Google Chrome Celebrates Fourth Anniversary



The popular Web browser surpassed Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) to become world's most used Web browser for the first time earlier this year.

Thursday, September 06, 2012: Google's Chrome Web browser has accomplished a lot in the four years, since its birth in September 2008. In a 4 September post on the Google Chrome Blog, Sundar Pichai, senior vice president of Google's Chrome and Apps division, lauded the young browser on its fourth birthday and detailed some of the key reasons that inspired its creation.

"When we launched Chrome four years ago, most people accessed the Web through a personal computer," wrote Pichai. "Our goal was to help build a better Web—a Web that is faster, simpler and more secure." Now people are accessing the Internet in far more ways using a wide variety of mobile devices that might not have been considered when Chrome was launched, he wrote.

By creating Chrome and its ability to be used on many different devices, Google developed a way that users could take their bookmarks, favorites and other preferences with them whenever they use Chrome on those devices—by logging into their Chrome accounts and using their resources as they desire, wrote Pichai.

More such features will continue to be added, he predicted. "As you use Chrome on more devices, we remain focused on providing you with the most secure web experience possible. Building on four years of security work, recent improvements such as more robust plug-in sand-boxing and Safe Browsing for downloads ensure that your browsing is more secure than ever before."

To celebrate Chrome's birthday, Google created a Chrome Time Machine "comic book" that describes key moments in Chrome’s history over the past four years, according to Pichai. "You may even uncover a special birthday gift from the Chrome team, if you find the hidden clue and type in the secret code,” it said.

Source: news.efytimes.com