Google Chrome at Google I/O 2010
We kicked off Day 1 of Google I/O this year by highlighting the progress of
the web platform.
The
Day 1 keynote included a number
of exciting announcements and demos from the Chrome Team. To demonstrate the power of building
with HTML5, Sundar Pichai invited on stage a number of Chrome partners, including
Clicker who demonstrated the power of video and
highlighted one of the big open questions for the web: the need for a freely available, high
quality video codec for the tag. With the support of Mozilla, Opera, and Adobe, we announced
the launch of the
WebM Project, which
makes a high quality video codec freely available to everyone.
We also
announced the upcoming
Chrome Web
Store, which will launch later this year to help make great web applications more
discoverable. We showed how rich web apps and content like Sports Illustrated will be
discovered, launched, and even purchased from the Web Store when it launches later this
year.
In addition to our keynote announcements, the Chrome Team also
led a number of sessions throughout both days of the conference, focusing on Chrome, HTML5,
and the web as a platform.
Here’s a recap of what was covered in our
sessions:
- Beyond JavaScript: programming the web with native
code - Although JavaScript performance is rapidly increasing, there are still
applications for which native code is a better choice. Learn about Native Client and how you
can use it to build rich applications with all of the advantages and power of the
web.
- Chrome Extensions - how-to - Google Chrome shipped an
extensions API in version 4.0. Since last year, new capabilites have been added to the
extensions framework, and many people have already written powerful extensions with minimal
effort. Find out how to write an extension, and what's coming next in Chrome
Extensions.
- HTML5 status update - Where is HTML5 today? What new
features are now broadly supported, what features are on the horizon, and what features are on
the chopping block? How do we decide what to implement, what to propose, and what to drop?
Find out.
- Developing web apps for the Chrome Web Store - Google
Chrome is a powerful platform for developing web apps. With Chrome web apps, we're making it
easier for users to discover and use these apps. Learn how to build and sell apps for the
Chrome Web Store.
- WebM Open Video Playback in HTML5 - The new open VP8
codec and WebM file format present exciting opportunities for innovation in HTML5 . In this
session, you'll see WebM playback in action while YouTube and Brightcove engineers show you
how to support the format in your own HTML5
site.
- Google Chrome's Developer Tools - In this session
we'll give an overview of Developer Tools for Google Chrome that is a part of the standard
Chrome distribution. Chrome Developer Tools allow inspecting, debugging and tuning the web
applications and many more. In addition to this overview we would like to share some
implementation details of the Developer Tools features and call for your
contribution.
- Developing With HTML5 - This session covers the HTML5
APIs available to Google Chrome and Google Chrome OS applications and Google Chrome
extensions. Learn how to design web applications for a Google Chrome OS netbook using the
latest web technologies.
- Using Google Chrome Frame - Google Chrome Frame brings
the HTML5 platform and fast Javascript performance to IE6, 7 & 8. This session will
cover the latest on Google Chrome Frame, what it can do for you and your customers, how it can
be used, and a sneak peak into what's planned next.
In case
you couldn’t attend in-person, all the links above include videos and slides from each
session. You can also find all the Chrome session videos on this
YouTube playlist.
Thanks to everyone who showed up this year and made Google I/O such a great event.
By Ian Fette,
Google Chrome Team
