<<Today, we're releasing an early version of Google Chrome Frame, an open source plug-in that brings HTML5 and other open web technologies to Internet Explorer.>>
http://blog.chromium.org/2009/09/introducing-google-chrome-frame.html |
Another nail in IE's coffin :-) |
It's pretty useless and annoying really – most users stuck using IE6 can't upgrade even though they'd like to, as their work IT policy forbids it. They won't be able to install a plugin either, so this won't have any great effect except to piss them off even more. |
I'm going to lobby my school sysadmin to install it: you'll be able to keep the school's website using IE6 and all other non compatible websites. Only explicitely compatible websites will use it and go faster (Youtube, Facebook, Gmail, etc...) |
People always assume that IT staff are against upgrading. I work in one and we will certainly be looking at this. We would love to drop IE6, Windows 2000 and other crap but some critical applications rely upon those.
When this is out of beta and if it works as advertised we would almost certainly push it to the desktops using Altiris, like any other application or plug-in. |
Nice idea, but from our perspective as a web development shop that loves Chrome and has to support IE6, we're a bit skeptical about whether this will help much.
We wrote up an analysis here:
http://www.cmurrayconsulting.com/strategy/google-chrome-frame-why/ |
Interesting that the digital signature on the exe is timestamped June 17, 2009... Maybe it's been in private beta for months?
http://dl.google.com/update2/installers/ChromeFrameSetup.exe |
Microsoft: Google Chrome Frame makes IE less secure
http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/09/microsoft-google-chrome-frame-makes-ie-less-secure.ars |
Microsoft says:
<< With Internet Explorer 8, we made significant advancements and updates to make the browser safer for our customers," a Microsoft spokesperson told Ars. "Given the security issues with plugins in general and Google Chrome in particular, Google Chrome Frame running as a plugin has doubled the attach area for malware and malicious scripts. This is not a risk we would recommend our friends and families take." The spokesperson also referred us to the latest phishing and malware data from NSS Labs, the same security company that found IE8 was the most secure browser in August 2009 via two Microsoft-sponsored reports. >> |
"This is not a risk we would recommend our friends and families take."
I wouldn't even let my "friends and families" use Windows. |
Sure, a plug-in will increase the risk, because even if it would be more secure than IExplorer run outside the Chrome Frame mode, it will still add its own potential insecurities to the ones of IE, causing an overall higher risk (and the malicious webmaster can always decide which render engine to use). But I suppose that is true of other plug-ins like Flash too, no? Did Microsoft ever issue an informal warning against Flash? |
