 Internet Explorer 6 using Google Chrome Frame to render Wikipedia’s main page | |
| Developer(s) | Google Inc. |
|---|---|
| Initial release | September 22, 2009 |
| Final release | 32.0.1700.107 (February 1, 2014) [±] |
| Preview release | 32.0.1700.76 (January 13, 2014) [±] |
| Written in | C++ |
| Engine | WebKit (based on KHTML) |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Type | Replacement layout engine |
| Website | www |
Google Chrome Frame was a plug-in designed for Internet Explorer based on the open-source Chromium project, first announced on September 22, 2009.[1] It went stable in September 2010, on the first birthday of the project.[2] It was discontinued on February 25, 2014 and is no longer supported.[3]
The plug-in worked with Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8 and 9.[3] It allowed suitably coded web pages to be displayed in Internet Explorer by Google Chrome's versions of the WebKit layout engine and V8 JavaScript engine. In a test by Computerworld, JavaScript code ran 10 times faster with the plug-in on Internet Explorer 8.[4]
Development of Google Chrome Frame was required in order for Google Wave (now Apache Wave), which requires HTML5, to function in Internet Explorer.
The first stable version supporting Non-Admin Chrome Frame was rolled out on August 30, 2011. The newer Chrome Frame installer ran at Admin level by default and fell back to Non-Admin mode if the user didn't have the necessary permissions on their machine.[5]
- ^ "Introducing Google Chrome Frame". Chromium Blog. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
- ^ "Google Chrome Frame: Stable and Speedy". Chromium Blog. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
- ^ a b "Chrome Frame - The Chromium Projects". www.chromium.org. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
- ^ Amy Willis (2009-09-25). "IE8 browser runs faster with Google Chrome plug-in". The Daily Telegraph.
- ^ "Non-Admin Chrome Frame Reaches Stable Channel". Chromium Blog. Retrieved 2020-08-14.