Comments on: Google Shiny is Not as Hot as You would Think http://technosailor.com/2008/09/05/google-shiny-is-not-as-hot-as-you-would-think/ Web Technology and Real Life Merge Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:16:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0-alpha By: rosskarchner http://technosailor.com/2008/09/05/google-shiny-is-not-as-hot-as-you-would-think/comment-page-1/#comment-245933 rosskarchner Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:57:42 +0000 http://technosailor.com/?p=4340#comment-245933 I don't get #3-- just because they used an existing rendering engine, they aren't innovating? I'd say V8, the underlying process model, and the non-intrusive UI all qualify. Even if you don't like or appreciate any of it, that doesn't make it *not* innovation.<br><br>As far as everything else goes: It's obviously self-serving for them to say so, but because their actual business is web apps and advertising (and that there's no money in desktop web browsers-- most of Mozilla's money comes from.... Google) I think they're being reasonably sincere when they claim to just want to push the state-of-the-art further. If some of this stuff filters out to the other browsers, mission accomplished.<br><br>I see Chromium as a project similar to Gears-- Google investing in improving the ecosystem they have to operate in. I don't get #3– just because they used an existing rendering engine, they aren't innovating? I'd say V8, the underlying process model, and the non-intrusive UI all qualify. Even if you don't like or appreciate any of it, that doesn't make it *not* innovation.

As far as everything else goes: It's obviously self-serving for them to say so, but because their actual business is web apps and advertising (and that there's no money in desktop web browsers– most of Mozilla's money comes from…. Google) I think they're being reasonably sincere when they claim to just want to push the state-of-the-art further. If some of this stuff filters out to the other browsers, mission accomplished.

I see Chromium as a project similar to Gears– Google investing in improving the ecosystem they have to operate in.

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