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Google Cofounder On Lack of Mac Chrome Browser: 'It's Embarrassing'

Thursday September 4, 2008 11:00 am PDT by Arnold Kim
Valleywag excerpts a Kara Swisher interview with Google cofounder Sergey Brin. At one point, the Swisher asks about a Mac version:

Google cofounder Sergey Brin asked BoomTown's Kara Swisher if she'd try it out. "But you don't have a Mac version, baby, so no," Swisher tells him in this clip, excerpted from Swisher's longer interview. "I know, I know, it's embarrassing," says Brin.

Brin states he uses it under VMWare on his Mac and that he's asking the team every day for the Mac version. Brin hopes it will be a "matter of months."
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Veri
45 months ago

Brin states he uses it under VMWare on his Mac


Why doesn't he compile the Linux/Unix version and run it under X11 natively on his Mac? edit: oh, never mind, it's not nearly complete.
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Cameront9
45 months ago
Months!?!?!

I was hoping for Weeks, but I guess that's out of the question...
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Lord Blackadder
45 months ago
This is not the attitude I want from Google. It's lame.
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plumbingandtech
45 months ago
Months?

Guess which browser I am NOT supporting for the web sites I build.
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rdhatch
45 months ago

Brin hopes it will be a "matter of months."



Matter of months? Wow. That is not just "embarrassing"...that is unacceptable. Given the work Apple has done with Google and the fact that Chrome is a freaking WebKit based browser, a Mac version is a no brainer!

My bet is that they step it up...bigtime. I bet we have one inside of 14 days. They will stop smoking whatever they are smoking and get their act together (I hope). On a side note, Chrome is wonderful...I love to see engineering like this finally going into the browser market.
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GorillaPaws
45 months ago

This is not the attitude I want from Google. It's lame.


Agreed. Google has done a lot of good things with its wealth/power, it's a shame to see them going down this path.
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emstoudenmire
45 months ago
I agree it's not the best, but look at it this way: Google could have just waited another few months to release the browser simultaneously for both platforms but at least now some Windows users get sneak preview. It's a win/break-even situation.
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ergdegdeg
45 months ago
Oh well, I couldn't care less. I wouldn't swap my de-Googled Firefox for anything ;)
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fpbecker
45 months ago
Let's be reasonable here. The Google Chrome team obviously focused on the GUI for the Windows version first, while keeping the core of the browser portable. Developing a proper GUI for the OS X and the Linux version will take some time.

Personally I'd rather they took their time to develop a great OS X version of Chrome than come out with some form of rush job. Don't you agree?
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Littleodie914
45 months ago

Personally I'd rather they took their time to develop a great OS X version of Chrome than come out with some form of rush job. Don't you agree?

I agree that they need to polish the app, no doubt about it. This is Google, and they know the browser needs to be amazing from day one.

But WHY release the Windows version now, rather than keeping that a secret until all 3 were ready? :confused:
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