Linked by Georgios Kasselakis on Wed 3rd Sep 2008 15:14 UTC
It appears that Google scored a PR success with their Chrome browser. In short, the promise is a web experience where web pages are allowed to behave more like desktop applications. This is done by boosting the abilities of common web pages in terms of performance, while also allowing 'plugins' to enrich the user experience of certain other pages. As it seems, the announcement shot at the heads of people who've been holding their breath for the fabled Google Operating System. However in the following text I will demonstrate that Chrome [based on what we are allowed to know] puts strain on the Designer and Developer communities, is not innovative (save for one feature), and copies ideas liberally from Google's worst enemy.
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What's to stop a user from running an exe from their desktop?
I agree that the installer should by default use Program Files if possible (or at least give the option to install system-wide for admin users), but I don't think the default install location is really something to attack on the basis of system security.