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A quick update on the new Google browser.

• They officially announced it.
• They’re launching only the Windows versions. Mac/Linux users forget it for now.

Seems like they’re working hard to make it available on all the platforms. But something in my head says we can forget it for at least 1/2 months. Maybe much more. Too bad.

Google Blogoscoped published an interesting article along with a comic about a new Webkit based browser from google.

Well, I have been able to read only the first pages of the comic, since the server quickly under stress and the admin disabled the comic. (by the time you read this it could be up again, though)

The browser it’s meant to be opensource, so that would leave behind privacy and anti-trust concerns.

As for the rest, read the article and let me know what you think about it.

Seems like Google is desperate about getting me to make new google friends. Of course the info bubble does not have a close button. Does not disappear even if I:

• click in the white space of the rest of the page
• refresh the page with F5.
• perform logout and login (yes, afterwards you’ll find it there).

Google reader is very nice but I really:

• don’t want any google friend
• don’t want to learn more
• just want to use my reader.

I find google getting less and less inspired respect of a bunch of years ago. That’s normal, as the tree grows you’re more likely to find apples gone bad. Just cut them.

It’s a fact. It’s probably workaroundable but, well, it’s not a good surprise.

In fact I was expecting the exact opposite. Read the rest of this entry »