Google Gives Apps for Desktop on Chrome's 5th Birthday

Chrome is the lightweight flagship browser that originated from an open source project by Google called Chromium and Chromium OS. Now Chrome is celebrating its fiveyears of browsing with the internet community and with this five years Chrome is one of the most widely used browser among a variety of other products. Within these five years Google has made 29 versions to Chrome application.The main strength of Chrome is considered as the wide variety of extensions and add-ons, a powerful Javascript engine and a quick release development cycle that makes it stand on the competitive end of the curve.

On celebrating the wonderful 5th birthday Google launched a new feature to the Chrome users and it is a "new breed of Chrome Apps" and is described as For Your Desktop.

Chrome is popular for its online add ons especially the ones associated with Chrome Web store. Now Google is trying to make a change on the ongoing trend of working online with web based applications and tries to wipe out the border lines with the online apps and the traditional desk top applications. The apps in “For Your Desktop” section do not require an internet connection once it is downloaded to your desktop. They can be used in offline mode.

Best beneficiaries of this feature will be the users of Google Chromebook as it will be best in line with the new apps. Windows users can also enjoy the new apps but it is not yet finalized for Linux and Mac users. Reports says that support for them are still in pipeline.

The key feature of this new generation Chrome Apps is considered that at the same time it allows for data synchronizing through cloud system it supports the functions through offline mode. The most useful feature of the new system will be Chrome App Launcher. Currently this is available to Windows users only and it can be installed in the taskbar on downloading of the first Chrome App. For Windows 8 users who are missing the Start menu can seek the sanctuary and it acts as simple launcher for Chrome Apps and it will give access to the Chrome Store and app options.

You can find the full details at the Google Chrome blog and to know which apps are available, please visit For your Desktop section of the Chrome Web Store.