You're right. There's not any chance. I like that proverb! I predict that Google has a goal of making this browser bootable. In their modern-day-green-screen world, all one needs is a dumb terminal with a browser. And so the cycle continues.... Dumb client + smart server, smart client + smart server, smart client + dumb server, repeat, repeat, repeat... -----Original Message----- From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sorin Srbu Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 11:05 AM To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [windows2000] Re: Google announces Chrome Browser Ray Costanzo <> scribbled on Tuesday, September 02, 2008 4:44 PM: That's a nice thought and I second it, but as all utopian things, it's never gonna' happen... Not in mylifetime anyway. You know how the proverb goes; the good thing about standards is that there are so many to chose from... 8-) > This really gets my goat. Yet another freaking browser is NOT what the > world needs. What the world needs is one common rendering engine that all > browsers can share so that your browser decision would be based on the > ancillary features. Let me choose Firefox because I can have a cat theme, > or let me choose IE because it is easily managed by group policy. But make > it so that the actual interpretation and rendering of the html and css are > performed by the same component. > > > > Yeah, I know, then who creates this component and maintains it? Well, if > the W3C thinks they get to decide everything, let them write it and give it > out to anyone who wants to create a browser. > > > > From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Kenzig > http://thin.ms > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 8:49 AM > To: THIN; windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [windows2000] Google announces Chrome Browser > > > > To be available in about 19 hours > http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/fresh-take-on-browser.html > > > Looks like the download placeholder is here: > http://gears.google.com/chrome/?hl=en > > > Jim Kenzig > Blog: http://www.techblink.com ********************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. //www.freelists.org/list/windows2000