Several others have announced the release of and have commented on Google Chrome, so I'm not doing anything new here.  And while some have certainly mentioned them, I'd like to share my favorite features of Chrome that, more than anything, really show that the User Interface Designers at Google were willing to change the basic browser model if it meant having a better product.  So, my three favorite interfaces for Google Chrome are:

Don't get me wrong, I am an HTML geek, myself.  I'm a huge advocate for well-formed, semantically-appropriate HTML in the development of web pages.  I think HTML can be a powerful tool. That said, I think the need for people seeking to publish to the Web to know HTML is on a rapid decline.

Importing TestGen questions into D2L isn't as straight-forward as one would have hoped.

A discussion on the UIUC Webmasters listserv talking about copyediting style linked to a completely unrelated article entitled Javascript and screen readers which I found to be much more interesting than the style discussion (although the style discussion was interesting, too).  The article traced some accessibility design principles back to the limitations of two popular screenreader programs (Jaws and Window Eyes).  It specifically is in the context of AJAX-enhanced pages and, I believe, serves as a foundation for future articles that will get more specific.

I had seen data visualization of this caliber a couple of years ago.  It is the presentation of data, animated over time.  It is a very powerful way of visualizing trends in three-dimensional data that is otherwise impossible to detect in two-dimensional charts.  Consider Now, Google makes this sort of presentation freely available via Google Docs.

Who knows what will come of this blog, other than this first post.  You can help shape its future, though, through suggestions you leave in the comments!