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Google Chrome 2.0 Pre-Beta

19 points by ajbatac 18y ago

nreece 18y ago
Google seems to be very aggressive with it's browser strategy. Chrome has to be their most active project -- from beta launch to version 1 to version 2 beta - all in four months.
johns 18y ago
Multiple profiles looks nice. Hopefully cookies are segregated so I can easily keep multiple Google accounts open. Edit: profiles appear to be completely different sessions, which is awesome.
- pasbesoin 18y ago
  I thought that the "process" per tab architecture of the current release already allowed this? But then, I'm not (yet?) a seasoned Chrome user.
  - pasbesoin 18y ago
    I guess not. Bummer.
    - eggnet 18y ago
      That wouldn't make any sense anyway. You'd have to keep separate cookies per tab, but tabs have no identification for persistence. So you open two gmail accounts, one in each tab. Close them both. Open a new gmail tab, which account will you be in? The logical conclusion is that, in your scenario there are no cookies written to disk. With profiles, each profile has its own set of cookies and you are deliberate with respect to the profile you are in. Cookie behavior is well defined, predictable.
      - pasbesoin 18y ago
        Thank you for the explanation. I'll look forward to the new profile support. I'm starting to need to be in more than one Google account simultaneously; the timing is fortunate, for me.
nirmal 18y ago
Are there any plans for a mac version of chrome?
- johns 18y ago
  Yes, see the FAQ: http://dev.chromium.org/developers/faq http://dev.chromium.org/developers/faq
- nreece 18y ago
  Mac build instructions: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/wiki/MacBuildInstructions http://code.google.com/p/chromium/wiki/MacBuildInstructions
  - thomasmallen 18y ago
    But that doesn't count, of course.
    - nreece 18y ago
      Google also included its own HTTP network code in this new version, which, according to the release notes, was necessary to move ahead with the Mac and Linux versions of Chrome. HTTP for Windows, Mac, and Linux - http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_releases_first_pre-beta_of_chrome_20.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_releases_first_p...
    - nreece 18y ago
      That simply suggests that there ARE plans for a Mac (and Linux) version of Chrome.
- lallysingh 18y ago
  More importantly, what does it say about Google Chrome's plans if it's working on v2.0 before releasing anything on a non-windows platform?
  - gojomo 18y ago
mpk 18y ago
Wake me when they have a working build for linux.
- trapper 18y ago
  I can't wait. I sometimes switch to xp on virtualbox to use it as it's so much faster than firefox. It's not the raw speed, its the process per tab. It makes a huge difference when you have multiple heavy ajax apps open all day long.
est 18y ago
wake me up when I can write plugins for Chrome.

19 points by ajbatac 18y ago

Google seems to be very aggressive with it's browser strategy. Chrome has to be their most active project -- from beta launch to version 1 to version 2 beta - all in four months.

johns 18y ago

Multiple profiles looks nice. Hopefully cookies are segregated so I can easily keep multiple Google accounts open. Edit: profiles appear to be completely different sessions, which is awesome.

pasbesoin 18y ago
I thought that the "process" per tab architecture of the current release already allowed this? But then, I'm not (yet?) a seasoned Chrome user.
- pasbesoin 18y ago
  I guess not. Bummer.
  - eggnet 18y ago
    That wouldn't make any sense anyway. You'd have to keep separate cookies per tab, but tabs have no identification for persistence. So you open two gmail accounts, one in each tab. Close them both. Open a new gmail tab, which account will you be in? The logical conclusion is that, in your scenario there are no cookies written to disk. With profiles, each profile has its own set of cookies and you are deliberate with respect to the profile you are in. Cookie behavior is well defined, predictable.
    - pasbesoin 18y ago
      Thank you for the explanation. I'll look forward to the new profile support. I'm starting to need to be in more than one Google account simultaneously; the timing is fortunate, for me.

nirmal 18y ago

Are there any plans for a mac version of chrome?

johns 18y ago
Yes, see the FAQ: http://dev.chromium.org/developers/faq http://dev.chromium.org/developers/faq
nreece 18y ago
Mac build instructions: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/wiki/MacBuildInstructions http://code.google.com/p/chromium/wiki/MacBuildInstructions
- thomasmallen 18y ago
  But that doesn't count, of course.
  - nreece 18y ago
    Google also included its own HTTP network code in this new version, which, according to the release notes, was necessary to move ahead with the Mac and Linux versions of Chrome. HTTP for Windows, Mac, and Linux - http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_releases_first_pre-beta_of_chrome_20.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_releases_first_p...
  - nreece 18y ago
    That simply suggests that there ARE plans for a Mac (and Linux) version of Chrome.
lallysingh 18y ago
More importantly, what does it say about Google Chrome's plans if it's working on v2.0 before releasing anything on a non-windows platform?
- gojomo 18y ago

mpk 18y ago

Wake me when they have a working build for linux.

trapper 18y ago
I can't wait. I sometimes switch to xp on virtualbox to use it as it's so much faster than firefox. It's not the raw speed, its the process per tab. It makes a huge difference when you have multiple heavy ajax apps open all day long.

est 18y ago

wake me up when I can write plugins for Chrome.