Possible October Launch for Chrome Web Store
It looks like Chrome users don't have to wait longer.
Google developer advocates Mark DeLoura and Michael Mahemoff revealed new details related to the Google Chrome Web Store. This was through their presentation in the recently concluded Game Developer Conference in Europe, which was held from the 16th until the 18th of this month in Cologne, Germany.
A big part of the things tackled in the GDC Europe presentation were already discussed in the Google I/O (input/output) which was held three months ago in Moscone West, San Franciso. Additional information, however, were put into the limelight. Aside from the Chrome Web Store, Chrome OS-based devices may also be set for an October launch.
Online games seems to be one of the key features of the web store based on DeLoura and Mahemoff's presentation. Chrome will enable its users to install games via an added shortcut going to the "new tab" page. Additional permissions to the games will also be granted to Google Chrome users.
Some of the games that will be available in the Google Web Store will be free. However, for the ones that comes with a little bit of a fee, Chrome users will be able to buy these through the Web Store and use Google Checkout to pay. Free trials and subscriptions are also supported by the Google platform. Developers will have to pay a 5 percent processing fee thought for each transaction.
What is to be expected from the Google Chrome Web Store? Well, a lot actually. The Chrome Web Store aims to be an open marketplace where people can find the best Web applications and where developers can reach new users.
Services like Google's Docs, Calendar, Mail, News, and Maps along with Picasa and Google Wave will be the first batch of applications to be released through Google's new web store. Downloading these applications will be free of charge.
The Chrome Web Store will feature paid non-Google specific applications. Tweetdeck, Plants vs. Zombies, Lego Star Wars, Bejeweled 2, FIFA World Cup 2010, Digg, and Sports Illustrated are some of the current applications set to be offered in the new web store.
Using Google Chrome as your browser is not a requirement to make Google's new web store work. The Web applications that will be listed in the Chrome Web Store are also regular Web applications created using standard Web tools, thus making these applications usable by anyone who uses a modern browser supporting these Web technologies. A shortcut will be added for quickly accessing the application whenever Google Chrome users install a web application from the Google Chrome Web Store. This will make things easier and more convenient for users. Advanced HTML5 permissions can also be requested for the installed web apps.