I think our web developers are brainwashing me or something. Lately I am less stoked by Apple and increasingly stoked on all things Google – especially, Chrome, Google’s new web browser. It has been available for Windows for sometime and was just released for Intel based Macs earlier this week. It is definitely fast and worth taking for a test drive.
I don’t know why or how but I have been oblivious to all the ads/videos promoting Chrome. They are incredible. The most recent one promoting Chrome’s features is amazingly analog. It animates the mouse arrow with Muppet-like technology, implements knitting, water freezing, stacked dominoes and mercury. It’s an interesting angle to take for something that is so high-tech and is extremely captivating. I can’t remember the last time i was so engaged watching a demonstration on tabbed browsing or internet security. It really gives things a tangible understanding.
You can watch them all in a row or one at a time by clicking on a link in the YouTube window at the end of the clip ( something else I hadn’t seen before, this time from YouTube ).
Here is just the opposite. A no less amazing, but high-tech, 2 1/2 D animated spot by Motion Theory.
The Google Chrome Channel on YouTube is chock full of wildly creative videos. If ever in need of inspiration, definitely check them out.
