Google Chrome is already the fastest browser. In fact, it is faster than other browsers such as Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox by a big margin. This fact has been admitted by Microsoft, though indirectly, see Internet Explorer 9 to improve speed, graphics rendering. In spite of the fact that Chrome is a modern browser with fastest speed and perhaps the simplest design, its market share amongst browsers has not exceeded more than about 3% more than one year after it was first released. The main reason for this poor performance in gaining better share in the browser share has been Chrome’s inability to support extensions. I’ve analyzed this issue in detail in the article Which browser is better – Chrome or Firefox? Remember, there are more than 7000+ browser extensions for Firefox which immensely add to its functionality. But, Google Chrome has none, at present. However, now, there is a good news for the Chrome fans (I’m one of those, though I also use Firefox regularly and IE to some extent). Chrome is likely to start supporting extensions soon, including the third party extensions. This is likely to drastically improve the fortunes of Chrome.
Google has now invited third party extensions for its Chrome browser. This is what is stated by Google in this regard:
“During the last few months, our team has been working hard to support extensions in Google Chrome’s beta channel. Today, we are getting one step closer to this goal; developers can now upload their extensions to Google Chrome’s extension gallery. We are making the upload flow available early to make sure that developers have the time to publish their extensions ahead of our full launch.”
Google is welcoming all types of extensions in the Chrome’s extensions gallery, provided they comply with its Terms of Service. Moreover, it has clarified that for most extensions, the review process is fully automated. This means that most extensions will get included automatically. The only extensions that will be reviewed manually are those that have some security concerns. However, even such extensions may be approved after thorough scrutiny and their developers will need to provide additional information before they can post them in the extensions gallery. This security concern is understandable and rather needs to be appreciated.
With Google specifically mentioning in its above blog post that it “can’t wait to share all the great extensions”, that third parties may submit, with all of Google Chrome’s users, it is obvious that we can expect browser extensions in Google Chrome in the near future. So, we can expect changes in the browser market share. And, it has more relevance for Google since its Chrome OS, that is likely to be launched in about a year’s time, will be basically a browser-based operating system and all applications will run on it through the browser, and obviously only Chrome browser will be supported in its Chrome OS as and when it is released to public.
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