Google launches WhatBrowser.org, talks web browsers for Mom and Dad

Re:Google launches WhatBrowser.org, talks web browsers for M... by froggy on Tuesday October 06, 2009 @01:55PM (#864756)

IE6 and IE7 are a major roadblock to Google's vision of the future web, since next-gen Google applications can't work well in those browsers, ie. Google Wave and Javascript-rich apps. Ultimately they want to get people away from IE and into a different browser, preferably Chrome, so they can increase their web dominance.

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Re:Google launches WhatBrowser.org, talks web browsers for M... by ams6110 on Tuesday October 06, 2009 @07:10PM (#865587)

I speculated years ago that Microsoft's long-term vision was to eliminate the browser. I think they wanted a world where people ran fat .NET clients delivered via one-click deployment.

Interesting to see now that the browser continues to be the application "container" and javascript the implementation language for applications. And the alternatives and challenges to IE have continued to grow.

Wonder if Microsoft regrets not maintaining IE for the Mac, and their even older *nix port.

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Re:Google launches WhatBrowser.org, talks web browsers for M... by charliepark on Tuesday October 06, 2009 @06:44PM (#865525)

I know that IE6 and 7, and even 8, act as roadblocks. I'm dealing with that right now on a new site that I hadn't cross-browser-tested, and am now finding all kinds of headaches ... in IE8.

But what's surprising about Google's site is that it really doesn't seem to be pushing Chrome, or even Firefox.

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