Developer Builds of Google Chrome for OS X and Linux Now Available
How incomplete? So incomplete that, among other things , you won't yet be able to view YouTube videos, change your privacy settings, set your default search provider, or even print.
While the release indicates that Google is making progress on the OS X version of Chrome, it does appear that Google has significant work ahead in order to meet its previously-announced plan for launch in the first half of this year. Google Chrome offers three release channels ranging from developer previews to stable releases, indicating that the OS X version of Chrome has several thresholds to pass before it is ready for public launch.Many Mac users have been looking forward to the public launch of Chrome for OS X and some have expressed frustration with the length of time it is taking to complete development of the Mac version. Google co-founder Sergey Brin even went so far as to call the lack of a Mac version alongside the Windows beta launch last year "embarrassing". But as Google developer Mike Pinkerton, who has been working on the OS X version of Chrome, notes with some frustration, deploying Chrome for OS X is more difficult than many think.
We're lucky in Chromium that we can leverage a lot of shared code from the windows side, but we do have to write a bunch of UI code (unless you want the UI to just look and behave exactly like windows...I didn't think so). We're also not just embedding WebKit and dragging in a couple buttons and a text field. The team has made significant changes to how WebCore works (resource loading, sandboxing, multi-process, etc) and those take time to get right on other platforms.
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it does appear that Google has significant work ahead in order to meet its previously-announced plan for launch in the first half of this year.
Since the first half of the year ends on June 30th, that's an understatement!
EDIT: or technically, if you're going by days and not months, they have until July 1st (182 days into the year) or July 2nd (183 days into the year) until the mid-year point.
Didn't realy look forward to chrome on mac, don't use the windows version either. But it looks like this could be a big competetor of safari, because it's already beginning to beat FF and off course IE7(or 8) on windows.
Seeing how it uses WebKit and Google is contributing to WebKit... it really isn't a threat to Safari. It may cut into Safari's market share but it is increasing WebKit's market share while doing so... which is a good thing. I doubt Apple minds at all.
Didn't realy look forward to chrome on mac, don't use the windows version either. But it looks like this could be a big competetor of safari, because it's already beginning to beat FF and off course IE7(or 8) on windows.
Chrome beginning to beat Mozilla Firefox? What a joke – Chrome barely installs on a Mac, let alone that it doesn't even run halve as smooth as Mozilla Firefox, not to mention the lack of add-ons. Yeah, your post was a pretty ridiculous one.
I have not compared them in detail but Stainless already seems to offer a lot more than Google Chrome and is build using the same principles (ie, using Webkit, every tab is a new thread). It can even let you login to the same website with two different credentials in two separate tabs (something Chrome cannot). Printing works, it is pretty stable. Maybe the design is not as fancy.
Chrome beginning to beat Mozilla Firefox? What a joke – Chrome barely installs on a Mac, let alone that it doesn't even run halve as smooth as Mozilla Firefox, not to mention the lack of add-ons. Yeah, your post was a pretty ridiculous one.
Agreed! To even make such a comparison says a lot about the Hype here!
I could say tons more but I'll leave that for someone else. :rolleyes:
It's about the only pc software I've ever missed.
Chrome beginning to beat Mozilla Firefox? What a joke – Chrome barely installs on a Mac, let alone that it doesn't even run halve as smooth as Mozilla Firefox, not to mention the lack of add-ons. Yeah, your post was a pretty ridiculous one.
Agreed! To even make such a comparison says a lot about the Hype here!
I could say tons more but I'll leave that for someone else. :rolleyes:
What's ridiculous is that you didn't even read his post. The original post said that it was beginning to beat FF on Windows, not on the Mac. I don't know that I agree, but ya'll jumping on him because Chrome isn't yet available on the Mac in any full form is incredibly asinine.
jW
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