Why is Google Chrome browser named as Chrome?

We had a 'pick a codename' vote early in the development cycle - the names that came out of that competition were so terrible that we were all pretty happy when one of the leads overrode it and declared that the codename would be 'Chrome', presumably because he likes fast cars. read more

Google's browser is called Chrome because prior to this the guts of Firefox were known (industry-wide) as "chrome". To suggest (or not suggest) anyone at Google was not aware of this ahead of time is pure fantasy. read more

Well, we have an answer from Glen Murphy, Design Lead, Google Chrome. read more

Google Chrome is one of the most popular web browsers out there today. Mozilla’s Firefox and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer are constantly competing with Google’s browser for top spot amongst the most used when surfing the Internet. Chrome was first released in 2008 and is based on the WebKit layout engine. read more