Google have released their web browser software as a Beta to get an early opinion from users. As soon as the news was announced I sighed while thinking that there is yet another web browser to test. Does the world need another browser? If it means that there are less Internet Explorer users then yes. However, Chrome is based on the WebKit so if your site works in Apple Safari everything will be fine — webmasters should be glad of that at least.
Google promises that their new web browser will be different from the others, with a simple user interface and improved navigation and search. At last there is a browser that combines the address and search boxes that not only searches and lists results from Google but from your history too.
The use of tabs looks to be fairly familiar. Users are able to reorder them and drag them out to make new windows and vice versa, much like Safari. What seems to be a unique feature is that each webpage (tabbed or otherwise) is a separate process, rather than the whole application being one process. This means that if a website in one tab fails or hangs the other windows and tabs are unaffected. This separation is similar to the Fluid application which allows Mac users to create a separate application for website applications such as Google’s GMail or Facebook and so on.
Why Google developed a web browser?
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This is a great tip for Apple Mac users who utlise the microblogging service, Twitter. It is a fairly simple way of creating a client for Twitter which is accessible from the Apple menu bar (as a menu item). The method uses Hahlo that is intended for use with Apple iPhone which makes this ‘hack’ notable for its creative use of software that is freely available.
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The creators of 99designs.com are using UserVoice to allow its users to view ideas for new features and suggest their own. Using a voting system UserVoice orders the ideas in the order of popuarity and also allows comments (feedback) to be posted.
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A smashing summary of 10 blogging engines. Worth bookmarking for reference.
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Incredible graphic design for carpark signage. I just wonder how many first time visitors slam their brakes on when confronted by these signs.
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I really like this idea although being rather forgetful I would possibly end up throwing it away.
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Some you will know, many you won't. One of my personal favourites is 'if you feed a seagull Alka-Seltzer, its stomach will explode.' Which bastard discovered that?
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Useful and easy to use sound effects and loops.
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This is a project that could lead to a flurry of automatic Twittering device hacks. How about a kettle that announces that it has boiled via Twitter, or perhaps a toaster, washing machine…
If only Heath Robinson could have had a Twitter account — awesome! Perhaps Wallace and Gromit shoud open their own accounts.
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Thankfully the article mentions Apple's web browser, Safari, which already has this feature. I've been using Internet Explorer 8 Beta for a few weeks, now I can't use it at all - it just crashes.
This seems to have something to do with the Google Toolbar. IE8 keeps asking me to install the latest version of the Google Toolbar but simply will not let me.
Perhaps I should write to the development team about this particular incompatibility issue.
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Digital Artist Toolbox is an inspirational blog for anyone who is involved in illustration or design. In fact inspiration is one of the categories, along with freebies, Illustrator, Photoshop, tutorials and news, all of which are filled with useful and relevant posts.
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