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I have to say, while Chrome has a few issues on OSX, I was really impressed with how quickly they added full screening, Lion-style scrollbars, elastic scrolling

I have to say, while Chrome has a few issues on OSX, I was really impressed with how quickly they added full screening, Lion-style scrollbars, elastic scrolling, and surprisingly polished two-finger swipe gestures. Hopefully Firefox will get up to speed soon.

pazimzadeh 14y ago
I mostly agree, but I find Chrome's two-finger swipe gestures to be terrible. It's really hard to "cancel" a swipe if you've already (accidentally) started swiping.
- wdewind 14y ago
  That doesn't really make any sense. The two finger swipe in chrome is the only implementation of the two finger swipe I know of that gives you ANY opportunity to cancel the swipe once it has started. You can also completely control the swipe by not removing your fingers from the trackpad, unlike the 3 finger swipe, which is instantaneous.
  - pazimzadeh 14y ago
    I see that they've updated it since I last used Chrome. It's better but not perfect, although that might just be a matter of getting used to it. I expect to have to swipe longer before it goes back and I expect the same momentum effect that is all over Lion. I don't understand why they don't simply use Safari's default behavior, it's not like Apple has a patent on physics and smooth animations.
- m4rkuskk 14y ago
  The two-finger swipe gesture is horrobile on chrome. The swipe occurs way too fast and I wish there would be an option to adjust the sensibility in chrome.
simonster 14y ago
Chrome's biggest issue on OS X is that it's ugly. Its UI looks like Chrome on Windows and Linux, but not like OS X. The tabs are the wrong shape, the wrong color, and use the wrong font size. The latter two complaints apply equally to the bookmarks bar. At least on my machine (Chrome 18.0.1025 on Mountain Lion), the URL bar is hideous. It's too high, and there is more padding underneath the text than above it, and the focus ring is wrong. While Safari's panels are neutral gray with translucency, Chrome's panels are opaque and stark white. I have tried to use it, but it makes my eyes hurt. While Mozilla may be slow to implement Apple's new UI features, at least they can paint the UI widgets properly.

pazimzadeh 14y ago

I mostly agree, but I find Chrome's two-finger swipe gestures to be terrible. It's really hard to "cancel" a swipe if you've already (accidentally) started swiping.

wdewind 14y ago
That doesn't really make any sense. The two finger swipe in chrome is the only implementation of the two finger swipe I know of that gives you ANY opportunity to cancel the swipe once it has started. You can also completely control the swipe by not removing your fingers from the trackpad, unlike the 3 finger swipe, which is instantaneous.
- pazimzadeh 14y ago
  I see that they've updated it since I last used Chrome. It's better but not perfect, although that might just be a matter of getting used to it. I expect to have to swipe longer before it goes back and I expect the same momentum effect that is all over Lion. I don't understand why they don't simply use Safari's default behavior, it's not like Apple has a patent on physics and smooth animations.
m4rkuskk 14y ago
The two-finger swipe gesture is horrobile on chrome. The swipe occurs way too fast and I wish there would be an option to adjust the sensibility in chrome.

simonster 14y ago

Chrome's biggest issue on OS X is that it's ugly. Its UI looks like Chrome on Windows and Linux, but not like OS X. The tabs are the wrong shape, the wrong color, and use the wrong font size. The latter two complaints apply equally to the bookmarks bar. At least on my machine (Chrome 18.0.1025 on Mountain Lion), the URL bar is hideous. It's too high, and there is more padding underneath the text than above it, and the focus ring is wrong. While Safari's panels are neutral gray with translucency, Chrome's panels are opaque and stark white. I have tried to use it, but it makes my eyes hurt. While Mozilla may be slow to implement Apple's new UI features, at least they can paint the UI widgets properly.