Today is the 14th birthday of Google Chrome. It was launched on September 2, 2008.
I have much enjoyed using Chrome during its illustrious childhood. It works very well not only on my MacBook and Android phone, but also on my Quest 2 VR headset.
And of course it’s highly compatible with all of those great Google productivity tools. But now I’m getting worried.
You know what happens when somebody turns 14. They start to get complicated.
I’m worried that Chrome might begin to show signs of adolescence. It might become moody, or manic, or oddly attracted to other Web browsers in ways that it does not yet understand.
It might suddenly fly into fits of jealousy or rage, and refuse to serve pages. Or I might find my pages suddenly all transformed to a dark theme, with everything showing up in a gothic font.
What happens if my trusty Web browser just sits in the corner of my screen all day, munching on apples and peanut butter and wearing outfits with oversized sleeves that cover its hands? And then refuses to do anything but recite lyrics by The Cure and Fall Out Boy?
Oh well, all I can do is hope for the best. Maybe Google Chrome will immediately blossom into a mature adult Web Browser, without ever going through an awkward phase.
If not, I’m open to suggestions.