Google recently launched Google Apps, in an attempt to create applications that "run" outside of its browser, but now, according to "The Verge," it seems that it has even more plans to create a powerful "platform" that will "advertise" Chrome OS - and they start with... Chrome.
The Chrome browser traditionally runs on the desktop version of Windows 8, but if you wish, you can also open it in “Metro-Style” mode. Now, a new update that Google is bringing to the developer version of the browser brings, however, major changes to its interface that refer to… Google’s Chrome OS.
So, there is now a bar, which can be placed on the bottom left or right of the screen, and includes Google applications , such as Chrome, Gmail, Docs and Youtube. As in Chrome OS, here too, you can create multiple windows for the browser and “arrange” them using the snap function on the top left or right of the screen or in fullscreen mode, while an app launcher is also present in the bottom left.
“The Verge” notes that, for now, Chrome's new mode is full of bugs and crashes constantly, but, as you can imagine, this is not something we need to worry about at this point.
What matters is that Google, both with this move and with Chrome Apps, is finding a way to infiltrate Windows 8 with a “Trojan horse” that gradually creates its own “ecosystem” of applications within Microsoft ’s operating system . And this is something that deserves further discussion, given that Google is trying to find a way to “upgrade” its Chrome OS, which does not currently have much market penetration.
So let's see how the Google - Microsoft "war" in this part of the market. Google, in the past, has shown that it has succeeded in similar "battles" and Microsoft, however, seems to be no longer joking...
Source: digitallife.gr
