WebSketch Announces 3x Performance Improvement When Used with Google Chrome

Santa Clara, CA, October 14, 2008 --(PR.com)-- WebSketch today announced a 3x performance improvement over Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 when using Google Chrome. In internal benchmarking tests, editing WebSketch sites using Chrome is on the average 3 times faster than it is when using Internet Explorer 7.0. The combination of WebSketch and Chrome gives users a nearly instant push-button desktop-like editing experience. Furthermore, the benefits of Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine don't stop there. Adding, moving, and resizing objects in WebSketch such as Flickr photos, YouTube videos, and other widgets, are all significantly faster and smoother in Chrome than they are in Internet Explorer 7.

"WebSketch makes extensive use of JavaScript in delivering a class leading user experience and we are thrilled that Google has dramatically raised the bar for JavaScript performance in Chrome," said Scott Tse, Founder & CEO of WebSketch. "Next generation web applications, like WebSketch, thrive on JavaScript performance, and with the coming introduction of the SquirrelFish JavaScript engine in Safari and TraceMonkey in FireFox, the future looks very bright for browser-based applications."

WebSketch is a place where average people build and share websites with nothing more than a browser. WebSketch gives users a level of capability previously available only to skilled web designers and engineers through a combination of an easy to navigate user interface, creative freedom, and built-in design best practices. To achieve these seemingly contradictory goals, WebSketch has developed a true WYSIWYG JavaScript editor that distills the complex process of coding HTML into an intuitive visual drag & drop experience. Content is literally dragged & dropped into the site’s structure and thereby into reality, in minutes. The WebSketch editor has the power of a desktop application while operating completely within the user’s browser without any plug-ins or client downloads required. (A video demo of the product is available at http://www.websketch.com/sites/websketch/687591223337460561 ).

Modern browsers such as Google’s Chrome as well as upcoming versions of Firefox and Safari are developed with JavaScript-heavy Web 2.0 applications in mind in order to deliver a rich, multi-media, interactive user experience that is bound to change how we see and use the browser today. WebSketch is one of the first of many to come to show this level of rich user experience and interactivity is not only possible, but is here today.

About WebSketch
Websketch, headquartered in San Jose, California, is where average people can fully and creatively express themselves online. WebSketch enables anyone to build and share rich, professional-looking Web site pages without complex coding or costly designers. The service offers a unique and seemingly contradictory combination of superior user experience, creative freedom, and built-in design best practices that is unrivaled in the industry. With features targeting professionals and businesses already in the works, WebSketch is poised to change web development for the masses, and enable everyone to express themselves online creatively. Visit www.websketch.com today and find out for yourself.

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