Chrome Experiments
- From RSS
Aaron Coblin, Google Creative Labs
When we launched Google Chrome last September, we introduced V8, the technology of the new JavaScript processing engine, designed to improve the performance of next-generation web applications in the browser. Over the past few months, we have contacted a dozen software developers and designers to experiment with V8 and find interesting new ways to use JavaScript. Among those who helped us were REAS , Mr. Doob , Ryan Alexander , Josh Nimoy , Mark Mahoney , and Toxi .
The results of their experiments are staggering - each project turns a browser window into an interactive application, a game, and even an art installation. What they have achieved can be appreciated by both the advanced JavaScript developer and the average Internet user.
Here is an example of some applications that were created during the experiment: Take a
look at the Chrome Experiments website . It is not necessary to view the Google Chrome site, but in older browsers some experiments may slow down or display with errors. To download Google Chrome, click here .
Of course, we want more new experiments. We will regularly update the site and promote the best projects on the main page in the Featured Experiments section. So, if you have an idea of a good experiment with a web browser, feel free to implement it, present it in all its glory and send it to us.
We’ll talk about the most vivid experiments and give some talks on the subject of Google Chrome at the Google I / O conference on May 27-28 in San Francisco.
When we launched Google Chrome last September, we introduced V8, the technology of the new JavaScript processing engine, designed to improve the performance of next-generation web applications in the browser. Over the past few months, we have contacted a dozen software developers and designers to experiment with V8 and find interesting new ways to use JavaScript. Among those who helped us were REAS , Mr. Doob , Ryan Alexander , Josh Nimoy , Mark Mahoney , and Toxi .
The results of their experiments are staggering - each project turns a browser window into an interactive application, a game, and even an art installation. What they have achieved can be appreciated by both the advanced JavaScript developer and the average Internet user.
Here is an example of some applications that were created during the experiment: Take a
look at the Chrome Experiments website . It is not necessary to view the Google Chrome site, but in older browsers some experiments may slow down or display with errors. To download Google Chrome, click here .
Of course, we want more new experiments. We will regularly update the site and promote the best projects on the main page in the Featured Experiments section. So, if you have an idea of a good experiment with a web browser, feel free to implement it, present it in all its glory and send it to us.
We’ll talk about the most vivid experiments and give some talks on the subject of Google Chrome at the Google I / O conference on May 27-28 in San Francisco.