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Google promotes Chrome web browser with 11 short videos
Google has commissioned a series of 11 short films to promote the Google Chrome web browser. If you've ever doubted the power of advertising to make something mundane look pretty darn cool, click the play button above.
On the one hand, a browser is just a portal to the web, and so you'd think the last thing you would really need are a bunch of bells and whistles to make a browser look cool. And Google Chrome, with it stripped down interface doesn't really seem like it would have very much to highlight.
But you know what? A car is really just a vehicle for traversing the road. But most car commercials make the car itself look like the sexy thing, not the road. And the video above really does make Chrome look more exciting than the web pages you'll use it to visit in real life.
You can find the rest of the videos at the Google Chrome page on YouTube.
[via TechCrunch]
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The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Chedstone said 6:20PM on 4-30-2009
How Google-Chome-atic (referencing Nano-Chromatic...I felt like I was watching the new iPod Nano commercials that show the Nano's having colored bowel movements at the end.)
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Evenio said 7:43PM on 4-30-2009
Kind of ironic, I guess, considering their decision not to release it for OS X. :P
...Unless you count that one dude sitting in the darkest corner of the building during his lunch break, pecking out code with one hand while he eats his sub with the other.
KarlW said 8:43AM on 5-01-2009
Kind of ironic because as a Mac user, I'm open to give Chrome a try if they'd just release it on the bloody platform.
They say the difficulty isn't with the window chrome - Good job, Google - getting WebKit to run on a Mac. You guys are geniuses.
SoCoolCurt (PSN: KillaKornbread - XBL: SoCoolCurt) said 8:43AM on 5-01-2009
i love Chrome. i was a Firefox advocate before but Chrome just runs faster right now. the only thing that is keeping me from making Chrome my default browser is the lack of support for extensions, which i got quite used to in Firefox. i use it now mostly when i'm blogging or watching vids on Hulu.
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feraligatr8 said 8:43AM on 5-01-2009
lol Google are the best advertisers on earth, they know how to reach their audience. I love all of their ads. GOOGLE PWNS!
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