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Is the Future Chrome? | BTalk Australia

September 18th, 2008 @ 11:00 am

Categories: BTalk Australia, Podcasts

Tags: Google Inc., Internet, Web Browsers, Chrome, Podcasts, Forrester Research, Steven Noble, Phil Dobbie

(8min 50) Google says that Chrome is a fresh take on the web browser. So why has the Internet juggernaut moved into this space without a direct revenue source? As a user is it worth switching from Internet Explorer?

On today’s BTalk Australia Steven Noble, a senior analyst at Forrester Research, talks to Phil Dobbie about Google’s motives, the Chrome experience and what impact it will have on the web browser market.

Have you tried Chrome? Tell us what you think in the Talkback section at the bottom of this post.

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    phildobbie

    09/18/08 | Reported as spam

    RE: Is the Future Chrome? | BTalk Australia

    A quick glance at the visitor statistics from a few small websites that I manage shows Chrome already has a 6% market share. What's the story with visitors to your website?

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    beaconintel

    09/21/08 | Report as spam

    RE: Is the Future Chrome? | BTalk Australia

    Chrome has some differences in its initial interface which I found a little strange at first glance, but it seems easy to use. The three things which, in my view, will make or break Chrome will be:

    1. Security - IE is a classic case in point of how not to do things. If Google wants Chrome to be a long-term project, then it needs to make it the security benchmark for web browsers.

    2. Speed - Chrome is already pretty quick, but has to stay at the head of the pack.

    3. No push selling. If I want free adverts, I can find them anywhere on the web. The first time Google puts push selling into Chrome, they have lost me. I refuse to pay for someone to download their unwanted content to me in a browser.

    Rgds - Glenn Jones
    Canberra, ACT, Australia

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