3 September 2008
Gmail in Google Chrome is Outlook by Google
Every post these days seems to be about Google Chrome (see my round up). In fact, since I wrote that round up I’ve found tons more posts I could have put in there.
The Gmail blog just made a post encouraging users to try out Gmail in their browser…
“We’ve removed all the unnecessary clutter from the browser window to give you more room for your favorite applications and websites. If you use an application shortcut (below), you can launch Gmail in its own streamlined window that gives you as much working room as possible, without the URL box or browser toolbar.”
Sounds, and looks, very much like Outlook to me (or any other desktop email app you care to mention).
With their ’streamlined window’, perhaps Google aren’t just trying to take on Internet Explorer but also…Outlook Express, iCal, Microsoft Word - in fact every single web app that Google have can probably be made to look like a desktop app (and run from a shortcut) with Chrome. Very, very clever.
Is Chrome the Google OS? Have Google bitten off more than they can chew? Tell us in the comments.
BEST COMMENTS SO FAR (Make yours!):
- Grant: It’s subtle, brilliant and a very big mile marker in Google’s strategy… It certainly blurs the line between the OS and the browser even further.
- K H: Even if Chrome is not a huge success, it will bring more exposure to Mozilla projects like Prism. Google’s stated aim with Prism is not to take on current web browsers directly but to challenge them to incorporate Google’s ideas into their browsers.
Note: I’ve created a seperate category for Chrome news, just because there is so much of it!
8 Comments currently posted.
Grant says:
K H says:
Even if Chrome is not a huge success, it will bring more exposure to Mozilla projects like Prism. Google’s stated aim with Prism is not to take on current web browsers directly but to challenge them to incorporate Google’s ideas into their browsers.
I think if the project succeeds in its final aim, one if the final winners will be the netbook/subnotebook industry.
satyam says:
t’s subtle, brilliant and a very big mile marker in Google’s strategy. This is an absolutely killer reason to download and use Chrome. Even if you still want and use the power of Firefox, plenty of people will also use Chrome for Cloud-based apps. It certainly blurs the line between the OS and the browser even further.
Ross says:
I like the UI. It’s going to need some time to mature to have the same kind of add-ons that opera and firefox have available though. I can’t seem to find a “Home” button either? Not that I really need one with Chrome, seeing as google is my homepage…
Al says:
If you select the settings drop down on the left and then options you can choose to ‘turn on’ a Home button!
I guess the guys don’t really see the need to go home, but old habits die hard. I turned mine back on straight away!!
Ram says:
Chrome is a great show with some of the exceptional features. Thanks for the seamless integration as well as the ‘incognito mode’. Time Google also brought out a user-friendly OS.
Emre says:
It is very nice indeed. But, clicking on the icon while a Gmail window is still open causes another one to pop up. What it should be doing is bringing front the one already open (like outlook).
Anyway Googlers are smart its probably being developed somewhere in google already 
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It’s subtle, brilliant and a very big mile marker in Google’s strategy. This is an absolutely killer reason to download and use Chrome. Even if you still want and use the power of Firefox, plenty of people will also use Chrome for Cloud-based apps. It certainly blurs the line between the OS and the browser even further.