Reaction to Google Chrome
Google Chrome is, quite possibly, the best browser ever created.
That's a big statement to make, but honestly, they just got everything right. It's a giant leap for the web, and I hope that the other browser developers take notice.
The user interface is exactly what I would expect from a contemporary browser. It brings more focus to the contents of a web app than any other browser that I've ever seen. Firefox is still king for web development (at the moment), and I admittedly miss a few plugins, but all that will come in due time.
The ability to launch web apps the same way you launch desktop applications, and the way in which they are presented (without the usual browser buttons), is absolutely monumental. Additionally, the brilliance of running tabs in separate processes, and having a full task manager, makes me wonder why nobody did this earlier.
It's official. Google Chrome has fully legitimized the web as the application development platform of both today and tomorrow. Now, where's the Mac version!?