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The Future of Google Chrome

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the didn't-safari-just-poach-their-best-features dept.

TRNick writes "Lars Bak, who heads up development of Google Chrome's cornerstone javascript engine, talks about why Google is so focused on in-browser javascript performance, the role Chrome has played in driving up javascript performance in other browsers, and why it's taking so long to introduce support for third-party extensions. 'The web is becoming an integral part of the computer and the basic distinction between the OS and the browser doesn't matter very much any more,' he says."

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  1. Re:The whole point of Chrome by ednopantz · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    No kidding. I find it amazing that javascript-- that abortion of a compromise of a hack is what holds the web together.

    There was a moment when they could have had java....but no. They picked js because it would be quicker to download a browser with a js engine. And instead every web page has 800K of hacky js scripts attached to it.