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Google browser?

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cnet news item


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he Google franchise could be coming to a Web browser near you--if all the recent clues add up, that is.

Evidence is growing that may support rumors that the preeminent search company plans to introduce a Google-branded Web browser down the road. Among the clues are a domain-name registration, a patent application and several recent hires.

Since the search star's $1.66 billion public offering, investors and industry watchers have speculated about new products that could help contribute to the company's next billion dollars in revenue or help broaden its lucrative advertising network.

A Web browser that would meld Google search, Gmail free e-mail, Google's Blogger Web publishing software and pop-up blocking technology could be a winner for the company, industry analysts say.

Backing this idea up, Google registered the Web address "gbrowser.com" on April 26, according to a record at the WhoIs domain-name database. Employees of the company have also recently filed a patent application for delivering ads to client-side applications, including a Web browser or browser plug-in.

In addition, Google has hired several technical staff with expertise in graphics, Javascript and Web browser development in recent months. Included in those ranks are Adam Bosworth, a former employee of BEA and Microsoft who helped create Internet Explorer; Joe Beda, a seven-year Microsoft veteran who's worked on the software giant's next-generation graphics engine, Avalon; and Joshua Bloch, a Sun Microsystems developer who has designed major enhancements to the Java programming language and application programming interfaces, or APIs.
In addition, the company recently hosted the Mozilla Developer Day at its Mountain View, Calif., campus. Mozilla develops an open-source browser to which Google engineers could contribute code as a way of introducing a Google-flavored Internet tool.

Suggesting that such a working partnership exists, a post to Mozilla's Bugzilla system indicated that a bug report had been closed because it mimicked an earlier report. The bug, the post read, was "a duplicate of a private bug about working with Google. So closing this one," according to the blog Deftone.com.
 
Bad: More ads in browsers.
Good: Less MS dominance, maybe people will write websites which support standard coding.
 
Hmm, I don't know. I think I'll stick with FireFox if GBrowser is ever released. I'm sure the Google fanboys will flame me for it, but whatever.
 
my bet is, its going to be a wrapper for IE that ads stuff into it, like quick links to gmail, google search, tabs, etc.. sorta like MYIE2. I highly doubt that they would spend so much time it would take to build a new web browser from the ground up. At best, you might get a googlefied mozilla browser
 
Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
my bet is, its going to be a wrapper for IE that ads stuff into it, like quick links to gmail, google search, tabs, etc.. sorta like MYIE2. I highly doubt that they would spend so much time it would take to build a new web browser from the ground up. At best, you might get a googlefied mozilla browser
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Is that even possible? 😕
 
rumor mill: ive heard through the grapevine that the IE team inside Microsoft has just opened up 100 headcounts, looks like they are planning something big for the next version of IE.
 
Originally posted by: Ameesh
rumor mill: ive heard through the grapevine that the IE team inside Microsoft has just opened up 100 headcounts, looks like they are planning something big for the next version of IE.
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They better be. They're losing ground daily.
 
I use Opera and plan on staying with Opera, however I would give a Google browser a try. Anything but MS IE. In one since I would want to support Google simply because they would be going head to head with Microsoft.
 
I always thought that they should put up some sort of eBay alternative, too. God knows there needs to be some real competition there to lower the damn ebay fees down! There might even be enough google freaks to support it!
 
I wish I could have had a premonition before April 26 telling me to register gbrowser.com...I'd be sitting on a nice chunk of cash right now
 
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