Google Chrome Frame Against Microsoft Internet Explorer

Here are the latest weapon, triggered in the browser war. In particular, it is a weapon wielded by Google Chrome against Microsoft Internet Explorer. This is a new open source plugin for Internet Explorer, called Google Chrome Frame, making IE behave exactly like Google Chrome to support HTML 5 and fast JavaScript engine. It was announced today Google Chrome Blog.

Upgrading while extremely useful for users and developers is a problem for Microsoft. They can not deliberately cripple Chrome without facing a horde of bad press, which in turn would mean good publicity for Chrome. But if they do not, IE users will be exposed to chromium and possibly further increase the market share for Chrome. Google Chrome Frame, developers can now open the latest web technologies like HTML 5, in Internet Explorer.

For users installing Google Chrome Frame will allow them to enjoy seamless modern web applications quickly with the familiar interface of the version of IE they currently use. The current version is still a first version for developers, but nothing prevents a common user to capture and use. [via devicemag]