The clip from Google answers the question in its first part. “To take the Web to the next level”. Web browsers were designed for web pages much simpler than the web interactive applications we enjoy today, such as Gmail, Google Maps or Google Docs. JavaScript executes extremely fast in Chrome, taking web application to run at speeds comparable to native Windows applications.
“Chrome is focused on speed, stability and security.” After weeks of intensive use, Chrome has exceeded my expectations. It is really fast, and it has not crashed a single time yet.
Google is making a good investment of the billions its on-line ads business generates, to make sure the Internet keeps open and evolving to support more and more applications on-line. They already did a good job with the wireless auction months ago. Now Google is making sure not only it is not constrained by the limitations of Internet Explorer and other browsers, but it is pushing developers to bet on JavaScript rather than on Silverlight or AIR proprietary technologies for the web interactive applications.
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