Google Chrome Frame should make the developers life a lot easier

Submitted by Giorgos on

Google announced on tuesday 22nd of September 2009 the test release of Google Chrome Frame which is a plugin for IE that will make it HTML5 compliant.  The need came out of their effort to build the next communication tools (google wave) and they wanted to make life easier for their developers to accommodate IE that still has the lion share of the internet users. 

This is great news for developers in general as the plugin will be freely distributed and it promises to make the life of developers a lot easier but ... 2 days later a microsoft spokesperson comes out and blasts Google Chrome Frame as potential dangerous security risk (as if IE is the safer browser on the internet ... quite the opposite)  ... will the internet users install it once it comes out ... and will the life of the developer be indeed easier ... it remains to be seen ...

The problems with IE and how they don't support the standards most modern browser support are pretty much known to advanced internet users.  Especially web developers have to struggle endless hours to make their designs fit the "standards" of each different IE flavor.  Yes each IE that comes out has its own quirks (take a look at http://www.quirksmode.org/compatibility.html to find out how compatible is your version of Internet explorer).   The fact that IE6 was preinstalled onWIN XP systems has made it the "browser of choice" for many internet users who don't know what a web browser is ... windows 7 (the successor of Vista) will ship in Europe without a browser installed according to this article but, the fact remains that as of today some 50% of the internet users use IE for their browsing.  Its hard not consider it when designing/developing a site. When developing a site a lot of time is wasted on making sure each and every browser sees it the same way and that includes seperate tests for IE6, IE7 and IE8 and in google's own words.

Developers can't afford to ignore IE — most people use some version of IE — so they end up spending lots of time implementing work-arounds or limiting the functionality of their apps.

hopefully either IE developers come out finally with a standards compliant browser or IE users don't buy into the Microsoft claims and install the plugin ...

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33 Comments

Submitted by Alric (not verified) on

Yeah google is the best, no need to waste time for slow mailer or default mailer of your server, google apps is the best solutions, its like using gmail while having your company email setup on it.

Submitted by cybernia (not verified) on

The main reason that Google Chrome runs multiple processes is to fully optimize, or attempt to optimize the use of multiple-core systems. By running multiple processes per tab, it allows multiple cores to process different websites in today' higher growing demand interactive sites.

Submitted by XPWebDesigners (not verified) on

What I like about Google Chrome is the usability aspect. However, being a web designer I can understand the complexity of developing a website to be compatible with ALL browsers can be difficult task and can take up a lot of your time. Furthermore, I use Mozilla Firefox and I love all the different addons I can add to customize my experience.

Submitted by Directory Submi... (not verified) on

I reinstallled it and the problem persists! I load google chrome and for a few frames per second it loads from bottom left to top right expanding its like its loading on the screen, but not on the screen. I am bad at explaining... Its like if there was another monitor on the rightside it would appear on that monitor instead of the one monitor that I have.