Google launches their own open-source browser coined, Google Chrome.  You can read about why Google decided to launch their browser here.

Under the hood, we were able to build the foundation of a browser that runs today’s complex web applications much better . By keeping each tab in an isolated “sandbox”, we were able to prevent one tab from crashing another and provide improved protection from rogue sites. We improved speed and responsiveness across the board. We also built V8, a more powerful JavaScript engine, to power the next generation of web applications that aren’t even possible in today’s browsers.

This is just the beginning - Google Chrome is far from done. We’ve released this beta for Windows to start the broader discussion and hear from you as quickly as possible. We’re hard at work building versions for Mac and Linux too, and we’ll continue to make it even faster and more robust.

Basically, Google is trying to make a new browser that will compete against the likes of Firefox and IE.  On top of entering the highly competitive browser market, Google is determined to bring Web2.0 apps that use AJAX, javascript, and other popular languages to load faster.

Google is also trying to make the most “memory-efficient” browser ever by using multiple-threading.  Threading is a common term used in computer hardware and software to divide CPU power among different programs.

I downloaded Google Chrome and installed on my PC through the Google Chrome Download page.

After installing, I did load up some of my blogs to see how fast it loads.  Surprisingly, this browser processes CSS much like Firefox except everything seems to run faster.

I did discover another thing about the Google Chrome and how it makes new “threads”.  If you press Ctrl+Alt+Del key (the same one you press when you get Windows blue screen of death), you will see “Chrome.exe” running as processes in your computer.

The strange thing is that there are multiple of these processes, not one.  This is the multi-threading feature of Google Chrome.  Multi-threading is also known as forking in terms of unix.

It’s a really simple idea really, having multiple processes run 1 single program for maximum efficiency and to protect against memory lock-ups.

What Google did is apply a simply computer theory into Firefox.  (I believe Google’s browser is based on the same open source project as Firefox)

In conclusion, you can see that there are multiple Chrome.exe’s running at 10 to 20K of memory while Firefox grabs 144K with 1 process.

This type of multi-threading is pretty simple to do and I think it might get applied to Firefox and IE very soon.

(Screenshot of a New Tab on Google Chrome)

You might be surprised to find that the Google Chrome will bring up small screenshots of the most recent websites you visited.  (Another simple feature that Google applied.   Simple but geninus.)

Right now, it’s too hard to tell how many people will start using the Google Chrome Web Browser but in my quick 5-minutes test, it looks really good.  (Who knows, maybe in 5 years we will have Google Chrome and Firefox, no more IE and Bill Gates)

The thing I do like most about Google Chrome is that it’s completely open-source, just like Firefox.  Google is really doing the next step, taking over every PC in every home.  Before Google was only a search site, now they will be more once Chrome goes popular.

Google Chrome Resources

Google Chrome Explained in Cartoon

Google Chrome Official Download Page

Google Chrome at Google Blog

Google Chrome Features and Videos

Why Google Chrome by Google

Wikia, a search engine developed by Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, has relanuches yesterday with some new features.

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AjaxDaddy give you some real good free code sniplets on various different Ajax implementations. Although I don’t have use for this as I prefer from-scratch Ajax coding, this can be very useful for anyone who’s not familiar with Ajax technology.

For Your Reference, what is AJAX?

AJAX is simply a combination of XMLHTTP, Javascript, and PHP to bring you “refreshing” of pages without reloading. You can read more about it here, here’s some books I also recommend you reading to get started:

JavaScript and Ajax for the Web - This is the best book to get you started with AJAX, I’ve read all the others ones but not as comprehensive and easy to read as this one.

Ajax Hacks - This book has lots of little tips and tricks for your Ajax code, definitely recommended if you are serious about Ajax development/learning.

AjaxBuddy, a free repository of Web 2.0-style site tools, is great for site owners who don’t have time to learn an entire programming language, or just need a starter block of code to get building. Grab free, easy-to-modify code for Flickr-like editing fields, quick-loading slideshows and tabbed galleries, instant graphs, date-choosing calendars, and dozens more examples.

via lifehacker

Google Translate, a free translator provided by Google (GOOG), now is capable of translating 10 more languages. WIth Google Translate AJAX API for API developers in place, Google should be able to keep adding more and more languages as time goes on.

