When in doubt, roll your own web browser.

According to AppleInsider, a Google blogger released an illustrated "comic book" outlining Google Chrome, a new web browser project based on Apple's WebKit open source rendering engine.

Per the comic book, Google's engineers are highlighting stability, speed, security and simplicity as core aspects of the project. The browser, when complete, will also function as a foundation for a new generation of JavaScript thick "web client server" applications following the same model as Apple's MobileMe applications, which are built on the SproutCore framework. The Chrome browser will also see HTML 5 advancements going into Safari 4.0 to allow for new generation of web applications.

On a more interesting note, Google has also helped to finance the development of the Mozilla Firefox project, showing a move to control the browser platform.

While the www.google.com/chrome URL is referenced in the report as not being valid yet, Google has already released developer tools for Gears, an effort to improve web applications by providing features missing in today's browsers, including a database engine and support for local storage and offline applications.

Per the document, the Chrome browser will incorporate Apple's Webkit, Google's Gears and a new JavaScript engine called V8 which is designed to dramatically speed up the performance of JavaScript code. Rather than speeding up JavaScript parsing, as Safari and Firefox tend to do, V8 compiles JavaScript into native source code. The program also allows for better collection of expired memory and will be available as an open source component for other browsers.

Other highlighted features for the new browser include its own front end with a user interface that makes it easier and more obvious as to how to detach tabs and create freestanding windows as well as the following:

Stay tuned for more information as it becomes available and let us know what you think over in the comments or forums.