September 10, 2008 at 04:07Google Chrome as Apple's Popularizer
A lot of noise recently made the release of the Google Chrome browser.
I read with great interest the article “What Google Actually Did” . You can agree with almost everything in this article, but I’d just like to note that Google is not a pioneer in this matter, but rather a popularizer!
Most of the new ideas for Google Chrome come from Apple Safari:
- In 2007, with the release of the iPhone, Apple made an attempt to attract users to use exclusively Web-based applications. Then Apple announced that only Web applications would work on the iPhone (this was actively discussed in the article “Web-apps & Apple Safari”)! This was a bold step, but after a few months, under the pressure of the requirements of developers and most likely large corporate customers, Apple gave up, and in October 2007 announced the development of the iPhone SDK. The release of the iPhone SDK has incredibly expanded the market for iPhone consumers, and now the iPhone is already starting to compare with the Sony PSP. Probably the time of full-fledged Web-Apps has not come yet.
- The idea to attract users to use exclusively Web-Apps has long been hatched and Apple has been actively implementing the past few years:
“The fact that computer platform wars are behind, and that now there is only one platform - the Internet, and that it only has a future ... ”it was said by Steve Jobs in 1996 (see: www.deepapple.com/articles/25290.html ).
And in 2000, “Steve Jobs, the founder and CEO of Apple Computer, made a statement that the company will now not only produce computers and software products, but will also develop a wide range of Internet services on its updated apple.com site. Jobs predicts that the company will enter the top ten most successful Internet companies over the next few years ... ”(CNews.ru, January 6, 2000).
“Apple has been experimenting with Web applications for a long time in its .Mac service.” And according to some rumors, the web applications of the updated Apple MobileMe service will constantly expand. And over time, Apple can create web applications - analogues of programs from Apple iWork and even offer third-party developers to create their own MobileMe applications (see: www.ixbt.com/news/soft/index.shtml?10/63/03)
- Apple is involved in the development of instrumental environments that allow you to create web-applications in JavaScript, offering to use JavaScript as an alternative to Adobe Flash technology. For example, Apple participates in the SproutCore JavaScript environment project (see: www.ixbt.com/news/soft/index.shtml?10/63/03 ), and Apple also develops the Capuccino JavaScript environment (see: www.deepapple.com/articles/25290.html ).
- The WebKit engine, which is best suited for Web-Apps and used as the basis in Google Chrome, is almost a native engine for Apple Safari long developed with the active participation of Apple programmers.
- The idea to use the same full-fledged browser (without cropping as in MS IE for Mobile) was first implemented by Apple back in mid-2007 when Safari for Mac, Safari for Windows, Safari for iPhone came out at the same time.
- Back in the year 2008 (see: www.deepapple.com/news/30983.html ) there was information that Apple is already bringing to mind the new 4th version of Safari in which it will:
1) a function that allows you to save web pages as standalone applications (see: isafari.ru/news/94 )
2) a new JavaScript rendering engine called SquirrelFish (see: www.deepapple.com/news/30911.html )
Safari 4.0 is due out in the coming weeks (see: www.deepapple.com/news/31677.html)
Nothing new was invented in Google Chrome in this way, but only the ideas actively promoted by Apple received popularization (poppy) for the masses of Windows users who were not inclined to love and favor the Apple Safari browser :)
PS: And unfortunately, we must say that Apple is to some extent to blame for the fact that Google using the ideas of Apple had to develop its browser and intercept the banner of the On-Line Web-Apps revolution. There are several reasons for this:
- Apple could not release a perfectly debugged Safari for Windows, which would work just as well under Windows as it works under MacOS X;
- Apple did not make a browser for Linux;
- Google could not get Apple to use Safari on other mobile platforms, such as Google Android.
And this closeness of Apple may again play a cruel joke, as once Apple first released PC (Personal Computer), but could not make it popular (poppy) and this was used by a competitor - Microsoft.
So today, Apple was the first to release an iPhone and Safari browser sharpened for Web-Apps, but it seems it will not be able to make them poppy, and this is actively beginning to be used by a competitor - Google, releasing its Android platform and Chrome browser sharpened for its Web-Apps!
