The move to develop a web browser tells a lot about the direction in which Google is moving with its future products.
Google Chrome was set in motion primarily to enhance their web business. They are developing a browser hoping that it will push others to adopt new technology and innovate. They want to spark others to build more advanced web browsers so they can push out better web apps.
Google is currently limited by a bottleneck imposed by the current web browsers. To an extent they are at the mercy of Microsoft/Mozilla/Apple when it comes to how powerful, and useable, their web apps can be. They are making a strategic move to give direction to web browser development in order to further their core businesses.
If you don’t believe that, then look at the revenue source. They have far more to gain from attracting users to new web services than gaining browser market share.
This leaves me wondering what new product Google has that drove them to try and change all web browsers just to release it.
