Google Chrome shows how bad things have gotten

Three thoughts about Google Chrome:

1. Regarding security and performance, come on! What on earth have the other browser makers been doing for the past five years? This is work they should have done. Especially Microsoft, which had the money to do it. Now Google's done it first and Microsoft will be playing catchup not just in search, but in desktop software -- supposedly its core competence.

2. When I was floundering around trying to finish my book, I jokingly suggested to some that I frame it as a comic book. Turns out that was the right medium to explain the pickle we're in, regarding the future of browsers. Well it wasn't the first time I thought of something first!

3. Chrome sounds pretty good, and although I don't jump to adopt things first the way I used to, I'm going to need some powerful reasons not to try it out once it gets traction. Like some new intrusion into my privacy. But Google's already there (although I didn't let the company index my hard disks.)