Awesome news (in my eyes!), Google Chrome is going to get a fully metro compliant version for Windows 8. It will almost certainly bring with it many of the great features Chrome now enjoys (like bookmark and password syncing to the cloud), fingers crossed it also brings with it support for the awesome range of addons currently supported by the desktop version…
Google says it’s working on a version of Chrome that will run in the Metro environment of Windows 8. The news follows the revelation that Mozilla is building Firefox for Metro as well. That means when Windows 8 tablets start to appear later this year, customers will be able to use the same browsers they use in Windows 7, but re-imagined for the Metro interface. Also, the desktop versions will be tailored for touch as well.
One interesting titbit might make market share an arkward subject if Windows 8 takes off…
In a recently published white paper, the company revealed that other Metro browsers were welcome, and they’d even get some privileges other Metro apps don’t have (like multitasking). The downside: users will only be able to run a single browser in Metro, the default one.
via Mashable