{"id":492357,"date":"2022-09-12T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/why-is-googles-chrome-web-browser-called-chrome\/"},"modified":"2022-09-12T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T11:00:00","slug":"why-is-googles-chrome-web-browser-called-chrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-is-googles-chrome-web-browser-called-chrome\/","title":{"rendered":"#Why Is Google\u2019s Chrome Web Browser Called Chrome?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f8f505fecb\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f8f505fecb\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-is-googles-chrome-web-browser-called-chrome\/#%E2%80%9CWhy_Is_Googles_Chrome_Web_Browser_Called_Chrome%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Why Is Google\u2019s Chrome Web Browser Called Chrome?&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-is-googles-chrome-web-browser-called-chrome\/#The_Name_Is_Design_Reference\" >The Name Is Design Reference<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-is-googles-chrome-web-browser-called-chrome\/#And_Also_a_Clever_Joke\" >And, Also a Clever Joke<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWhy_Is_Googles_Chrome_Web_Browser_Called_Chrome%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Why Is Google\u2019s Chrome Web Browser Called Chrome?&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage   alignnone wp-image-829699 size-full\" data-pagespeed-no-defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ChromeName1.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"A Google Chrome browser window.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/p>\n<p>When it comes to browser names, sometimes a browser gets a straightforward name that implies exactly what it does\u2014like Internet Explorer. But Chrome? Why name a browser after shiny metal?<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Name_Is_Design_Reference\"><\/span>The Name Is Design Reference<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The name \u201cChrome\u201d was assigned as a codename to Google\u2019s browser project early on in the development cycle back in the late 2000s.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s both a reference to the actual chrome found on iconic and fast mid-century muscle cars\u2014Chrome was designed to be a faster and more streamlined replacement to the browsers of the day\u2014and a reference to the design of browsers themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Just as shiny chrome trim and bumpers on classic cars wr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed, visually speaking, around the body of the car and showed it off, the term \u201cchrome\u201d was used to refer to everything in a browser but the actual browser pane itself that displayed the page. (In other words, the \u201cbrowser chrome\u201d includes the browser\u2019s toolbar, tabs, scroll bar, and everything else around the web page itself.) The chrome was the shiny stuff around the meat of the matter, the page you were reading.<\/p>\n<p>While Chrome was originally the code name, it also ended up becoming the final name of the browser. The development team held an internal competition to pick the final name for the project but, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=204a528a336ede4177fff0d84a044482&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.quora.com%2FWhy-is-Google-Chrome-browser-named-as-Chrome%2Fanswer%2FGlen-Murphy&amp;cuid=xid:{xid}&amp;___trxnet=vg\">according to Google developer Glen Murphy<\/a>, the names that came out of the competition were awful.<\/p>\n<p>So awful, in fact, that the development lead overrode all the votes and insisted that people associated the word \u201cchrome\u201d with speed, making it the perfect name to put on the final product.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"And_Also_a_Clever_Joke\"><\/span>And, Also a Clever Joke<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Objectively, Chrome is a pretty cool name for a browser\u2014though perhaps my opinion of the matter is clouded by a childhood spent at auto shows and a lifelong love affair with classic cars.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to being a cool name, it\u2019s also a really clever joke about the browser that bears its name. One of the most im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely notable things about Chrome, both at the time it launched and still to this day, is the very minimal appearance of the browser interface.<\/p>\n<p>Chrome is named after a term that means all the stuff that frames the browser pane but, ironically, it has very little \u201cbrowser chrome\u201d to speak of.<\/p>\n<p>In a 2015 interview with The New York Times, then Google Product Chief (soon to be CEO) Sundar Pichai emphasized how the browser\u2019s ironic name was actually the core of the Chrome experience.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>There is a reason when we built Chrome we minimized everything to do with Chrome so that all you spent time on was the website you cared about at the given time. We wanted the users to focus on the content they were using. The reason the product was named \u201cChrome\u201d was we wanted to minimize the chrome of the browser. That\u2019s how we thought about it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If thinking about why Chrome was named Chrome has you curious about tech names and trivia, well you\u2019re in luck.<\/p>\n<p>We like digging into such matters, too, like pondering why Spotify was named Spotify and wondering exactly what Roku means.<\/p>\n<p>And hey, if you want less trivia and more Chrome-centric <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>s and tricks, we can do that too. 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