Pardon the long title, but it was good enough for my post on HealYourChurchWebsite then I’m thinking it’s good enough to quote here as well … after I first enumerate what some other Christian techBloggers are saying about Google Chrome:
Scott Yang’s Playground - Welcome Chrome, the Google Operating System
…Google Chrome, via a comic adoption by the artist Scott McCloud (ain’t that presentation brilliant!) By browsing the 5-chapter comic book you basically learnt that Chrome is a new Open Source web browser developed by Google. WebKit is used as the rendering engine. Super-fast JIT Javascript VM “V8″ was developed in Denmark and will be used to …
Google Chrome (browser) beta review - Revdarth.com
I am a sucker for beta software. I love just taking new software out and giving it a spin. So, when I read this morning about Google’s Chrome browser, I figured I’d give it a go. I know it would have to be spectacular to take over for Firefox, my browser of choice for the last several years, but it was worth a shot, right? Well, I am writing this post within Chrome and I have to admit that, for a frist try, Chrome is a prety nice little browser. I have tried all the major browsers out there - Firefox, IE, Safari (Mac’s version only), Opera, and now Chrome and I think that Google’s first effort is a much stronger one than the first versions of any of the other browsers I have used.
That being said, it has a long way to go to catch up to Firefox.
KevMcCord - Google Chrome
So I’m not going to even try to explain all the ways in which Google Chrome (screen shots) might impact the browser wars. I’m not that smart or that knowledgeable in that field. I do want to point out that Google Chrome is probably going create a MAJOR incentive for churches to look at Google Docs
Google Chrome - The hermeneutic of continuity
Woo! Just downloaded Google Chrome I guess tomorrow is today in America or something. Odd having the tabs at the top but I’m sure that will be easy to get used to. Looks very clean and works fast. The “new tab” feature is excellent, showing thumbnails of most visited pages, a list of recent bookmarks and recently closed tabs. I think this could be very good.
Deep Thoughts by Gman - My new Browser: Google Chrome
Makes more Sense. The last year I’ve been switching between Explorer and Firefox. With this new computer … and Chrome already seeming faster and all the Google Apps I currently use - this just makes more sense.
Google Chrome - Joshua Observes
Google has a new browser called Chrome. I love Google’s products (especially the freeness factor). I have been a pretty solid Firefox guy for a while but I’ll give Chrome a shot. It’s in beta, but if you want to try it, click here. If you are running Mac or Linux…sorry; you’ll have to wait. If you don’t want to get this browser because you like yours just fine, good choice. Wait and see if it’s any good. If you are avoiding this browser because you think Google is the FBI gathering all of your personal information…get a life and stop sitting around all day wondering when aliens will abduct you again and groaning about how we never landed on the moon.
Google Chrome - browser, web operating system, or web desktop?
First let’s consider two definitions:
- Simply put, a Web Operating System, or WebOS for short, is a virtual operating system that runs in your web browser (Frantic Industries)
- A Web desktop or webtop is a desktop environment embedded in a web browser or similar client application integrating web applications, web services, etc … (wikipedia)
…Sure one can currently use Google Gears to employ limited offline access, however it’s not something the average church secretary and/or field missionary is likely to understand and implement without the help of the congregational geek. Most can however use whatever gadgets and/or services are supported and/or enhanced by a browser such as Chrome out-of-the-box - mostly because it appears to them all under one roof.
This is where I believe this is where Google is truly going to eat Microsoft’s Internet Explorer lunch … and that of Microsoft Office as well …
… That and think of the gas everyone will save when you can hold meetings via products such as Skype and collaborate on documents remotely via Google Apps Education Edition; the later provided to registered non-profits with current 501(c)(3) status free-of-charge.
How about you? If you love Him, and have something to say about Chrome, leave a comment and a link.
