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NOTE: Headless in Windows is fully supported in Chrome 60 | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14498052 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14498052 -- I w

by j_s 9y ago

NOTE: Headless in Windows is fully supported in Chrome 60 | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14498052 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14498052 -- I was happy to learn Chrome is packaged by the PortableApps folks, simplifying side-by-side use of multiple versions with separate profiles. https://portableapps.com/apps/internet/google_chrome_portable https://portableapps.com/apps/internet/google_chrome_portabl... Please note that this is not intended to be used as your primary, everyday browser as it is not even to beta build quality. It will be updated as time permits to allow people to try out upcoming features of Chrome. source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14497989 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14497989 It's handy for trying it out without installing the full app and update service on Windows. Or for running Stable, Dev, Beta on the same machine with separate profiles without needing command line switches.

0x0 9y ago
Doesn't Chrome Canary already support side-by-side profiles/installs though? :)
- JohnTHaller 9y ago
  Yes, the Canary branch of Chrome uses a separate profile by default. Stable, Beta, and Dev all use the same default profile on Windows. You can run them with a command line option in the form --user-data-dir="C:\MyCustom\PathToMy\profile" to get them to use a specific profile, but they will still step on each other a bit in the registry within HKCU\Software\Google. The portable launchers for Google Chrome Portable's various channels will take care of any registry weirdness.
JohnTHaller 9y ago
Thanks for mentioning us. I fixed a typo on the page as obviously the beta channel build is of beta quality :) If you're interested, in addition to running Stable, Beta, and Dev side by side without impacting each other or local installs, you can create a duplicate of your GoogleChromePortable folder and have yet another copy there. Pro tip: If you name duplicates in the style of GoogleChromePortable_Copy_1, etc the PortableApps.com Platform will automatically update them all. If you name them something else like GoogleChromePortableOld, the updater will ignore them, so you can hang on to a specific version. You can grab older Chrome releases from our SourceForge project as well to test against previous versions alongside current, too.

by j_s 9y ago

0x0 9y ago

Doesn't Chrome Canary already support side-by-side profiles/installs though? :)

JohnTHaller 9y ago
Yes, the Canary branch of Chrome uses a separate profile by default. Stable, Beta, and Dev all use the same default profile on Windows. You can run them with a command line option in the form --user-data-dir="C:\MyCustom\PathToMy\profile" to get them to use a specific profile, but they will still step on each other a bit in the registry within HKCU\Software\Google. The portable launchers for Google Chrome Portable's various channels will take care of any registry weirdness.

JohnTHaller 9y ago

Thanks for mentioning us. I fixed a typo on the page as obviously the beta channel build is of beta quality :) If you're interested, in addition to running Stable, Beta, and Dev side by side without impacting each other or local installs, you can create a duplicate of your GoogleChromePortable folder and have yet another copy there. Pro tip: If you name duplicates in the style of GoogleChromePortable_Copy_1, etc the PortableApps.com Platform will automatically update them all. If you name them something else like GoogleChromePortableOld, the updater will ignore them, so you can hang on to a specific version. You can grab older Chrome releases from our SourceForge project as well to test against previous versions alongside current, too.