I've written a lot on the efforts in converging web and desktop applications (Adobe Air, Mozila Prism, Silverlight, JavaFX, Google Gears etc.). Now Google ups the ante with the (soon to be official) introduction of its new webkit based browser - dubbed Chrome (You can see a comics explanation of its main concepts/features).
Let's do a quick recap before taking more about Chrome. Basically we see all the major players trying to blur the lines between desktop applications and we [...]
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