Similar Launches: Google & Microsoft Browser September 2, 2008
Posted by dushyantz in Technology, Web.Tags: browser, chrome, Google, google chrome, ie8, internet explorer, microsoft, open-source, Technology
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Google Chrome Screenshot & IE8 Screenshot
How come both announcements on the same day? What’s the latest?
As we already know by now, that Google is launching its open-source browser Chrome ( similar to lines with mozilla firefox) , Microsoft unveiled its Internet Explorer beta 8 version.
Why is it so exciting?
It is because either Microsoft is scared by the over growing Google dominance in web space or is it something else.
How the philosophy differs for both giants?
Microsoft believes in pay for service ideology whereas Google believes in distribute for free ideology. There are almost no products from Microsoft which can be said to free be it anything and on the other hand there are almost no services from Google which are said to be paid unless you require a big email account on gmail which would be really impossible to given for free.
Since this is the first step by Google to move in the products domain, though having other extensions to the services google offer on web. Google has been in the services domain since long, and almost all their apps were mostly service based. Microsoft had an upper hand in products domain from os to accounts, they had all the products. Yet, the products will decide ewho wins the war again?
Which one is more usable from usability and user experience point of view?
Well it’s too early to comment on this question right now but stay tuned for the 2nd part of this article in series to know about each of the product’s usability.
Google’s Knol: An alternative to Wikipedia July 28, 2008
Posted by dushyantz in Miscellaneous, Technology, Web.Tags: Google, knol, Technology, wikipedia, wikis
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Google has finally launched their Knol reference tool to the public as a direct challenge to the popular Wikipedia. Intended to be a sort of internet encyclopedia, Knol will be filled with articles written by experts in every possible type of field.
Sounds like Wikipedia, doesn’t it?
The name of the service is a play on an individual unit of knowledge, and entries on the public website, knol.google.com, are called “knols”.
Knol has publishing tools similar to single blog pages. But unlike blogs, Knol encourages writers to reduce what they know about a topic to a single page that is not chronologically updated. Also, Knol does not edit or endorse the information and visitors will not be able to edit or contribute to a knol unless they have the author’s permission. Readers will be able to notify Google if they find any content objectionable.
For more insight into the newly launched tool, visit knol.google.com or read a detailed coverage on Wired.
