Google Chrome Gets into IE with Plug-in Chrome Frame
Prehaps in order to help web designers and developers to build rich apps, Google has released a plug-in called Google Chrome Frame for Internet Explorer, which is wielding a fierce new weapon in its war against Internet Explorer too.
Here is what Google says in their Google’s Chromium Blog about Chrome Frame:
“Google Chrome Frame is an early-stage open source plug-in that can bring Google Chrome’s open web technologies and speedy JavaScript engine to Internet Explorer. With Google Chrome Frame, you can:
Start using open web technologies – like the HTML5 canvas tag – right away, even technologies that aren’t yet supported in Internet Explorer 6, 7, or 8.
Take advantage of JavaScript performance improvements to make your apps faster and more responsive.”
The Google team is also trying the idea of Chrome Frame into the notion of maintaining an open Web, something the company has recently been working hard to promote. Today’s announcement puts much emphasis on the fact that Chrome Frame is open source and focused on increasing the availability of open Web technologies.
The Chrome Frame plug-in requires IE6, IE7 or IE8 on Windows XP or Windows Vista, and can be downloaded from Google’s site. And it can be fairly used simply, developers just have to add a single tag to web page which detects whether IE has Frame plug-in installed or not.
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