Secondary Browser: I’ve been using Chrome for months
Thursday, September 4th, 2008
This isn’t about Chrome, for me it’s really about using a second browser. A second browser to only use for web applications. Honestly, I admit I haven’t been using Google Chrome for months now. I’ve been using Safari. It is my understanding that Google’s Chrome browser uses WebKit as it’s rendering engine with the advantage of starting each window/tab in a separate process (which Internet Explorer 8b2 also does) to increase stability. The general idea is if your Google Docs crashes, then your Gmail doesn’t crash–just how desktop applications work. Your web applications are sand-boxed and protected from other web pages. Safari/WebKit/Chrome: What’s the difference? (more…)