September 2nd, 2008 12:50 pm:
I’m watching the Chrome presser right now … Yes, it’s going to be big. Super fast (their demo of static pages was 70ms compared with IE’s 200ms), “application mode” (you have to see the demo but REAL cool), incredible UI (there’s some great smart features). I just feel sorry for the IE8 dev team. No one’s going to care much about anything they have to say. Update: It’s available (Download Google Chrome), I’ve downloaded it and am installing.
September 2nd, 2008 at 1:33 pm
I’m using it right now. I didn’t see any previous mention (in the comic at least) of this, but there’s a built-in javascript debugger and console (click the “folded page” icon immediately to the right of the address bar and select “Developer” from the drop-down menu).
The “Task Manager” is a really great idea (+). See Resig’s comments here: http://ejohn.org/blog/google-chrome-process-manager/
The “tabs at the top” is a little disorienting for me. I must be getting too old to quickly adapt to new tech.
September 2nd, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Yea, the dom inspector/javascript console rocks. And you can right-click and element on the page and click “Inpect element.” I think this is similar to Safari, which is what Chrome seems to have done the best, combine the best features of all browsers.