Google is [releasing](http://www.google.com/chrome) a beta web browser called “[Chrome](http://www.google.com/chrome)” tomorrow, and they’ve even got a [comic strip](http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/) to explain the design choices they made, and how it’s supposed to make life better.
The browser is based on [WebKit](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebKit).
They aim to make JavaScript vastly faster with a new JavaScript virtual
machine called V8. At the same time, the Mozilla team is beefing up
Firefox 3.1 with a faster JavaScript engine called [TraceMonkey](http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2328737,00.asp).
V8 and TraceMonkey reportedly race down the freeway while IE 7 and IE 8
are left puttering along at pedestrian speeds.