!

Yey, go Google! Tags:10 million, beta sign, Chrome News, consumers, fifteenth release, google, new browser, real computers, seven continents

09 Jun 08 Google Chrome does DNS-Prefetching for faster Browsing!

In case you haven’t noticed, Google Chrome does load sites faster in the beginning due to its DNS-prefetching.

What is DNS-prefetching?

It is a method of finding the actual IP addresses behind domain names before the user clicks on a link.

Basically, Google Chrome “figures” out every IP address of every link before you click on it.

What do you have to do?

Nothing, it’s turned on by default.  I just wanted you to know that it’s there.

This clever little feature speeds up your Web browsing without you having to do a thing — it’s turned on by default. Whenever you visit a new page, Chrome examines the IP address of every link on the page, and does a DNS resolution for each. That way, when you click a link, Chrome already knows the IP address and can send you there fast.

It’s turned on by default. You can turn it off by clicking the Tools icon and selecting Options, clicking Under the Hood, then unchecking the box next to Use DNS pre-fetching to improve page load performance.

via computerworld Tags:Chrome News, computerworld, dns resolution, domain names, faster browsing, feature speeds, google, ip address, ip addresses, load performance, prefetching