Google Chrome: Difference between revisions

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Google Chrome is a web browser by Google, initially released on the 2 September 2008 for Windows. It was based on the WebKit rendering engine, but Google forked it in 2013 to become the Blink engine. All variants of Chrome except for the iOS variant now use the Blink engine. The WebKit engine is still used in the iOS variant, due to restrictions in the App Store’s policies.

Usage

Since late 2009, Google Chrome has surpassed Safari in usage and became the third most used browser worldwide with Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox in the lead. As of December 2010, the Google Chrome browser was used by 13.35% of the world.

Gallery

Google Chrome 7.0 running on Windows 7
Google Chrome 49 running on Windows Vista

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-[[File:Google_Chrome_wordmark_full.png]]
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-[[File:Google_Chrome_7.0.517.44.png|300px|right|thumb|BetaArchive Wiki on Google Chrome]]
+'''Google Chrome''' is a web browser by Google, initially released on the 2 September 2008 for [[Windows]]. It was based on the WebKit rendering engine, but Google forked it in 2013 to become the Blink engine. All variants of Chrome except for the [[iOS]] variant now use the Blink engine. The WebKit engine is still used in the [[iOS]] variant, due to restrictions in the [[App Store]]’s policies.
-[[File:Google_chrome_acid3test.png|300px|right|thumb|Acid3 Test on Google Chrome]]
+== Usage ==
+Since late 2009, Google Chrome has surpassed Safari in usage and became the third most used browser worldwide with [[Internet Explorer]] and [[Mozilla Firefox]] in the lead. As of December 2010, the Google Chrome browser was used by 13.35% of the world.
-Google Chrome was created by Google and was first released to the public as a beta on September 2, 2008 for Windows. As of December 2, 2010, the current build of Google Chrome is 8.0.552. There is also an operating system made by Google and is open source. It is called Google Chrome OS, which is based off of the Google Chrome browser and uses the browser as the main program when using the operating system. The operating systems that supports Google Chrome are [[Windows]] (XP SP2 and later), [[Mac OS X]] (10.5 and later, Intel only) and [[Linux]].
+== Gallery ==
+<gallery>
+Google_Chrome_7.0.517.44.png|Google Chrome 7.0 running on [[Windows 7]]
+Windows Vista SP2 desktop.png|Google Chrome 49 running on [[Windows Vista]]
+</gallery>
-==Usage==
+[[Category:Applications]]
-Since late 2009, Google Chrome has surpassed Safari in usage and became the third most used browser worldwide with [[Internet Explorer]] and [[Mozilla Firefox]] in the lead. As of December 2010, 13.35% of the world uses Google Chrome browser.
-[[category:Applications]]