So what does Chrome mean for Mozilla, and for me?

As a post-script to my post on Google’s newly launched browser, Chrome, I just wanted to add some thoughts on what this means for Mozilla. Their browser, Firefox, is currently the best browser out there. It’s open source, its robust, its standards-compliant and it’s packed with features. And the thing that’s causing some raised eyebrows around the web is that Google is in quite serious partnership with Mozilla: their input in return for setting Google as the default search engine in Firefox amounts to a hefty percentage of the company’s revenue. So what do the folks at Mozilla think of Google stepping on their toes?

Well, they have been pretty quick to state that they’re not upset . Both the CEO John Lily and European President Tristan Nitot have commented fairly extensively and reading between the lines, the message seems to be ‘yes, we did get a bit sideswiped, but we’re big boys and we can all get along’. Whilst they seem to be a little on the back foot with this one, they also seem relatively confident that both companies have the best interests of the web at heart and that they can co-exist supportively. And although they're hardly likely to stamp their feet and scowl in public, I would like to believe them.

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