Archive for September, 2008

One day using Chrome

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

Still perfect. I’m surprised to see some bad reviews around. They are mostly from people who doesn’t even know what a VM is. With Chrome, Google achieved two things:

1 – Understanding that the browser is no more than a browser. Chrome won’t bother claiming it’s own existance all the time, and that’s the point for a browser. Plus, it is faster and more stable than any other.

2 – With the new VM, it will allow for a new level of applications, actually a new horizon of expectations. EVERYTHING I run, and I run a bunch of Ajax apps daily, is way faster on it. No comparisons are even possible – it is just another level.

From a developer’s perspective, nothing important will change this soon. We’re already testing for Safari – thus, for the same Webkit -. But with the growth of Chrome and/or the adoption of this new VM by other browsers, JS will become even more of a serious thing. I expected it to happen with Ecmascript 4, which won’t come to life anymore. So now, we still won’t have a decent language, but the most important, a decent performance, will be enough – considering so much has been done with today’s limitations.

First impressions on Google Chrome, with just 15 minutes of use.

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

IT’S FREAKIN’ PERFECT!!!

http://www.google.com/chrome