Google has announced the release of Google Chrome Frame, a plug-in for Internet Explorer that will bring "HTML5 and other open web technologies" to the browser.
Says Google:
"We're building Google Chrome Frame to help web developers deliver faster, richer applications like Google Wave. Recent JavaScript performance improvements and the emergence of HTML5 have enabled web applications ... [ read the full article ]
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If they don't fix the issues with animated gifs and certain type of textboxes, this will eliminate my use of Chrome and i'll end up just going back to IE.
Originally posted by Imapi: I would better use Firefox, its faster and more secure ;)
This wasn't built for that reason. This plug-in allows those that are stuck on IE, usually work computers were the IT department won't upgrade their browser at all, to render a page using a standards-compliant engine, in this case the one Chrome is built on, that would normally not work in IE.
By installing this plug-in IE6-8 can render pages in a standards-compliant way while still supporting the IE-only sites/applications that cause corporations to refuse to upgrade their machines to a better browser such as Chrome or Firefox.
My only fear is that this is already dead in the water. I'm not sure how many corporations would want to install a plug-in, even though it's built by Google, on their work machines that could contain sensitive data.
I'm hoping Google will create some sort of a campaign towards corporations to get them to install this plug-in. I'll gladly add a single line of code to my website to give IE users a better experience.
