Chromium Blog releases an early version of Google Chrome Frame, an open source plug-in that brings HTML5 and other open web technologies to Internet Explorer.Now why this suddenly ? The answer to this is to help web developers(I am one too) deliver faster, richer applications like Google Wave. 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.

Google Wave is a new tool for communication and collaboration on the web,which would give a desktop based browsing ability.It’s hardly a week left for the release.On first login to Google Wave, Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8 users will see this message:

A few clicks later, the user will be running Google Wave in Internet Explorer, but it will be every bit as fast as in Google Chrome.Google Wave depends on strong JS and DOM rendering performance to provide a desktop-like experience in the browser. HTML5’s offline storage and web workers will enable us to add great features without having to compromise on performance.

Taking into consideration that most of the user’s still use Internet Explorer Google Chrome frame was released as  the JavaScript performance is many times slower and HTML5 support is still far behind in IE.In the past, the Google Wave team has spent countless hours solely on improving the experience of running Google Wave in Internet Explorer but using Google Chrome Frame instead lets the engineering time in more features for all  users, without leaving Internet Explorer users behind.

One challenge developers face in using these new technologies is that they are not yet supported by 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.

With Google Chrome Frame, developers can now take advantage of the latest open web technologies, even in Internet Explorer. From a faster Javascript engine, to support for current web technologies like HTML5’s offline capabilities and <canvas>, to modern CSS/Layout handling, Google Chrome Frame enables these features within IE with no additional coding or testing for different browser versions.

Read more on how this has to be done via Chromium Blog

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