In addition, Google translate can now detect a language of the site you are trying to translate as seen here:

Nice feature Googlers.

…and that’s great news any way you say it. Language is one of the biggest challenges we have in making information universally accessible. As part of the machine translation team within Google Research, I’m happy to report we’ve been hard at work to overcome this challenge. We’ve recently added translation capabilities for 10 new languages to Google Translate, bringing the total to 23 languages. The newly featured languages include Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Hindi, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian and Swedish.

In addition, you can now translate text and web pages as well as perform cross-language searches between any two languages that we offer. For example, we now support Chinese translation to/from any of our languages (e.g., Chinese to French). So for those of you who will be following or attending the Olympics in Beijing this fall, you’ll be able to more easily find and access content from local sources.

via Google Blog

Have you used Yahoo (YHOO)search engine lately?

Well, I haven’t used it honestly for couple months but I am impressed at their new real-time AJAX keyword suggestion feature.

They even have an “Explore concepts” feature, which I’d say is more towards Web 3.0 and the semantic web.

This functionality is way more advanced than Google (GOOG) at this point.   I am sure Google has something in the works to compete against Yahoo’s innovations but today I am impressed at Yahoo’s improvements.

Now, if Yahoo keeps improves their search engine algorithm a little bit or join Google to make the GooHoo thing real, that’d be the day we have some really really good search engine.

Digg, a popular Web2.0 social networking service, is working on a new comments system that will supposedly be faster than ever. In the video, the narator describes the new comments system without AJAX. I can’t understand how that could be faster without AJAX, but still looking forward to the new comments system.

One thing I’d have to suggest Digg is to make their submit system faster in the future.

via bitgravity

Domize, is a domain search tool that searches as you type using AJAX technology. (what I presume)

Basically, when you type “Google.com”, it will search for the available domain names in real-time including g.com, go.com,goo.com, goog.com, you get the idea.

I might have some good uses for this as sometimes I need that fast response.

Great job guys on the site.

As you type in the search box, Domize automatically starts showing the availability of dot coms, dot nets, and dot orgs. Red indicates it’s taken, blue indicates it’s available. Click the blue and Domize links you to GoDaddy to purchase the name (Domize presumably makes affiliate revenue if you complete the buy). Mouse-over the red for domain names that are taken and you’ll get a preview of the site, which allows you to see if it’s developed, or one that has nothing on it and is likely owned by a domain squatter that might be willing to sell you the name.

via Mashable

Jung ‘Max’ Lee

zedomax [at] gmail.com

Cell/Home 415-871-8295

San Francisco, CA 94132

Skillz

Ajax, javascript, MySQL, php, Photoshop, website design, dedicated server management (ssh2, scripting, DoS attack prevention), Wordpress blogs, MediaWiki based wikis, automation

Experience

Management of multiple blogs, wikis, and social networking sites.

Background is in B/S from Computer Engineering from UC Davis 2003.

Previously have worked for a computer chip company managing/sales/marketing over at Comfile.

Check out DIYs at Zedomax.com for some of my DIY work.

Portfolio

This portfolio lists some of the better sites I have created in my lifetime.

Bedzine.com

Logo design, site & blog design, implementation, and management of Bedzine.com which includes an online shopping cart, an active blog, and several bloggers. (Management of outsourced bloggers in US, Canada, UK, Malaysia, and India)

Keetsa.com

Overall site management and design of Keetsa Blog, which also includes several international bloggers. Shopping cart was outsourced which i managed.

Zedomax.com

Zedomax.com is a 2 year old personal tech and gadget blog with 5,000 unique visitors daily and about 800 daily subscribers.

Sitehoppin.com

Sitehoppin.com is a MediaWiki based social networking/free traffic exchange built from scratch with custom mediawiki extensions. It’s world’s first social networking site built on mediawiki.

OneBuckWiki.com

OneBuckWiki.com is a MediaWiki based “pay per Wiki page” site built from scratch with custom mediawiki extensions and custom online shopping cart.

Stuff I do for fun

Writing MediaWiki extensions

Designing MediaWiki themes

Designing Wordpress themes

Play golf when I have money

Go to the beach

Walk the dog