---
title: "RWW Live: Chrome & Its Impact on The Browser Market"
date: 2008-09-08
author: "Richard MacManus"
categories:
  - name: "ReadWriteWeb"
    url: "/category/readwriteweb.md"
tags:
  - name: "2008"
    url: "/tag/2008.md"
---

# RWW Live: Chrome & Its Impact on The Browser Market

![](https://web.archive.org/web/20090108192233im_/http://www.readwriteweb.com/images/rww_live200.jpg)The [latest episode of RWW Live](https://web.archive.org/web/20090108192233/http://apps.calliflower.com/conf/show/38549), our live podcast show, is set to begin shortly at 3.30pm PST (6.30pm EST). This week’s topic is, you guessed it, **Chrome**. We will be discussing Google’s new open source browser and its potential impact in the browser market. We have 3 very special guests on the show to discuss this: **Aaron Boodman from Google**, a Software Engineer on the Chrome team; **[Chris Messina](https://web.archive.org/web/20090108192233/http://factoryjoe.com/blog/)** from Vidoop (formally of Firefox and Flock); and **Alex Russell** from [The Dojo Toolkit](https://web.archive.org/web/20090108192233/http://dojotoolkit.org/). We encourage you to [listen to the show live](https://web.archive.org/web/20090108192233/http://apps.calliflower.com/conf/show/38549) and ask questions via the chat.

In the call we’ll discuss:

- The impact on the browser market – good / bad
- Features we especially like / concerns we have
- Why Google is doing this
- Reactions from the RWW Community

Note that this week we’re using new software to do the podcast: Calliflower. You can [follow the podcast live here](https://web.archive.org/web/20090108192233/http://apps.calliflower.com/conf/show/38549), or via the [Calliflower Facebook app](https://web.archive.org/web/20090108192233/http://apps.facebook.com/calliflower/conf/add_conf/38549).

**UPDATE:** We’re having some issues with Calliflower email activation codes for new users. We apologize for these teething problems, we are trying to fix them as we speak.

**UPDATE 2:** The Facebook app is working fine for chat, so please [click through to Facebook](https://web.archive.org/web/20090108192233/http://apps.facebook.com/calliflower/conf/add_conf/38549) to join the discussion.

**UPDATE 3:** Here is the recording from the podcast:

Download [MP3](https://web.archive.org/web/20090108192233/http://www.readwritetalk.com/episode/RWWLive2008_09_08.mp3)

*Originally published on ReadWriteWeb ([archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040018/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/rww_live_chrome_browsers.php))*