G1. That’s the name of the device that will be officially announced next week by T-Mobile USA … just to remind myself checkin the news on tuesday

As you may heard. Google tonight launched its brand new web browser called Chrome. For now it’s just available for Windows. So, I hope the Mac build will be available soon.

I just had a first look at the windows version. It’s really simple. That’s what I like. Well, rendering works fine what isn’t that surprising cause Chrome uses the Webkit rendering engine. I think I do like the homepage that is opened when you open a new tab, too. And I really like the developer stuff (Javascript Console, well done HTML element browser).

The downside in my opinion is the user interface. Not the structure. These tabs on top are quite good. And as I already mentioned it’s really simple. Less buttons.

No, what I don’t like is the overall style. Why are there user interface guidelines of operating systems? These Google buttons are completely different from the MS style on Windows. For the Mac build I hope Chrome will have the look & feel of a common Mac application. Users are not supposed to learn new interface styles with every app.

Anyway. Welcome Google Chrome. I’m looking forward to the Mac build.