Chrome Blog
The latest news from the Google Chrome team
A curious guide to browsers and the web
Thursday, November 18, 2010
On the Chrome team, we’re always looking for new ways to communicate complex concepts about technology. More than two years ago, we launched Chrome with a
comic book
by Scott McCloud. Since then, a few of our colleagues at Google created a simple explanatory website called
WhatBrowser.org
when they realized that many of our friends and family weren’t sure what web browsers are.
Today, we’re very excited to release a special project called “
20 Things I Learned about Browsers and the Web
.” In the spirit of Chrome’s tradition with books and
HTML5 experiences
, we teamed up with illustrator
Christoph Niemann
to publish an online guidebook to browsers and the web, written by the Chrome team. If you have questions like “What are plug-ins?,” “What is HTML5?,” or even “Why is it ok for a truck to crush my laptop?,” “20 Things” is a handy guide for anyone who’s curious about the basics of browsers and the web.
So grab a cup of hot chocolate and enjoy this illustrated guidebook in
Chrome
or any up-to-date HTML5-compliant browser. Once you’ve loaded it in the browser, you can even disconnect your laptop and read comfortably in your favorite armchair since this guidebook works offline, thanks to
HTML5
. You can also jump directly back to the page at which you’d previously left off, search for topics that you’d like to read up on, or even view it in “lights off” mode (remember reading under the covers with a flashlight?). If you’re on Chrome’s beta channel, you can give the
Chrome PDF viewer
a test drive in the “Print book” section of the guidebook.
To read this online guide, go to
www.20thingsilearned.com
, (or you can use this shortened URL:
goo.gl/20things
.) And to learn more about how we made it, you can read about the technical details on the
Google Code Blog
.
Posted by Min Li Chan, Product Marketing Manager
Labels
3d
53
accessibility
apps
chrome
Chrome Blog
chrome for a cause
chrome notebook
chrome os
chrome web store
chromebook
college basketball
cr-48
demo lab
demolab
extensions
Flash
google cloud print
googlenew
holidays
HTML5
instant
lab tech
mac
web apps
webgl
webrtc
Archive
2016
Sep
Aug
May
Apr
Mar
Jan
2015
Dec
Nov
Oct
Sep
Aug
Jun
May
Apr
Mar
Feb
Jan
2014
Dec
Nov
Oct
Sep
Aug
Jul
Jun
May
Apr
Mar
Feb
Jan
2013
Dec
Nov
Oct
Sep
Aug
Jul
Jun
May
Apr
Mar
Feb
Jan
2012
Dec
Nov
Oct
Sep
Aug
Jul
Jun
May
Apr
Mar
Feb
Jan
2011
Dec
Nov
Oct
Sep
Aug
Jul
Jun
May
Apr
Mar
Feb
Jan
2010
Dec
Nov
Oct
Sep
Aug
Jul
Jun
May
Apr
Mar
Feb
Jan
2009
Dec
Nov
Oct
Sep
Aug
Jul
Jun
May
Apr
Mar
Feed
Google
on
Follow @googlechrome
Follow
All things Google Chrome
Download Chrome
Download Chrome for Mobile
Chromium Blog
Chromium homepage
Follow