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At Google people don't make mistakes, they're just overeager to launch a new product. At least that's kind of what they imply at the Official Google Blog when they announce A fresh take on the browser.

This fresh take on the browser is nothing more than an open source project, called Google Chrome, that the Mountain View company will be making available for download sometime today (probably in the morning Pacific time). It hasn't even launched and it was announced with a comic book, but still, it has already been touted "Windows Killer" by some.

Open source browsers are not precisely something new. Changes in the interface are something we're starting to get used to even though it might hurt a little at the beginning. Sure, there are a few technical changes from what we're used to that might make Chrome feel different from other browsers and Google does have an advantage over others in the field since they don't have to fear antitrust suits with every line of code. But how is this supposed to kill the OS?

It's supposed to run JavaScript like a charm, OK. But will it run Flash? Will it run Silverlight (or Moonlight for that matter)? (Believe me, this will be important in the near future.) Oh, and it needs Windows (and only Windows for the moment) to run on. And how's it supposed to run the large number of applications that are open my computer right now? On JavaScript? Please! So really fail to see who's getting killed here...

Anyway, here's a screen shot of some Google results this morning:

Curiously enough, none of the links points to a real page. Funny how when your site does it, the search engine doesn't really place it in first position.

All this said, I will be testing Chrome by the end of the day as objectively as humanly possible. I'll let you know how it goes.