Chrome Issue

The audio player for yesterday's St. Etienne track seems to be crashing some Chrome browsers, so it's been removed. My apologies.

Google Chrome Issue For Macs

If you are a Mac owner using Google's Chrome browser, a recent update is causing some Wordpress and Blogger sites to crash, this one included. I'm told a fix is coming "soon."

Google To Launch Operating System

Last month Microsoft challenged Google with their own search engine, the (as of yet) little used Bing. Today Google fired back with the announcement of their own operating system.

Saying current operating systems were designed for a time when there was no World Wide Web, Google Inc. said Wednesday it will develop a new one based on its Chrome browser. The new operating system puts Google more squarely in competition with Microsoft Corp., which relies on its Windows operating system for more than half its revenue. "Google Chrome OS is being created for people who spend most of their time on the Web, and is being designed to power computers ranging from small netbooks to full-size desktop systems," the Mountain View, Calif-based search giant said on its official blog.

Google says their OS will debut in late 2010 as an open-source system designed for netbooks, but will later widen the release to include desktops.

Chrome Is Shiny

Because I am a complete Google whore, I had to immediately download the test version of Chrome, the companay's first-ever browser, when it came out yesterday. And.....wow. Super clean interface (as minimalistic as the Google.com page) and super, super fast. So far anyway. That sucker just drew the NY Times homepage in less a second. It's more like Firefox than IE (and that's a good thing) and there aren't a lot of add-ons yet, but so far I'm impressed. Doesn't eat nearly as much memory as Firefox either.

Gizmodo agrees:

Our first impression of Chrome is that it's nice and fast. There's very little lag opening pages and the entire interface feels very streamlined. Dragging tabs in and out of windows is awesome, with a transparent version of the page pulling away with your mouse. The fact that you can pull tabs out of windows as well as combine windows is a great touch. Everything involving the tabs feels very, very smooth.

Google, Gmail, Blogger, YouTube, Picasa, Chrome...what am I leaving out of my slavish devotion to this company?