I read with great interest the article “What Google Actually Did” . You can agree with almost everything in this article, but I’d just like to note that Google is not a pioneer in this matter, but rather a popularizer!
Most of the new ideas for Google Chrome come from Apple Safari:
- In 2007, with the release of the iPhone, Apple made an attempt to attract users to use exclusively Web-based applications. Then Apple announced that only Web applications would work on the iPhone (this was actively discussed in the article “Web-apps & Apple Safari”)! This was a bold step, but after a few months, under the pressure of the requirements of developers and most likely large corporate customers, Apple gave up, and in October 2007 announced the development of the iPhone SDK. The release of the iPhone SDK has incredibly expanded the market for iPhone consumers, and now the iPhone is already starting to compare with the Sony PSP. Probably the time of full-fledged Web-Apps has not come yet.
- The idea to attract users to use exclusively Web-Apps has long been hatched and Apple has been actively implementing the past few years:
“The fact that computer platform wars are behind, and that now there is only one platform - the Internet, and that it only has a future ... ”it was said by Steve Jobs in 1996 (see: www.deepapple.com/articles/25290.html ).
And in 2000, “Steve Jobs, the founder and CEO of Apple Computer, made a statement that the company will now not only produce computers and software products, but will also develop a wide range of Internet services on its updated apple.com site. Jobs predicts that the company will enter the top ten most successful Internet companies over the next few years ... ”(CNews.ru, January 6, 2000).
“Apple has been experimenting with Web applications for a long time in its .Mac service.” And according to some rumors, the web applications of the updated Apple MobileMe service will constantly expand. And over time, Apple can create web applications - analogues of programs from Apple iWork and even offer third-party developers to create their own MobileMe applications (see: www.ixbt.com/news/soft/index.shtml?10/63/03)
- Apple is involved in the development of instrumental environments that allow you to create web-applications in JavaScript, offering to use JavaScript as an alternative to Adobe Flash technology. For example, Apple participates in the SproutCore JavaScript environment project (see: www.ixbt.com/news/soft/index.shtml?10/63/03 ), and Apple also develops the Capuccino JavaScript environment (see: www.deepapple.com/articles/25290.html ).
- The WebKit engine, which is best suited for Web-Apps and used as the basis in Google Chrome, is almost a native engine for Apple Safari long developed with the active participation of Apple programmers.
- The idea to use the same full-fledged browser (without cropping as in MS IE for Mobile) was first implemented by Apple back in mid-2007 when Safari for Mac, Safari for Windows, Safari for iPhone came out at the same time.
- Back in the year 2008 (see: www.deepapple.com/news/30983.html ) there was information that Apple is already bringing to mind the new 4th version of Safari in which it will:
1) a function that allows you to save web pages as standalone applications (see: isafari.ru/news/94 )
2) a new JavaScript rendering engine called SquirrelFish (see: www.deepapple.com/news/30911.html )
Safari 4.0 is due out in the coming weeks (see: www.deepapple.com/news/31677.html)
Nothing new was invented in Google Chrome in this way, but only the ideas actively promoted by Apple received popularization (poppy) for the masses of Windows users who were not inclined to love and favor the Apple Safari browser :)
PS: And unfortunately, we must say that Apple is to some extent to blame for the fact that Google using the ideas of Apple had to develop its browser and intercept the banner of the On-Line Web-Apps revolution. There are several reasons for this:
- Apple could not release a perfectly debugged Safari for Windows, which would work just as well under Windows as it works under MacOS X;
- Apple did not make a browser for Linux;
- Google could not get Apple to use Safari on other mobile platforms, such as Google Android.
And this closeness of Apple may again play a cruel joke, as once Apple first released PC (Personal Computer), but could not make it popular (poppy) and this was used by a competitor - Microsoft.
So today, Apple was the first to release an iPhone and Safari browser sharpened for Web-Apps, but it seems it will not be able to make them poppy, and this is actively beginning to be used by a competitor - Google, releasing its Android platform and Chrome browser sharpened for its Web-Apps!