Google released the Chrome browser 10 years ago today. It was originally launched as a beta app only for their platform Windows before being developed for Linux and MacOS in 2009.
Google Chrome was released at a time when developers and internet users were very frustrated with Internet Explorer and Firefox were the alternative.
Google used components from Apple's WebKit and Mozilla Firefox and made Chrome's source code available to the public as a Chromium. Chrome focuses on web templates and HTML5 and passed both Acid1 and Acid2 tests at the time they were released.
It was an important step at a time when Microsoft had an unacceptable Internet Explorer.
Another important part of the first version of Chrome was the idea of “sandboxing” in the browser's separate tabs. With the technology αν κάποια καρτέλα κράσαρε δεν επηρέαζε τις άλλες. Αυτό βοήθησε στη βελτίωση της ταχύτητας και της σταθερότητας του Chrοme, μαζί με το JavaScript V8 της Google, το οποίο τροποποιούσε η εταιρεία συνεχώς για καλύτερα αποτελέσματα.
After a decade of Chrome, Chrome seems to be the dominant game, having now secured more than 60% of the market share of desktop browsers. Chrome developers continue to improve the app with new features and push the latest web templates. Chrome has now transformed into more than just a web browser and supports every Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and even iOS platform.
Chrome works seamlessly with Chrome OS, Google's lightweight operating system for laptops. The operating system may not be ready for tablets yet, but Google has successfully ported it applications of Android to Chrome OS to make Chromebooks and tablets even more useful. Soon we will see Linux applications on Chrome OS and Chrome is helping to use web applications.
The future of Chrome seems more and more that it is becoming a platform rather than a simple web browser.
Of course, there are concerns when we see messages like "works best with Google Chrome", but we are talking about an open market. As Google continues to use the latest web templates in Chrome, other browser builders will have to catch up or lag behind Google.
Surely Chrome will be here and the next 10 years. By finding that browsers have turned into platforms over the last decade, how could the next 10 years be transformed?
I use Chrome on Windows (because I think it or I think it's safe) and Firefox on Linux that does not have so many monitoring trends.