Seeking Alpha

Andy Beal

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OK, maybe Google (GOOG) won’t adopt Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s "War" as the unofficial anthem of its Chrome browser, but fun and games? Sure, why not?

Since early this year, Chrome Experiments has been collecting a bunch of user-created JavaScript applications that are designed to show off the powerful technology behind Chrome. This one for example, I call the "Internet Explorer" emulator, because it (literally) crashes the browser!

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One of the newer submissions helps you turn Google Chrome into something ultra-productive: Ping Pong!

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Or maybe you prefer a little asteroid blasting?

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Of course, Google’s hoping that these experiments will help lift the browser’s 2-3% market share. I’d suggest that getting the Mac & Linux official builds released might have a better chance of helping with that goal