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http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/...n-browser.html

Google's got a new browser going beta tomorrow; they've (inadvertently, and then deliberately) released a comic to explain it.

Salient features from a quick skim:
  • Open-source
  • V8 JS VM; improved GC, JIT, and more
  • Webkit
  • One process per tab/plugin
  • Gears built-in
  • Start page rather resembling Iamthewalrus's in functionality
  • Allegedly "light", "clean" UI
    --which means that it might fit ok on a tablet screen, but also that it definitely breaks the UI spec.

And yes, it's available tomorrow; no word on what platforms they'll release binaries for, though. It looks at least as interesting as FF3 as far as desktop browsers on tablets go.
 

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