Microsoft Office 2010 is a Windows application.Īnd so on… What’s the Difference between a Web App and a Webpage? And Why is Google Chrome Special?.Each application only runs in the operating system it’s designed for.There is Windows, there is Mac OS, there is Linux, and there is the Internet.To grasp what the Google Chrome Web Store is trying to do, we have to first come to grips with the notion that the web is an operating system. So, understanding what a web app is and its significance requires a change in how we think about the Internet. In fact, Google is already testing out the Chrome Notebook, a laptop that gives you “nothing but the web.” Because they argue, that’s all you need in this day and age. In other words, Google is looking to cut out the clunky middle man-i.e., Windows, OS X, etc.-that gets in the way of where the real action is: the web.Īll of this was explained conceptually back in 2008 in comic strip form, but now, that concept is coming to fruition. In fact, Google’s ultimate goal with Chrome is to develop it into an operating system ( called Chrome OS) dedicated to giving you speedy access to the web and your web applications. In this way, the web itself is slowly becoming more like an operating system. From writing emails, editing documents and photos, chatting with friends, to tracking our personal finances, it seems that not only has all of our “stuff” migrated to the web but so too have the applications that manipulate our stuff. Instead, Chrome is built on the premise that the Internet has evolved beyond simple web pages, and now the sites we visit function more like applications. Chrome was released as a beta in September 2008, and if you can remember back that far, you might recall that Chrome was never intended to be just a simple browser. What is a Web App?īefore we discuss the reason for being for the Google Chrome Web Store, it’s best first to go back and discuss the origins of Google Chrome. Well, let me try to essay out the significance of this-though I’m not sure the answers we come up with will be satisfying in the way that you hoped or expected.
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