Google will be launching its new browser sometime today.
Based on webkit, one of the benefits includes using it as an application platform rather than the general browser.
I think this is the right direction. Web based applications is getting more complex. And the current state of browsers has its limitations.
Rather than having me go into the guts of what the current browser lacks, my suggestion, head over to Blogoscoped and read the comic to find out what is planned for
http://blogoscoped.com/google-chrome/
You can also head over to Google’s blog and find out their views
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/fresh-take-on-browser.html
Note: I will probably post a follow-up to this once I have a chance to review it and determine how existing legacy applications can take advantage of it.
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*Yawn*
REBOL has done this for years and better than the hype being spun from Google. [see: http://www.rebol.com ]
Unless there is an separate protocol handler that accepts any protocol request and returns replies to be rendered in a browser, ftp tree, email client, and more, then you do not have a “platform”.
Rather, you have a browser, still.
On a side note, Google Chrome seems to have swiped the best features of Opera 9.5x [see: http://www.opera.com ]