bestkungfu weblog » if (gBrowser) { var google = new Platform(); }: "They could all benefit by having icons on the desktop. If Google is developing a browser, as has been suggested, this is why. It’s a vehicle for a client UI for their email system, which could be offloaded substantially if they could trust the client to work properly; for an integrated blogging tool (if not a news aggregator); and maybe a way to integrate social networking."