The browser war between Google, Mozilla and Microsoft rages on, but if you’re confused by all this talk of rendering and javascript, help is at hand. Google’s taken the time to go back to basics and explain just exactly what a browser is with a new site and video.
If you think Chrome is just for cars, and Firefox is something you might find defecating in the garden, you’d do well to check out Google’s new site, whatbrowser.org. It’s a clean, easy to use site that explains the basics of web browsing for those not in the know. It covers the Jack and Jill stuff, such as how a browser differs from an OS and other software, and even tells you what one you’re running.
You can take a look at Google’s video here, and heading over to the site itself will let you see what your other browser options are: it auto-detects if you’re on Mac or PC, and will tailor your options accordingly.
Google Chrome for Mac out this year
Google doesn’t appear to be using it as a method to push its own browser, Google Chrome, over any of the other big players, giving it even attention. Opera doesn’t get much of a look-in though, as it’s left out of this here video, even if it is linked to on the What Browser? site itself.
It’s a helpful idea from Google, and one that’ll give a helping hand to less advanced web wanderers. After all, many users out there are still lumbered with Internet Explorer 6, blissfully unaware that their online life could be made so much better with a quick upgrade. The only thing is, how will they know to go to What Browser? Give the video a play and spread the word!
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It’s telling that Opera is missed out, as that’s ironically the best browser of the lot. It’s the fastest, the most secure, and the most fully featured of the lot.