

We believe that Google Chrome Frame makes life easier for web developers as well as users. For users, installing Google Chrome Frame will allow them to seamlessly enjoy modern web apps at blazing speeds, through the familiar interface of the version of IE that they are currently using. When Google Chrome Frame detects this tag it switches automatically to using Google Chrome's speedy WebKit-based rendering engine.

To start using Google Chrome Frame, all developers need to do is to add a single tag: From a faster Javascript engine, to support for current web technologies like HTML5's offline capabilities and, to modern CSS/Layout handling, Google Chrome Frame enables these features within IE with no additional coding or testing for different browser versions. With Google Chrome Frame, developers can now take advantage of the latest open web technologies, even in Internet Explorer. Developers can't afford to ignore IE - most people use some version of IE - so they end up spending lots of time implementing work-arounds or limiting the functionality of their apps. One challenge developers face in using these new technologies is that they are not yet supported by Internet Explorer. Recent JavaScript performance improvements and the emergence of HTML5 have enabled web applications to do things that could previously only be done by desktop software. We're building Google Chrome Frame to help web developers deliver faster, richer applications like Google Wave.

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.
