Google Attempts to Explain What a Web Browser Is [VIDEO]

Google Attempts to Explain What a Web Browser Is [VIDEO]

Although Google Chrome is starting to gain some adoption in the Web browser market, it faces a fairly significant challenge in becoming the leader: many Internet users simply don’t care what browser they use (see: 25% still use IE6).

Moreover, many don’t even know the difference between a browser, a search engine, and an operating system. Google has taken on this issue previously with their “What is a Browser?” man-on-the-street style interviews, but today they’ve gone a step further, launching WhatBrowser.org.

According to Google, the site “gives even more information about browsers. On this site, you can see which web browser you're using, explore links to browser diagnostic tests and read some useful tips for getting the most out of your browser.”

It was probably a bit of a pride swallowing task for a Google employee to put this all together, but below, the company’s attempt to explain the very basics of what we take for granted. As a bonus, Google’s rather amusing interviews from earlier this year.

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