For years, there have been rumors of a GoogleOS and a Google Web Browser. For years, Google has exhaustively denied the rumors, claiming that they had NO desire to compete with Mozilla, Apple, and Microsoft in the browser space. But, just as Apple's denial of the existence an iPhone turned into confirmation of the iPhone, Google's denials have become confirmation of a new Google-originated browser called Google Chrome. Imaginatively, Google released the announcement as a webcomic.
Perhaps most interesting is Google's choice to use Webkit - the same underpinnings as Apple's Safari - as the basis of Chrome. Why is this interesting? Because Google spends millions of dollars a year supporting the Mozilla Foundation. This choice means that Mozilla has been unable to find a user for their Mozilla rendering engine, even among their own biggest fans.
it's an odd name since part of the gecko engine (used in firefox, mozilla, camino, etc...) is called chrome. i'm wondering if this isn't as much of a new project and complete departure from mozilla as it looks. i wonder if this is a hybrid browser that takes the best of both gecko and webkit, with webkit being the dominant. this is all speculation, but i find it odd that they've named it the same as part of the gecko engine.
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