The end is nigh for Chrome Frame, Google's tool for getting legacy versions of Internet Explorer to run modern HTML5 code. June 13, 2013 3:42 PM PDT Google's controversial Chrome Frame, a secure Internet Explorer plug-in that fought to bring the modern Web to legacy versions of Internet Explorer, will soon be going the way of Reader, Wave, and other Google projects not deemed worthy of a future. Chrome Frame running Google Wave in Internet Explorer shows off a lot of legacy technology. (Credit: Google) Chrome engineer Robert Shield wrote in a blog post on Thursday that Chrome Frame had outlived its usefulness. Basically, it wasn't being used. Google said that it's lack of appeal was because browsers usage has advanced far enough beyond where it was in 2009, when Chrome Frame launched. Most modern browsers, including Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari, and Opera, have developed to the point where they support majority of HTML5, CSS3 and next-generation JavaScript that fuels the developing Web. Related stories: Lockdown-evading Chrome Frame exits beta Chrome Frame hops over PC lockdown barrier Google: Chrome Frame ready for prime time Mozilla VP: Chrome Frame is the wrong answer Microsoft bashes Google's Chrome-in-IE plan Gary Schare, who worked on Internet Explorer while at Microsoft and now is the CEO of Browsium, a company focused on providing better browsing tools in the enterprise, says that from an enterprise perspective, Chrome Frame was unusable. A business's IT department, Schare said, "had no control over when it was invoked. If there was a security bug, any rogue site could invoke it and wreak havoc. That doesn't play well in enterprise." Chrome Frame's impending demise doesn't mean that Google is giving up on Chrome for businesses. The company has recently upgraded the features available in its Chrome for Business management console, which lets companies install and manage Chrome for their employees. The move indicates that Google is seeing enough growth in IE 9 and IE 10 usage to justify not competing with them on their own turf. Microsoft did not return a request for comment by the time this story first published. CNET will update the story when we hear back from them. Google did not give a final date for Chrome Frame, saying only that it would stop support in January 2014. The company also has provided a FAQ to help developers migrate away from Chrome Frame.
The end is nigh for Chrome Frame, Google's tool for getting legacy versions of Internet Explorer to run modern HTML5 code.
Google's controversial Chrome Frame, a secure Internet Explorer plug-in that fought to bring the modern Web to legacy versions of Internet Explorer, will soon be going the way of Reader, Wave, and other Google projects not deemed worthy of a future.
Chrome Frame running Google Wave in Internet Explorer shows off a lot of legacy technology.
(Credit: Google)
Chrome engineer Robert Shield wrote in a blog post on Thursday that Chrome Frame had outlived its usefulness. Basically, it wasn't being used. Google said that it's lack of appeal was because browsers usage has advanced far enough beyond where it was in 2009, when Chrome Frame launched. Most modern browsers, including Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari, and Opera, have developed to the point where they support majority of HTML5, CSS3 and next-generation JavaScript that fuels the developing Web.
Related stories:
- Lockdown-evading Chrome Frame exits beta
- Chrome Frame hops over PC lockdown barrier
- Google: Chrome Frame ready for prime time
- Mozilla VP: Chrome Frame is the wrong answer
- Microsoft bashes Google's Chrome-in-IE plan
Gary Schare, who worked on Internet Explorer while at Microsoft and now is the CEO of Browsium, a company focused on providing better browsing tools in the enterprise, says that from an enterprise perspective, Chrome Frame was unusable.
A business's IT department, Schare said, "had no control over when it was invoked. If there was a security bug, any rogue site could invoke it and wreak havoc. That doesn't play well in enterprise."
Chrome Frame's impending demise doesn't mean that Google is giving up on Chrome for businesses. The company has recently upgraded the features available in its Chrome for Business management console, which lets companies install and manage Chrome for their employees.
The move indicates that Google is seeing enough growth in IE 9 and IE 10 usage to justify not competing with them on their own turf.
Microsoft did not return a request for comment by the time this story first published. CNET will update the story when we hear back from them.
Google did not give a final date for Chrome Frame, saying only that it would stop support in January 2014. The company also has provided a FAQ to help developers migrate away from Chrome Frame.
