[olug] Chrome

[Adam Lassek]

Man does that come off as sour grapes :)
The technology in Chrome is a big deal. Process separation between tabs,
V8's performance and precise GC, and strict sandboxing (not to mention
Gears) are huge strides in making web apps first-class desktop applications.
Or were you happy with the IE-only ActiveX days? I still get a chill down my
spine when I think about Siebel.

This isn't the nineties anymore, a lot of companies are run on web-based
applications.

On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 12:53 PM, Luke -Jr <luke at dashjr.org> wrote:

> On Wednesday 03 September 2008 07:59:03 Chad Homan wrote:
> > well I for one am disappointed that you can only try out google's new
> > browser on windows.
>
> That's okay. It's got nothing special or innovative after all.
> Short of V8, the ECMAScript JIT recompiler, but that only supports 32-bit
> x86
> anyway.
>
> > Although, the say the linux and mac version are coming
>
> Yeah, probably in a few months at least. They haven't even decided which
> toolkit to use, and are avoiding that discussion for fear of flamewars
> breaking out. The code is all still "windows.h" everywhere. I don't think
> it'll be ported any time soon. Even when it is, chances are it will only
> run
> on 32-bit x86 for the reasons given earlier.
>
> If you just want WebKit, you have two options on Linux:
> 1. Arora browser
> 2. WebKitPart for KDE 4
>
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