As you may have heard, Google is releasing a new browser tomorrow called Chrome. Based on what’s been revealed so far, it should be excellent, though we won’t know for sure until we get our hands on it. If nothing else, it’s expected to be very fast and very stable, which are the two main jobs of any decent browser.
But what about us webmasters? Will we have to start worrying about another browser when building our sites? Not really. The great news about Chrome is that it’s built on top of Webkit, which also powers Opera (and a few others). This means that the basic rendering engine is one that you’ve probably already checked your site against, so it’s nothing new.
Keep an eye on my SEO site tomorrow to see when Chrome is available for download. If you have a Windows machine, it’ll certainly be worth trying, even if it doesn’t live up to the hype.
Update: It’s available! You can download Chrome here.
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