Google Chrome is Geek Nirvana
September 2008 by admin
Google Chrome is Geek Nirvana…or should I say “Geek Nerdvana”.
Programmers, IT people, scientists, members of Mensa and all the geeks worldwide get it.
Chrome is a very early release piece of software that is a building block for a better future.
That future might be a few years away, but what the heck, we’re on the right track now and that’s a start.
These same folk also know that software usually takes a couple of years to develop, so as much as they see the vision, they are also patient. After all, we’re on the right track with Google Chrome.
SO WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH ALL THE SUITS…?
Reading the major news on Chrome today, you see all the bugs, problems, incompatibilities, speed tests, etc. comparing and talking about Chrome Version 0.2 versus Firefox version 3.0 or Internet Explorer version 8.0 Beta.
Does anyone else see the silliness?
Chrome Version 0.2…that is ZERO point TWO versus Firefox version 3.0 (THREEE point ZERO) versus IE version 8.0beta(EIGHT point ZERO).
Such a wide range of effort, experience and development time, the comparisons don’t make sense.
How about if we compare “apples to apples”?
Anyone remember the first version of Internet Explorer? Let’s go dig it up and see how it compares to Chrome.
How about going back to before the first Firefox beta. Any remember what Firefox 0.2 looked like? Anyone want to compare that to Chrome?
Let’s save comparing finished software to other finished software.
If you wantto get a true “apples to apples” comparison with Chrome, go find another version 0.2 browser…
Rather than rant on…
Why don’t we simply say:
“Thank you Google for taking the bold step, and spending lots of money, to encourage competition in the browser market. Also, thank you for making your source code free to the world.”
Sorry, not buying your story.
IE 1.0 came out in 1995. Comparing that to a 2008 browser is NOT comparing apples to apples either. Times have changed, technologies have changed, standards have come to life and changed.
Yes this is pre-1.0 of Chrome and should be taken as a beta with expected shortcomings. But lets compare it to today’s technologies and not yesterday’s, shall we?
Ok. I guess I should have been more specific.
How about Internet Explorer 0.2 in 1995 (or whenever it was at 0.2) versus Chrome 0.2 in 2008?
I know it’s like comparing Babe Ruth to Hank Aaron, but that’s the best were going to get in comparing browsers like this.
Alternatively, is there a better apples to apples compare? I’m all eyes.