Introducing Google Chrome Frame ( for Microsoft Internet Explorer )

chromium.org ^ | Tuesday, September 22, 2009 | Google ( Amit Joshi, Software Engineer, Alex Russell, Software Engineer and Mike Smith, Product Mg

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Today, we're releasing an early version of Google Chrome Frame, an open source plug-in that brings HTML5 and other open web technologies to Internet Explorer.

We're building Google Chrome Frame to help web developers deliver faster, richer applications like Google Wave. Recent JavaScript performance improvements and the emergence of HTML5 have enabled web applications to do things that could previously only be done by desktop software. One challenge developers face in using these new technologies is that they are not yet supported by Internet Explorer. Developers can't afford to ignore IE — most people use some version of IE — so they end up spending lots of time implementing work-arounds or limiting the functionality of their apps.

With Google Chrome Frame, developers can now take advantage of the latest open web technologies, even in Internet Explorer. From a faster Javascript engine, to support for current web technologies like HTML5's offline capabilities and <canvas>, to modern CSS/Layout handling, Google Chrome Frame enables these features within IE with no additional coding or testing for different browser versions.

To start using Google Chrome Frame, all developers need to do is to add a single tag:

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[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Google fixing IE so IE can do more things?....

Should Microsoft be saying thank you?

[Ingtar]

Microsoft was not allowed to do this because of the lawsuits... I find it amusing they used Google to get the things back that led to the SUN lawsuit.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

So Sun will sue Google?

[Ingtar]

I doubt it...